The Dyal Singh Trust Library, located at Nisbat Road, near Lakshmi Chowk, was established in 1908 in pursuance of the Will of the Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia. The library was initially established in the residence of Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, and upon completion of the…
Jado Ghar / Magic House / Freemason's Hall, Charing Cross Lahore. The first Masonic Temple of the Lodge of Hope and Perseverance was built in 1859 at Anarkali, Lahore. Its site on Lodge Road is now occupied by Lady Maclagan Government High School. The second…
Hindustan Commercial Bank Est 1805, Gobind Ram Building - Rang Mahal, Lahore The building with the inscription 'Gobind Ram Kahan Chand' and 'Hindustan Commercial Bank Established 1805' in English and Urdu, still remains amidst the hustle bustle of vendors, gold and crockery traders of Rang…
Watercolour of a views of Lahore, Punjab, by an anonymous artists c. 1825-1880 Lahore has been subject to many different ruling dynasties over the centuries. As Mughal Emperor Akbar's capital city, Lahore, from 1584 to 1598, came the construction of some of the finest monuments in the…
The Islamic Summit Minar is an obelisk-shape structure, in front of Punjab Assembly Hall at the Charing Cross, Mall Road in Lahore. It was built to commemorate the Organisation of Islamic Conference held in Lahore from February 22 to February 24, 1974. Its foundation stone was laid…
Once Lahore's first state of the art Hospital UCH, Gulberg III (Photo c. 1960s by Pat Pickard) established in early 1960s, now in a bad shape and losing it's grandeur. It was a time when people can see it's cross that used to be illuminated…
Hazuri Bagh is a garden in Lahore, bounded by the Lahore Fort (east side), Badshahi Mosque (west side), the Samadhi of Ranjit Singh (north side) and the Roshnai Gate (south side). In the center stands the Hazuri Bagh Baradari, built by Ranjit Singh in 1813 to…
In 1841, during the Sikh civil war, Ranjit Singh's son, Sher Singh, used the Mosque's large minarets for placement of zamburahs or light guns, which were placed atop the minarets to bombard the supporters of the Sikh Maharani Chand Kaur taking refuge in the besieged…
Government House (Now Governor House) - Lahore This dining room, originally the upper story of the tomb of Mohammad Kasim Khan, a maternal cousin of Emperor Akbar, dating from 1635 and the grave is still located underneath this room. Historian, Syed Muhammad Latif and Kannahiya…
Dyal Singh Trust Building - The Mall - Lahore Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia (1848–98) an Indian banker was founder chairman of the Punjab National Bank, established in 1894.He established dyal singh trust society. He constructed Dyal Singh Trust building at the Mall after winning the auction…