10 facts of LAHORE BUILDINGS SUCH AS BADSHAHI MOSQUE
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1.Lahore is derivative name of Luv, and Kasur is of Kusha. Both were sons of Lord Rama, mentioned in the epic Ramayana.
2.Old Lahore city was surrounded with giant walls and had 12 big doors. Roshnai Gate is believed to be the starting point of the walled City of Lahore.
3.River Ravi used to pass near Northwest wall of Lahore Fort over 200 years ago. Today Minar e Pakistan (Greater Iqbal Park) is exactly at old location of Ravi River. It looks strange River Ravi is approx 3 km away from the park.
4.Lahore is honored to have one of the largest mosque (Badshahi Masjid) of South Asia.
5.Before partition of India, Lahore was third biggest city of the Indian subcontinent after Calcutta (now Kolkata) and Bombay (now Mumbai). Lahore was home of the second biggest film industry after Bombay.
6.Lahore Museum was founded in 1865 during the British colonial period. Famous English novelist, Rudyard Kipling’s father was one of the earliest curators of this building. Lahore Museum is one of the most visited location in Pakistan.
7.Sir Ganga Ram is widely considered as “Father of Modern Lahore”. His architectural contributions include General Post Office, Lahore Museum, Ganga Ram Hospital, Lady Mclagan Girls High School, the chemistry department of the Government College University, the Albert Victor wing of Mayo Hospital, Sir Ganga Ram High School (now Lahore College for Women), Hailey College of Commerce (now Hailey College of Banking and Finance), Ravi Road House for disabled under name of Ganga Ram Trust. Most of these buildings can be found at “The Mall Road Lahore”.
8.Fakir Khana is one of the largest privately owned museum in South Asia that contains over 20,000 exhibits. This museum was founded by Muslim Fakir family in 18th Century. They were given esteem respect during Ranjit Singh era.
9.Over 70% books in Pakistan are published only in Lahore
10.Wazir Khan mosque has gained worldwide attention over the years due to its unique and stunning architecture. This place has become one of top tourist spot for photo shot in Lahore.
11.Lahore is privileged to have the first ever Food Street which was opened in mid 90’s in Gawalmandi. This experiment went successful and spread in rest part of urban cities of Pakistan. Lahore is famous across the globe due to variety of non-veg food.
12.Punjab especially Lahore is known in the world due to Basant festival and kite flying. Use of chemical thread caused human casualties during last 15 years that forced Govt of Pakistan to impose complete ban on kiting and Basant in Lahore and rest of Punjab. Being a Punjabi, I miss kite flying alot.
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