Lahore

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.

Places of interest

Lahore Museum

• Walled City of Lahore
• Lahore Fort
• 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

• Gora Kabristan

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 statues erected during the period. All except one has been removed from their original locations.

• Queen Victoria
• King Edward VII
• Lala Lajpat Rai
• Professor Alfred C. Woolner
• Sir Ganga Ram
• Sir John Lawrence

Maps

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

External links

Historical books online

• "Lahore City", pages 37-40 and "Lahore Cantonment", page 40 from Imperial Gazetteer of India : Provincial Series Punjab Volume II The Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan Divisions and Native States, 1908 Archive.org
• Punjab disturbances, April 1919; compiled from the Civil and military gazette 1919 Archive.org
• "Lahore Central Jail", page 95 from Professional papers on Indian engineering, Volume 5 1868 Google Books