Qila Gujar Singh (Fort of Gujjar Singh) is a residential neighborhood located in the central part of the city of Lahore, Pakistan.[1]
It is the site of the fort of the 18th-century Bhangi Misl ruler Sardar Gujar Singh Bhangi a Sandhu Jat Sikh.[2][3][4] The fort's walls and a gate still remain. There is a busy market in the streets of this neighborhood 'Qila Gujar Singh'. It is surrounded by Police Lines Road, the Lahore Hotel, a TV station, and a radio station.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Towns & Unions in the City District of Lahore - Qila Gujar Singh (see it listed under column Tehsil - 'Data Ganj Bakhsh Town')". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ The Panjab Past and Present. Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University. 1991.
- ^ Gupta, Hari Ram (1978). History of the Sikhs: The Sikh commonwealth or Rise and fall of Sikh misls (1st ed. 1982). Munshiram Manoharlal.
- ^ "Sirdar Gujjar Singh Bhangi Of Lahore". Jat Chiefs. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ Sheikh, Majid (28 June 2015). "HARKING BACK: Amazing genius of Gujjar Singh and his Lahore 'qila'". Dawn newspaper. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
31°34′N 74°20′E / 31.567°N 74.333°E
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