Lahore In The Time Of The Raj- (Mass-Market)-(Budget-Print)

Lahore during the Raj was a prosperous and

cosmopolitan place, where many communities

lived together and there was a constant flow of

goods, people, and ideas. In the Mughal era, the

city's strategic location at the junction of roads to

Kabul, Multan, Kashmir, and Delhi made it a seat

of power and poets, artists and traders flocked

therefore patronage from the royal court. The city

expanded under the Sikhs as well, and with the

the annexation of Punjab by the British, Lahore

entered a new phase.

Lahore's fabled Raj-era buildings-including the

GPO, the High Court and the Museum-are

widely acclaimed examples of colonial architecture.

The British lived in Civil Lines, the Cantonment

and the Mall; while in the 1920s, the prestigious

Indian suburb of Model Town came up which,

with its well-ordered streets, parks, and bungalows,

became a template for all subsequent residential

colonies in the subcontinent.

The 1930s and 1940s were a time of intense

cultural and political creativity, and writers and

artists flourished; F.C. College and Government

College was celebrated centers of learning and

there was a great engagement between Lahore and

the nascent Bollywood film industry, which the

traumas of the Partition ended.

Lahore in the Time of the Raj tells the story

of that glittering city-memories of which still

linger on both sides of the border.