Dharampura

Neighbourhood located in Lahore.

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Sushma Swaraj

Indian lawyer, politician, and diplomat who famously served as the Minister of External Affairs of India in the first Narendra Modi government (2014–2019).

The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Smt. Sushma Swaraj addressing the Press on "Birds flu" in New Delhi on 29 January 2004

Sushma Swaraj taking charge as the Union Minister for External Affairs, in New Delhi on 28 May 2014

Secretary of State John Kerry and Sushma Swaraj address reporters during news Conference following strategic dialogue

Sushma Swaraj addressing at 73rd United Nations General Assembly in 2018

Swaraj with Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Her parents hailed from the Dharampura area of Lahore, Pakistan.

Lahore

Capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab, is Pakistan's 2nd largest city after Karachi, and is the 26th largest city in the world.

The Lava Temple at the Lahore Fort dates from the Sikh period, and is dedicated to the Hindu deity Lava

The Data Darbar shrine, one of Pakistan's most important, was built to commemorate the patron saint of Lahore, Ali Hujwiri, who lived in the city during the Ghaznavid era in the 11th century.

The Neevin Mosque is one of Lahore's few remaining medieval era buildings.

Lahore's Wazir Khan Mosque is considered to be the most ornately decorated Mughal-era mosque.

The Begum Shahi Mosque was completed in 1614 in honour of Jahangir's mother, Mariam-uz-Zamani.

The iconic Alamgiri Gate of the Lahore Fort was built in 1674, and faces Aurangzeb's Badshahi Mosque.

Wazir Khan Mosque painting by William Carpenter, 1866.

The Sunehri Mosque was built in the Walled City of Lahore in the early 18th century, when the Mughal Empire was in decline.

The Tomb of Asif Khan was one of several monuments plundered for its precious building materials during the Sikh period.

Lahore's Hazuri Bagh is at the centre of an ensemble of Mughal and Sikh era monuments, including the Badshahi Mosque, Lahore Fort, Roshnai Gate, and the Samadhi of Ranjit Singh.

The marble Hazuri Bagh Baradari was built in 1818 to celebrate Ranjit Singh's acquisition of the Koh-i-Noor diamond.

The Shah Alami area of Lahore's Walled City in 1890

Having been constructed in the immediate aftermath of the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny, the design of the Lahore Railway Station was highly militarised in order to defend the structure from any further potential uprisings against British rule.

The Mall, Lahore's pre-independence commercial core, features many examples of colonial architecture.

Sections of the Walled City of Lahore have been under restoration since 2012 in conjunction with the Agha Khan Trust for Culture.

The area around the Wazir Khan Mosque exemplifies the Walled City's urban form

Built in 2012, Grand Jamia Mosque in Southern Lahore is a blend of Mughal and modern architecture.

A syncretic architectural style that blends Islamic, Hindu, and Western motifs took root during the colonial era, as shown at Aitchison College.

Much of old Lahore features colonial-era buildings, such as the Tollinton Market.

Lahore's Lawrence Garden was laid in 1862.

The Orange Line is Pakistan's first metro rail line.

The Azadi Chowk is located near the Badshahi Mosque.

Lahore Canal during the spring Basant festival

University of Engineering and Technology, Main Block.

Pakistan playing against Argentina in 2005.

Gaddafi Stadium is one of the largest stadiums of Pakistan with a capacity of 27,000 spectators.

Akbar also established the Dharampura neighbourhood in the early 1580s, which survives today.

Shrine of Mian Mir

17th-century shrine located in Lahore, Pakistan, that is dedicated to the Sufi mystic Mian Mir.

Mian Mir's shrine is one of the most important Sufi shrines in Lahore

The shrine is illuminated during the annual urs festival, and on religious holidays.

Devotees frequently tie strings of thread as prayers.

Numerous small cubicles are used for burning of oil lamps

The underside of the shrine's dome is decorated with mirror work known as ayina kari

The tomb is located in the Alam Ganj neighbourhood of the Dharampura municipality, approximately 3 kilometres west of Lahore's Walled City.

Krishan Nagar

Part of the Islampura neighbourhood of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

However, it is still largely referred to by its former name, as is the case with many other localities of Lahore such as Dharampura (renamed Mustafa-abad), Bhalla stop (renamed Zaibunnisa stop).

List of places in Lahore

Lahore remains a major tourist destination in Pakistan.

Allama Iqbal international Airport Lahore

Dharampura Bazar Lahore

Garhi Shahu

Union council and historic neighbourhood in Gulberg Tehsil of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

There is also an important Christian cemetery adjacent to the area in the historic Hindu neighbourhood Dharampura.