Guys, I'm opening this thread as the treasure of old Lahore pictures is amazing and needs more attention than just one bigger thread. The credit goes to following folks:

www.projectlahore.com
https://www.facebook.com/lahore.gardens

About:

Lahore is known as the City of Gardens. Many gardens were built in Lahore during the Mughal era, some of which still survive. The many other gardens and parks in the city include Hazuri Bagh, Iqbal Park, Mochi Bagh, Gulshan Iqbal Park, Model Town Park, Race Course Park, Nasir Bagh Lahore, Jallo Park, Wild Life Park, and Changa Manga, an artificial forest near Lahore in the Kasur district. Another garden is the Bagh-e-Jinnah, a 141-acre (57 ha) botanical garden that houses entertainment and sports facilities as well as a library. Our mission is to promote our culture and raise awareness to protect our heritage.

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People at stalls in corner market on the street.
Location: Lahore, India
Date taken: 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

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View of the exterior of Jubilee Museum & Technical Institute, Prince Albert Memorial Museum & an old military cannon built in 1781 being inspected by visitors.
Location: Lahore, India
Date taken: 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White


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View of the exterior of Jubilee Museum & Technical Institute, Prince Albert Memorial Museum
Location: Lahore, India
Date taken: 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

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Moslem men & women walking & lying in the street.
Location: Lahore, India
Date taken: 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

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Herd of bullocks on the street (Outside Shalimar Garden).
Location: Lahore, India
Date taken: 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

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Man carrying ornate box on his head w. others on street.
Location: Lahore, India
Date taken: 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

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Closeup of plaque on an old military cannon which reads ZAMZAMAH OR BHANGIAN-WALI TOP. MADE AT LAHORE IN 1761 A.D. OR 1174 A. H., in front of the Jubilee Museum & Technical Institute, Prince Albert Memorial Museum.
Location: Lahore, India
Date taken: 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

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Pedestrian traffic on the street.
Location: Lahore, India
Date taken: 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

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Indian boys playing atop an old military cannon built in 1761 which stands on the grounds of the Jubilee Museum & Technical Institute, Prince Albert Memorial Museum.
Location: Lahore, India
Date taken: 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

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Moslems taking water fr. pool of Badshahi Mosque.
Location: Lahore, India
Date taken: 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

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View of the front entrance to the Jubilee Museum & Technical Institute, Prince Albert Memorial Museum
Location: Lahore, India
Date taken: 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

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Pedestrian traffic on the street.
Location: Lahore, India
Date taken: 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

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Pedestrian traffic on the street.
Location: Lahore, India
Date taken: 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

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Moslem woman in purdah walking w. others on street.
Location: Lahore, India
Date taken: 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

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Moslem mother in purdah, holding her baby as she walks w. others through a market.
Location: Lahore, India
Date taken: 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

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Indian soldiers driving two-wheeled carts drawn by mules through the street.
Location: Lahore, India
Date taken: 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

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Shopkeepers posing w. others at their stall in market area of the city.
Location: Lahore, India
Date taken: 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

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wo young boys peering through the wheel of old military cannon built in 1781 in front of the Jubilee Museum & Technical Institute, Prince Albert Memorial Museum.
Location: Lahore, India
Date taken: 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

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horse-drawn wagon on a busy city street..
Location: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Date taken: September 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

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Moselms sitting inside of the gate of Vazir Khan Mosque
Location: Lahore, India
Date taken: September 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

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Moslems washing themselves in the pool in Vazir Khan Mosque.

Location: Lahore, India
Date taken: September 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

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Moslems gathered at pool in front of the beautiful Vazir Khan Mosque.
Location: Lahore, Punjab, India
Date taken: August 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

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The chief court, an albumen photo, 1880's;

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Government House, Lahore; an albumen print by Bourne, c.1860's

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"Opening of the Punjaub Exhibition of Arts and Industry at Lahore," from the Illustrated London News, 1864;

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"Arrival of the Governor-General of India at the Lahore Railway Station," from the Illustrated London News, 1864;

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Inside View of The Exhibition Building

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From a comment: Ground of Minar-e-Pakistan - Manto Park.

