Lahore

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Lahore
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Presidency: Bengal
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Present Day Details
Place Name: Lahore
State/Province: Punjab
Country: Pakistan
Transport links

Lahore was the capital of undivided Punjab until Partition in 1947, after which it became the capital of West Punjab in Pakistan.

History

Places of interest

Lahore Museum


Churches

Anglican

  • Lahore Cathedral (Cathedral Church of Resurrection) - consecrated in 1887
  • St Andrew's (The Railway Church) - built in 1899 to serve the Railway colony, near the North Western Railway Headquarters
  • St Anthony's - also near the North Western Railway Headquarters on Empress Road

Roman Catholic

  • Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception - built 1861
  • Sacred Heart Cathedral - consecrated 1907, the seat of the Diocese of Lahore


Education

Schools

  • Convent of Jesus and Mary
  • Queen Mary College


Colleges/University

Government College
  • Government College (now University) (1864).
  • University of Punjab

Cemeteries

Cantonment

The Cantonment was situated 3 miles east of the civil station of Lahore and until 1906 was known as Mian Mir (alternative spelling Mean Meer, Meean Meer)

Transport

Railways

  • Lahore Railway Station


Statues

The following are some of the people whose statues were erected during the period. All except one has been removed from their original locations.

Maps

Lahore Map 1912 from the Historical Maps of Asia Collection, University of Texas, Austin

External links

Historical books online