Baghbanpura

Baghbanpura (Urdu: باغبان پورہ) is a town and Union Council of Shalimar tehsil, Lahore District, Punjab, Pakistan [ [http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=1&dn=Lahore Towns & Unions in the City District of Lahore - Government of Pakistan] ] . It is located along the Grand Trunk Road some 5 kilometres northeast of the main Lahore city. The site of Baghbanpura was granted by Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan to Mian Muhammad Yousaf s/o Mian Muhammad Ishaq in lieu of giving his private village land Ishaq Pur as a gift to emperor for the construction of Shalimar Garden [ [http://www.pakistantourism.gov.pk/Home.aspx?Sch=161 Pakistan Tourism ] ] . "Mian" is the royal title given to this family by Mughal Empire. Later Baghbanpura became home town of Mian family who Mughal Empiror Shah Jehan also granted the custodianship of the Shalimar Gardens.

The word Baghbanpura literally means 'Town of Gardens', as this place originally used to be surrounded by many gardens mostly owned by Mian family itself. But by the passage of time all gardens and agricultural fields are now converted to developed city and only garden left there is the Shalimar Garden, now included as a UNESCO World Heritage Site [ [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/171 Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore - UNESCO World Heritage Centre ] ] . Ruins of Mughal style gates of some gardens are still present along G.T. Road. Baghbanpura has now became a part of modern Lahore city.

ee also

*Mian Family Baghbanpura
*Shalimar Gardens (Lahore)
*Lahore

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