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Montgomery Hall, built in 1866; a photo by Burke, 1890's

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Government College, Lahore.

Photographer: Unknown
Medium: Photographic print
Date: 1880


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General view from Jamia Musjid (Badshahi Masjid), Lahore

Photographer: Unknown
Medium: Photographic print
Date: 1895

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Group portrait of students and staff of the Government College, Lahore

Photographer: Unknown
Medium: Photographic print
Date: 1870

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Work In Progress - Punjab Assembly Hall

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View of Lahore, Photo Taken from one of minarite of Badshahi Mosque


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Traffic Warden on Regal Chowk - MALL Road, 1930s

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The Mall , Lahore

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Charing Cross, renamed, as "Faisal Square" (in Urdu and Punjabi, "Faisal Chowk") on Mall Road,now officially renamed as Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam to honour the founder of the nationLahore is one of the classical examples of urban open spaces laid down during the British Period. It acquired its present form over a century and thus, contains many layers of the nation's history. Despite its historical, architectural and national significance, there is a dearth of available literature pertinent, to it. Documentary search and office of the Chief Architect, Punjab archives provided the relevant material in compiling this research.
1. Historical perspective
Charing Cross is a famous landmark of Lahore, which has witnessed a variety of historical events in the span of more than a century.
In the context of Lahore, for the first time the term was used in a publication by G. R. Elmslie titled "Thirty Five Years in the Punjab". In Lahore, the name Charing Cross, could supposedly be inspired by the historical Charing Cross in London as it was laid and developed during British Rule (1849–1947).
1.1 Alignment of the Mall Road Lahore
The British led to the expansion of Lahore beyond the Walled City to find suitable places for the Imperial army and civilian officers. A new urban network evolved which "comprised roads that wove through or around the existing structures, mosques and tombs, interlinking the centers of power and logistic nodes in the most direct manner available. Every possible effort was made to save the existing trees. Goulding gives a detail resume of the Mall from the time of its evolution in 1851 to its present condition describing that originally there was the one and only Mall, now known as the Lower Mall, extending from the Deputy Commissioner's court to the Multan Road Junction. According to him the Mall running east to west was aligned in 1851 by Lieut-Colonel Robert a Napier, Chief Engineer Public Works Department at a cost of Rs 10,428; who described it as a direct road from Anarkali to Mian Mir. Later, under the personal supervision of Mr. DuCane Smythe, Chief Engineer, THE whole length of the Mall was remodeled on its present lines. Presently, the Mall is popular by two divisions: the track linking Anarkali and fort stations is known as Lower Mall while track linking the Government Secretariat with the Cantonment as Upper Mall (originally called Lawrence Road until 1876). Over the time, the finest public road became an axis of numerous imposing private and public buildings and had all the ingredients of a modern city: restaurants, offices, banks, insurance companies, shopping plazas, hotels, tailoring shops etc.
1.2 Development of the Charing Cross Lahore
Survey Plan of the Charing Cross Ground (1913) indicates that the site of Charing Cross was originally a triangular open space on the Mall and off center the road linking to Ferozepur Road (named as Queens Road and renamed as Sharea Fatima Jinnah). The Queen's statue sat in the center of this triangular space (Figure 1). The open space was not enclosed by any structure except that of Rai Mela Ram's Buildings strategically abutting the Mall and the Egerton Road, renamed as Khalifa Shujauddin Road.

Man I'm tired but pictures are never ending and still heaps on that page. I'm amazed at the level Lahore was a developed city back in 1800 & 1900s. Now it makes sense why english and many pre-partition indian people were obsessed with Lahore.

Many thanks Ch. Sahib for establishing this thread. I really appreciate the initiative. :applause:

Great thread!!!

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Mall and High Court #Lahore c. 1930s.
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PIA at International Airport #Lahore c. 1960s
Contributed by: Emmy Eustace, UK (Rights reserved as owner)

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Lawrence Garden and Building c. 1930s
A Special thanks to Emmy Eustace from UK for contributing this photo from family album to "Project Lahore".

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Any idea in which year was the Punjab assembly built?

BTW great thread and thanks for sharing :)

Thankfully to Project Lahore team and Shakeel Ch Sahib, we have a rare treasure in the form of this thread. Following picture is reproduced with a view to identify different landmarks of Lahore city.

