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
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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

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

Cemeteries


Transport

Railways

  • Lahore Railway Station


Maps

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