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Lahore enjoys a special position in the history of Pakistan Movement and Indian Independence Movement. The 1929 Congress session was held at Lahore. In this Congress, a resolution of "complete independence" was moved by Pandit Nehru and passed unanimously at midnight on 31 December 1929.
Lahore was annexed to the British Raj in 1849 and became the capital of British Punjab. [27] Lahore was central to the independence movements of both India and Pakistan, with the city being the site of both the Declaration of Indian Independence and the resolution calling for the establishment of Pakistan.
A Hindu legend based on oral traditions holds that Lahore, known in ancient times as Nokhar (City of Lava in Sanskrit), [1] was founded by Prince Lava, [2] the son of the goddess Sita and Rama; Kasur was founded by his twin brother Prince Kusha. [3]
1993 – Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery established at the National College of Arts Lahore. [39] 1996 – Lahore Post begins publication. 1997 – Lahore-Islamabad Motorway completed. 1998 – Population: 5,143,495. [40] 1999 21 February: City hosts signing of the India-Pakistan Lahore Declaration regarding nuclear armaments. University of Lahore ...
The Lahore Fort (Punjabi and Urdu: شاہی قلعہ: Shahi Qila, or "Royal Fort") is a citadel at the northern end of Lahore's Walled City that spreads over an area greater than 20 hectares. [9] It contains 21 notable monuments, some of which date to the era of Emperor Akbar .
The Khokhars conquered Lahore in 1342 during the reign of Muhammad bin Tughlaq and again in 1394 led by the chief Shaikha Khokhar, the former governor of Lahore during the reign of Sultan Mahmud Tughlaq. [22] They grew powerful during the period of Firuz Shah, who led an expedition against the Khokhar chief in Sambhal. [23]
The city of Lahore has a history of Hindu presence. The earliest princes were said to be Rajputs from Ayodhya, of the same family as those who reigned in Gujrat and Mewar. [citation needed] Hieun Tsang, the Chinese traveller, who visited the Punjab in 630 AD, speaks of a large city, containing many thousands of families, chiefly Brahmans, situated on the eastern frontier of the kingdom of ...
Lahore's reputation for beauty fascinated the English poet John Milton, who wrote "Agra and Lahore, the Seat of the Great Mughal" in 1670. During this time, the massive Lahore Fort was built. A few buildings within the fort were added by Akbar's son, Mughal emperor Jahangir, who is buried in the city. Jahangir's son, Shahjahan Burki, was born ...