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^^ great eye ! I'm in love with Lahore again but a bit sad as well that we've lost most of above :-(

^^ +1...

Great pics, thanks for sharing !!! :cheers:

Great thread, thanks shakeel bhai and thanks for labeling the image ravian94!

Any idea in which year was the Punjab assembly built?

BTW great thread and thanks for sharing :)

It was completed in 1935.

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The Domed Dining Room of Government House (Now Governor House), #Lahore c. 1870s

This dining room, originally the upper story of the tomb of Mohammad Kasim Khan, a maternal cousin of Emperor Akbar, dating from 1635 and the grave is still located underneath this room.

Historian, Syed Muhammad Latif and Kannahiya Lal both agree about a Mughal tomb at this place, build in Shahjehan’s reign, but both has raised conflicting accounts of who was actually buried here. According to Kannahiya Lal it was Saint Syed Badruddin Gilani, where Latif credits it to Kasim Khan.

In earlier times, a ground adjacent to the tomb was used as a 'akhaara' a wrestling ground, for this, the tomb was also known as Gumbuz Kushti Wala.

In the reign of Ranjit Singh, his Jamadar Khushal Singh, built a house around the tomb, later the building was acquired from Khushal Singh's successor Teja Singh with the exchange of property worth Rs. 2500 in Sialkot and was first utilized as a residence by deputy commissioner Major MacGregor, later in 1859 it was converted into Government House during the lieutenant governorship of Robert Montgomery.

Original tomb continued to exist on the ground floor, where its interior and furniture were designated by John Lockwood Kiping along with his talented student, Bhai Ram Singh.


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I've been to Governor house many times , inside to outside and some of the building still retains this style :-)

This map is a must see for everyone. Click on Zoom buttons and see for yourself :-)
http://visuaify.com/zoom/25/


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Wow, awesome thread and awesome pics. Nahi reesan Lahore shehr diyan.

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Wazir Khan's Baradari C.1870

Currently, this Baradari is a part of Punjab Public Library, situated just behind the Lahore Museum. This was the place where, in 1799, Maharaja Ranjit Singh stayed while his army besieged Lahore, before taking over the city.

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Nedous Hotel Lahore Est. 1880 (now stands Avari Hotel)


The Nedou’s hotel was founded by Michael Adam Nedou, who came from the medieval port city of Ragusa ( Dubrovnik). Michael Adam Nedou an architect by profession was in India to construct a palace for the erstwhile Maharaja Of Gujarat and that’s how the Nedou’s journey began.

The Nedou’s built their first hotel in Lahore in 1880 and it was long known for being a gracious & beautiful building situated in one of the best areas of Lahore facing Mall Road, adjacent to Mela Ram's Building (now stands Avari Hotel).

By the early 1950s, it ceased to be Nidois hotel, as it was converted into an office of West Pakistan Public Relations Department. Later, in the late fiftees, it came to be known as Park Luxury hotel when a new structure was erected in its place by demolishing the original one. After over a decade, Park Luxury hotel was also demolished and a new structure (Present Avari) was put in its place, but then it was named as Hilton Hotel. In the early 1970s its nomenclature was changed to Avari Hotel, when Behram D Avari took charge of its management.

Nedous Family, Lawrence of Arabia and Sheikh Abdullah:-

Michael Adam Nedou's son Harry Nedous was the businessman; his brothers, Willy and Wally, willied and wallied around; his sister, Enid, took charge of the catering and her pâtisserie at their Lahore hotel was considered ‘as good as anything in Europe’.

Harry Nedous married to a Kashmiri girl (a milkmaid) - Harry Nedous first caught sight of Mir Jan when she came to deliver the milk at his holiday lodge in Gulmarg (Kashmir). He was immediately smitten, but she was suspicious. ‘I might be poor,’ she told him later that week, ‘but I am not for sale.’ Harry pleaded that he was serious, that he loved her, that he wanted to marry her. ‘In that case,’ she retorted wrathfully, ‘you must convert to Islam. I cannot marry an unbeliever.’ To her amazement, he did so, and in time they had 12 children (only five of whom survived). Brought up as a devout Muslim.

