Shalimar Zone

Shalimar (Punjabi, Urdu: شالیمار‎) is an administrative town (tehsil) in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.[2] It forms one of the 10 municipalities of Lahore City District.[3]

Shalimar
شالیمار
Tehsil
CountryPakistan
ProvincePunjab
City DistrictLahore
Union Councils
Government
 • TypeTehsil Municipal Administration
Population
 • Total2,280,308
The second level of the Shalimar Gardens Also known as the level of fountains

History

Shalimar is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Lahore, located along the historic Grand Trunk Road. Settlement of this area dates back to the 15th century during the Mughul Empire. The town is named after the Shalimar Gardens, built by Emperor Shah Jehan in 1640.[4] The Mela Chiraghan festival used to take place at Shalimar Gardens, until President Ayub Khan ordered against it in 1958. Shalimar was officially declared a township in 1962 and become an administrative town (tehsil) of Lahore City District in 2001.

Neighbourhoods

Today Shalimar is a semi-commercial town, with the southern and western region being residential and the northern and eastern regions being commercial and industrial. It consists of 18 union councils.

  • Bhaghatpura (UC 15)
  • Gujjarpura (UC 16)
  • Rehmatpura (UC 17)
  • Begampura (UC 18)
  • Chah Miran (UC 19)
  • Bilal Bagh (UC 20)
  • Makhanpura (UC 21)
  • Kot Khawaja Saeed (UC 22)
  • Shad Bagh (UC 23)
  • Wassanpura (UC 24)
  • Faiz Bagh (UC 25)
  • Farooqganj (UC 26)
  • Crown Park (UC 33)
  • Madhu Lal Hussain (UC 34)
  • Muhammad (UC 35)
  • Baghbanpura (UC 36)
  • Angori Bagh (UC 46)
  • Ramgarh (UC 47)

Academic Institutions

Healthcare
  • Shalimar Hospital

See also

References
  1. "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: PUNJAB" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  2. "Convenience stalls - TNS - The News on Sunday". tns.thenews.com.pk.
  3. "TMA Lahore Division - Local Government and Community Development". lgcd.punjab.gov.pk.
  4. REHMAN, ABDUL (24 February 2018). "CHANGING CONCEPTS OF GARDEN DESIGN IN LAHORE FROM MUGHAL TO CONTEMPORARY TIMES". Garden History. 37 (2): 205–217. JSTOR 27821596.

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