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LAHORE AS SEEN FROM ABOVE



The inverted 'U' is Lahore 's popular Liberty Market

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The famous Gaddafi cricket stadium; the Alhamra Art Gallery; the Alhamra amphiteatre
Foreground: Hockey and athletics stadia. Background, left: grounds of Forman Christian College set up in 1865, named after Dr Charles Forman, an American Protestant missionary who settled in Lahore in 1849. The college was nationalised by the government of the late Prime Minister Z. A. Bhutto (father of Benazir Bhutto) and stayed so for over 30 years before being returned to the mission which had run it since inception.

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An older Lahore locality forming an interesting mosaic.

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The Dawood Hercules fertiliser plant on the way to Sheikhupura

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Sheikhupura Fort, Sheikhupura. Built at the centre of a dense forest in 1607 on the orders of Jehaangeer, the Mughal emperor of India, father of Shah Jehaan who built the Taj Mahal. Sheikhupura, initially called Jehaangeerpura (later Sheikhupura after Jehaangeer's nickname 'Sheikhu'), was a hunting retreat for the emperor who came here frequently from Lahore to relax. Interestingly, Alexander the Great fought one of his fiercest battles in the vicinity of Sheikhupura around 100 BC.

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Hiran Minaar, built by Emperor Jehaangeer as a monument to Mansraaj his favourite pet deer: A remarkable structure with many features, some being added after Jehaangeer's death by his son and successor the Emperor Shahjehaan.

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