Their daughter Akbar Jehan (Later wife of Sheikh Abdullah) was a boarder at the Convent of Jesus and Mary in the hill resort of Murree.

According to writer Tariq Ali, in his book "Bitter Chill of Winter" about Akbar Jehan's first marriage with Col T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) was not the lifelong bachelor he has been made out as. He went through a brief marriage in Lahore. This was revealed to Tariq Ali by a senior civil servant from Kashmir who had been told by Benji Nedous, the brother of the bride. Ali said, While Lawrence was stationed in India he used to go to the city of Lahore like many other officers, to relax. It was known as the Paris of the East and the Nedous family had a hotel there that was popular with soldiers wanting to rest and drink and so on, and that is where he met her

In 1928, when a 17-year-old Akbar Jehan had left school and was back in Lahore, a senior figure in British Military Intelligence checked in to the Nedous Hotel on the Upper Mall. Colonel T.E. Lawrence, complete with Valentino-style headgear, had just spent a gruelling few weeks in Afghanistan destabilising the radical, modernising and anti-British regime of King Amanullah. Disguised as ‘Karam Shah’, a visiting Arab cleric, he had organised a black propaganda campaign designed to stoke the religious fervour of the more reactionary tribes and thus provoke a civil war. His mission accomplished, he left for Lahore. Akbar Jehan must have met him at her father’s hotel. A flirtation began and got out of control. Her father insisted that they get married immediately; which they did. Three months later, in January 1929, Amanullah was toppled and replaced by a pro-British ruler. On 12 January, Kipling’s old newspaper in Lahore, the imperialist Civil and Military Gazette, published comparative profiles of Lawrence and ‘Karam Shah’ to reinforce the impression that they were two different people. Several weeks later, the Calcutta newspaper Liberty reported that ‘Karam Shah’ was indeed the ‘British spy Lawrence’ and gave a detailed account of his activities in Waziristan on the Afghan frontier. Lawrence was becoming a liability and the authorities told him to return to Britain. ‘Karam Shah’ was never seen again. Nedous insisted on a divorce for his daughter and again Lawrence obliged. Four years later, Sheikh Abdullah and Akbar Jehan were married in Srinagar. The fact of her previous marriage and divorce was never a secret: only the real name of her first husband was hidden. She now threw herself into the struggle for a new Kashmir.

She raised money to build schools for poor children and encouraged adult education in a state where the bulk of the population was illiterate. She also, crucially, gave support and advice to her husband, alerting him, for example, to the dangers of succumbing to Nehru’s charm and thus compromising his own standing in Kashmir, and died on July 11, 2000)
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Michael Adam Nedou - Founder of Nedou's Hotel - who came from the medieval port city of Ragusa ( Dubrovnik). Michael Adam Nedou an architect by profession was in India to construct a palace for the erstwhile Maharaja Of Gujarat and that’s how the Nedou’s journey began

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By the early 1950s, it ceased to be Nidois hotel, as it was converted into an office of West Pakistan Public Relations Department. Later, in the late fiftees, it came to be known as Park Luxury hotel when a new structure was erected in its place by demolishing the original one.

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^^Great info! Sad that the original building was demolished! could have been another heritage building at the prime location in the city!

Although this pic is not from Project Lahore, yet I can not find a better place to share it. It is famous The Mall in 1959 and you can see Regale Chowk.

Yes! Lahore once had double decker buses (many years before my birth off course).

I hope you can see a small light green truck parked on the side road facing the building (which currently houses KFC). This is actually a soda water stall, which had a machine installed in the truck to prepare the glass of soda water instantly. There were at least two of these trucks which I used to see till a 4-5 years ago. One was stationed near Charing Cross just opposite Alfalah Building and the other at the spot shown in the picture. They had two flavours; One was orange and other was very sweety cola which he named "Vimto". I always thought that these trucks must be very old and have become a part of Mall itself. Alas! commercialization and parking space limitation swept away an unnoticed part of history of Lahore

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Photo Credit: Raveem Choudhry => Twitter: @raveemchoudhry

Although this pic is not from Project Lahore, yet I can not find a better place to share it. It is famous The Mall and you can see Regale Chowk.
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Dear SShehzad
First of all, please accept my heartiest appreciation of the wonderful work you and your team has done in securing the history of Lahore through the precious project you have launched. With the help of Shakeel Ch. Sahib, we are seeing some glamorous past of the mysteriously lovely city on these pages.

