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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). This [http://www.archive.org/stream/indianracingremi00haye#page/4/mode/2up link],<ref> [http://www.archive.org/stream/indianracingremi00haye#page/4/mode/2up ''Indian Racing Reminiscences''], page 5 by M. Horace Hayes 1883 Archive.org</ref> gives a description of Meean Meer c 1868, while this [http://www.archive.org/stream/reminiscencesofi00westuoft#page/140/mode/2up link]<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/reminiscencesofi00westuoft#page/140/mode/2up ''Reminiscences of an Indian Cavalry Officer''], page 140 by John Sutton Edward Western 1922 Archive.org </ref> mentions the clean up and change of name to Lahore Cantonments.
There also appears to have ben a cantonment at Anarkali (Anarkili, Annarkullie}, at least in the 1860s, possibly only for [[Royal Artillery]]
Lahore was the head-quarters of the [[Punjab Light Horse]] and of the [[Punjab Rifles|1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles]].<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/imperialgazette05unkngoog#page/n72/mode/1up ''Imperial Gazetteer of India : Provincial Series Punjab Volume II The Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan Divisions and Native States''], page 40 1908 Archive.org</ref> [http://www.emule.com/2poetry/phorum/read.php?4,12692 "A Beleagured City"],is a parody by Rudyard Kipling about the proximity of the firing range of the Punjab Volunteer Rifles to the Lawrence Hall Gardens
