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MORE ABOUT LAHORE
Lahore is the Capital of the province of Punjab and the second largest city of Pakistan. Lahore is Pakistan's cultural, educational and artistic capital. Lahore is an ancient city and its history dates back to 630 AD. It was at its most glorious during the Mughal rule and has some of the best examples of Mughal architecture in South Asia. Also seen in Lahore are some fine colonial buildings of the British Era. Most of the Mughal monuments are located in and around the old city of Lahore which had twelve gates and a wall around it. Although most of the wall is gone, some gates are still there. The old city is still very alive and vibrant with a maze of narrow roads, lanes and bustling bazaars. Lahore has expanded immensely over the last 50 years and is still growing. The new city has various modern sites of interest, many open spaces and some notable parks, various commercial centers and many smart residential areas. Although Lahore has a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, it is one of Pakistan's major industrial hubs and is linked to the rest of the country through a network of highways, railways and airline connections.
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You could consider Lahore the San Francisco of Pakistan. As the nation's cultural, artistic and educational center, it is the most-visited city in Pakistan and features a wide variety of attractions. It is the site of the famous Shalimar Gardens, the Old City bazaars and an active film industry.
Like Shalimar Gardens, which were built in 1642 and contain more than 400 fountains, many of Lahore's other highlights are part of the legacy left from its days as the capital of the Mogul empire. Among them are the Lahore Fort, the Shish Mahal (Palace of Mirrors), the Mausoleum of Jahangir and the Badshahi Mosque.
Other sights to see in Lahore, a city of about 6 million that is the capital of the Punjab province, are Changa Manga, a forest planted by the British to provide wood for railway engines; Lahore Central Museum, which houses a Koran that is more than 1,000 years old; and the Fortress Stadium, which incorporates the style of fort in a sports stadium.
The many bazaars help define Lahore, as do the dancing girls in Tart's Quarter behind the fort. On a more refined note, Lahore also is noted for being home to Aitchison College, the National College of Arts and the Lahore University of Management Sciences.
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According to legends Lahore was founded by Loh, son of Rama, the hero of the Hindu epic Ramayana.
The city became Muslim when Qutub-ud-din Aibak was crowned in 1206 and thus became the first Muslim Sultan of the subcontinent. From 1524 to 1752 Lahore was part of the Mughal Empire. During Akbar's rule, Lahore was the capital of the empire from 1584 to 1598. During this time a massive fort, the Lahore Fort, was built on the fundaments of an older fort in the 1560s. This fort was later extended by Jahangir and Shah Jahan. The last of the great Mughals, Aurangzeb, ruling from 1658 to 1707, built the city's most famous monuments, the Badshahi Masjid and the Alamgiri Gate to the Lahore Fort.
The Badshahi Masjid, one of the world's largest mosques, is located just outside the Northeast corner of the Walled City. Opposite is the historic Lahore Fort which houses the famous Sheesh Mahal. Between the buildings two is a garden known as Hazuri Bagh in which Maharaja Ranjit Singh built a baradari, a decorated marble pavilion. Every Sunday afternoon story-tellers, poets and singers gather in the garden to continue their oral tradition, often reciting Waris Shah's Heer, Bulleh Shah, Farid Ganjshakar or other Punjabi literature. The Mausoleum of Muhammad Iqbal is also located in this garden, near the Eastern wall of the Badshahi Masjid. On the Northern side of the garden is the Samadhi of Ranjit Singh. The Southern side of Hazuri Bagh is bounded by the wall of the Walled City, with the Roshnai Gate serving as an entrance. Roshnai Gate leads into the Shahi Mohalla quarter of the Walled City, also known as Hira Mandi. Although Shahi Mohalla is notorious for being the red-light district of Lahore, it also offers a large variety of traditional food, including the famous Phajje ke Paye. The Minar-e-Pakistan (thought of by many as being architecturally corrupt in comparison to its surroundings) is located in Iqbal Park across the road from the Badshahi Masjid complex.
Just behind the Lahore Fort is the Masti Gate entrance. This area is dominated wholesale shoesellers, or both traditional and Western style shoes. Further down the street is located one of the cities oldest mosques, the Mosque of Mariyam Zamani, named after the mother of Jahangir.
The Bhati Gate entrance is located on the Western wall of the Old City. The area inside the gate serves is well known throughout the city for its food. Just outside of Bhati Gate is Data Durbar, the mausoleum of the Sufi saint Ali Hajweri (also known as Data Sahib Ganjbaksh). Every Thursday evening musicians gather here to perform Qawwali music.
Delhi Gate is an entrance on the Eastern wall of the Walled City, named because it faces the road towards Delhi (now part of India). Wazir Khan, Sonehri Masjid. Inside the gate on the left hand side is located the Shahi Hammam, or "Royal Baths". Further down the bazaar, one will find the beautiful Wazir Khan Mosque, named after a viceroy of the Punjab during the reign of Shah Jahan. Further inwards, the road leads towards the Sonehri Masjid.
Station, Dai Anga Mosque, Landa Bazaar
Tomb of Shah Jamal, Pappu Sain
Pak Tea House, Lawrence Gardens
Tomb of Lal Hussain, Mela Chiraghan, Shalimar Gardens
Tomb of Jahangir, Tomb of Noor Jehan
The recent road building programme has improved accessibility. A motorway was completed in 2000, linking Lahore to Islamabad, the capital. This apparently coincided with the appearance of McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants in the new shopping centres all over the city. The Airport has been renovated and renamed to Allama Iqbal International Airport.
