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Within a year, the Punjab was formally annexed to the British Empire and military sappers had begun leveling Lahore's city wall. Map of Lahore and Environ in 1911. Under British rule (1849–1947), colonial architecture in Lahore combined Mughal, Gothic and Victorian styles.
Mar 15, 2017 · Abstract. There have been several studies of colonial Lahore in recent years. These have explored such themes as the city’s modernity, its cosmopolitanism and the rise of communalism which culminated in the blood- letting of 1947.
Abstract. Chapter one firstly discusses the spatial development of colonial Lahore with the creation of the Civil Lines, the Cantonment and the Mall. These areas contained such imposing new buildings as the GPO, the High Court and the Museum.
Lahore (Urdu: Lāhawr) is the second-largest city of Pakistan and has a rich and diverse history spanning thousands of years. The first recorded mention of the city can be found in the 982 AD...
Introduction. 1. The notion of a ‘dual’ colonial city in Lahore and other colonial urban centres was popularised in. Antony King, Colonial Urban Development: Culture, Social Power and Environment (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1976). 2. For an evocative post-colonial rendering of this stereotype see.
William J. Glover investigates the traditions that shaped colonial Lahore, focusing on the conviction that both British and Indian actors who implemented urbani...
2 days ago · Lahore. Lahore, second largest city of Pakistan and the capital of Punjab province. It lies 811 miles (1,305 km) northeast of Karāchi in the upper Indus plain on the Rāvi River, a tributary of the Indus. Little is known of the history of the settlement prior to the Muslim period.
