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…
Gurdwara Guru Mangat #Lahore c. 1940s Once this gurdwara used to be very close to Lahore Cantonment railway station, later Gulberg was developed around it. Guru Hargobind came here after leaving Mozang and built this Gurudawara. It suffered vast damage during the troubles in 1947…
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 Alamgiri Gate of Lahore Fort, built by Aurangzeb in 1673. It's the main entrance to the Lahore Fort from west facing Badshahi Mosque. The monumental gateway is an imposing vestibule flanked by two semi-circular bastions that have boldly fluted shafts and lotus petalled bases and are crowned…
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…
Hazrat Abdullah Shah Baloch started building this mosque and was completed by his nephew Sardar Khan (most of historic pictures refer this mosque as Sardar Khan Mosque). This mosque does not exist in original shape, as seen in the old and new picture, only central…
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…