Qila Gujar Singh Explained

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]

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Towns & Unions in the City District of Lahore - Qila Gujar Singh (see it listed under column Tehsil - 'Data Ganj Bakhsh Town'). 9 February 2012. 11 September 2023. National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120209043325/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=1&dn=Lahore.
2. Book: The Panjab Past and Present . 1991 . Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University. . en.
3. Book: Gupta, Hari Ram . History of the Sikhs: The Sikh commonwealth or Rise and fall of Sikh misls (1st ed. 1982) . 1978 . Munshiram Manoharlal . en.
4. Web site: Sirdar Gujjar Singh Bhangi Of Lahore . 2024-09-04 . Jat Chiefs . en-US.
5. News: HARKING BACK: Amazing genius of Gujjar Singh and his Lahore 'qila'. Sheikh. Majid. 28 June 2015. Dawn newspaper. en. 2023-09-11.