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Minar-e-Pakistan. Minar-e-Pakistan (Punjabi: مَنارِ پاکستان, romanized:Manār-e-Pākastān; Urdu: مینارِ پاکستان, romanized:Mīnār-e-Pākistān; lit.'Tower of Pakistan') is a tower located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. [ 1 ] The tower was built between 1960 and 1968 on the site where the All-India Muslim League passed ...
To commemorate the event, Minar-e-Pakistan, a monument 60 m tall in the shape of a minaret, was built at the site in Iqbal Park where the resolution was passed. 23 March (Pakistan Day) is a national holiday in Pakistan to commemorate both Lahore Resolution (1940) and the Republic Day (1956); the country became the first Islamic Republic in the ...
e. Pakistani architecture is intertwined with the architecture of the broader Indian subcontinent. The major architectural styles popular in the past were Temple, Indo-Islamic, Mughal and Indo-Saracenic architecture, all of which have many regional varieties. With the beginning of the Indus civilization around the middle of the 3rd millennium ...
Hiran Minar (Urdu: ہرن مینار; or "The Deer Tower") is an early 17th-century Mughal era complex in Sheikhupura, in the Pakistani province of Punjab. It was built at the site of a game reserve in honor of Mughal Emperor Jahangir 's beloved antelope, Mansraj. [ 3 ] The emperor is remembered for his fondness of nature, [ 4 ] and his complex ...
Nasreddin Murat-Khan[ a ] TI (1904 – 15 October 1970) was a Russian -born Pakistani architect and civil engineer. He is renowned for designing the iconic national monument, the Minar-e-Pakistan. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] He was also the architect of the Gaddafi Stadium and several other notable buildings and structures.
The Summit Minar is an obelisk-shaped structure built in the centre of Charing Cross, Mall Road in the city of Lahore, Punjab the province of Pakistan. [1] It was built to commemorate the second Islamic Summit Conference held in Lahore from 22 to 24 February 1974. It is located in front of WAPDA House and the Punjab Assembly Building. [2]
226 ft 4.5 in (68.999 m) Materials. Red sandstone, marble. The Badshahi Mosque (Punjabi: بادشاہی مسیت, romanized:Bādshā’ī Masīt; Urdu: بادشاہی مسجد, romanized:Bādshāhī Masjid) is a Mughal-era imperial mosque located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. [ 1 ][ 2 ] It was constructed between 1671 and 1673 during the rule of ...
The Minar-e-Pakistan. The Minar-e-Pakistan (Urdu: مينارِ پاكستان; Mīnār-ĕ Pākistān) which is the national tower of Pakistan also known as Tower of Pakistan is a 60 metre tall concrete minaret in Iqbal Park in Lahore. [13] The Minar was built on the site where the Muslim League passed the Lahore Resolution, demanding the ...