As far as the above picture is concerned, I came across it on Twitter, while following Raveem Choudhry (@raveemchoudhry) and I shared it for the delight of the small community here on SSC. Now, off course, I realize that Raveem must be given due credit for the picture. And I compensate by doing the same in the post above.

Another fact about the picture I forgot to mention is that it was taken in 1959. Alas! there is no higher resolution available.

I shared my little memories of "Vimto Cola" because it tickled me to see the same little truck in a 1959 which I have been seeing for 25 years of my life uptill 5 years ago :)

Anyway I am posting another picture, I just saw on twitter (with due credit off course :) )

Sadar bazar Lahore Cantonment, 1927
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Dear SShehzad
First of all, please accept my heartiest appreciation of the wonderful work you and your team has done in securing the history of Lahore through the precious project you have launched.

Thanks for your response and provided detail, the other picture from twitter is also available in our archive.

You guys must contribute to the Project Lahore by providing such vivid photos of Lahore.

Thanks,
Shehzad
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Mohammad Ali Mela with Queen Elizabeth at the Horse and Cattle Show, Lahore, 1961 Other people: Duke of Edinborough, Governor Amir Mohammad Khan, President Ayub Khan, General Musa Khan. Greyhound 'Latoo' won the first prize.
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Here is what Shahid Mela tells us:
“Latoo was a great greyhound. Extremely loyal and with a great disposition. His pedigree is still recognized among greyhound owners in Pakistan and Latoo lives on through his recognized offspring. That was another time entirely. Security issues were not something to worry about. He was medium-sized, black, very muscular, extremely well behaved and loving. He was not a guard dog and never barked at anyone. Latoo was the grandson of ‘Jaleph’, who was given to my uncle Muhammad Qasim Mela by Earl of Sefton (Birmingham) in the late 40′s. The Earl of Sefton’s American wife was a friend of Wallis Simpson, the American widow King Edward VIII married. I am told Earl of Sefton had the chance of becoming Viceroy of India but that is another story”.

Another piece of history: At 1962 Horse and Cattle Show, Shaukat Wasim Mela (brother of Shahid Mela) receiving first prize for winning dog 'Latoo' from US first lady Jacqueline Kennedy. President Mohammad Ayub Khan is also standing by.
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Another piece of history: At 1962 Horse and Cattle Show, Shaukat Wasim Mela (brother of Shahid Mela) receiving first prize for winning dog 'Latoo' from US first lady Jacqueline Kennedy. President Mohammad Ayub Khan is also standing by.
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what's ayub khan looking at? :lol:

Pre-partition milestone near Moonlight Cinema on Mecload road
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Can't they even make atleast a flowerbed around it to give it some protection to preserve it for future history fans!!! :ohno:

Idiots never care about history

what's ayub khan looking at? :lol:

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Princess Bamba Sutherland, the last member of the family that ruled the Sikh Empire in the Punjab
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Her gravestone in Christian graveyard of Lahore
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I wanted to start a thread for pre-partition Buildings of Lahore, but instead resusicating this defunct thread.

Perhaps mods(you hear Metro ji) can rename this thread to"Pre-partition non-Mughal buildings of Lahore"

I believe, if we should atleast get to know the still standing buildings of old Lahore.
There is a lot of Hindu & Sikh architecture that needs to be preserved and respected, as its a important part of Lahore's history.

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Lakshmi Building
Lakshmi Chowk Lahore

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Ishwar Das Building

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When taken care of :banana:

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?, When not so much :ohno:

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Gopal Nivas, Chamberlain Road Gawalmandi :ohno:

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House of Sir Choto Ram, GardenTown :banana:

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Lala Lajpat Roy Hall

More on the way, please contribute pics & info, if you love Lahore

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Haveli Khark singh
Fort Lahore
He Was Son Of Maharajah Ranjeet Singh