Lahore

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city provincial capital

Lahore is a major cultural, historical, and economic center of Pakistan, known for its rich Mughal heritage, educational institutions, and role in the region’s political history.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lahore area	1
Lahore, Punjab, British India	1
Lahore, capital of the Sikh Empire	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ provincial capital ⓘ
callingCode	+92-42 ⓘ
capitalOf	Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Pakistan ⓘ
culturalEvent	Basant (kite festival, historically) ⓘ literary festivals ⓘ
event	Lahore Resolution ⓘ surface form: Lahore Resolution 1940 Partition of India ⓘ surface form: Partition of British India 1947 (major impact)
governingBody	Lahore City District Government ⓘ
hasAirport	Allama Iqbal International Airport ⓘ
hasCricketGround	Gaddafi Stadium ⓘ
hasLandmark	Anarkali Bazaar ⓘ Badshahi Mosque ⓘ Bagh-e-Jinnah ⓘ Data Darbar ⓘ Greater Iqbal Park ⓘ Lahore Fort ⓘ Lahore Museum ⓘ Lahore Zoo ⓘ Liberty Market ⓘ Minar-e-Pakistan ⓘ Shalimar Gardens ⓘ Attari–Wagah border ⓘ surface form: Wagah Border (nearby) Walled City of Lahore ⓘ
hasMassTransit	Lahore Metrobus ⓘ Orange Line Metro Train ⓘ
hasUniversity	Government College, Lahore ⓘ surface form: Government College University, Lahore King Edward Medical University ⓘ Lahore University of Management Sciences ⓘ University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore ⓘ University of the Punjab ⓘ
historicalEra	British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire
knownFor	Mughal architecture ⓘ cuisine ⓘ cultural heritage ⓘ educational institutions ⓘ film and theatre ⓘ historical monuments ⓘ literary traditions ⓘ political history ⓘ
language	English (widely used) ⓘ Punjabi ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ surface form: Urdu
locatedIn	Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Ravi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorIndustry	food processing ⓘ information technology ⓘ publishing ⓘ textiles ⓘ tourism ⓘ
nickname	City of Gardens ⓘ Heart of Pakistan ⓘ
population	over 11 million ⓘ
postalCodeRange	54000–54999 (approximate) ⓘ
rankInPakistanByPopulation	second largest city ⓘ
sports	cricket ⓘ football ⓘ hockey ⓘ
UTCOffset	+05:00 ⓘ
wasCapitalOf	Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire (intermittently) Punjab Province under British India ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lahore Resolution → adoptedAt → Lahore ⓘ

All India Muslim League → adoptedResolutionAt → Lahore ⓘ

Shah Jahan → birthPlace → Lahore ⓘ

Faiz Ahmed Faiz → burialPlace → Lahore ⓘ

Sikh Empire → capital → Lahore ⓘ

Jahangir → capitalDuringReign → Lahore ⓘ

Maharaja Ranjit Singh → capitalOfRealm → Lahore ⓘ

Majhi dialect → coreRegion → Lahore ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lahore area

Allama Muhammad Iqbal → deathPlace → Lahore ⓘ

Lala Lajpat Rai → deathPlace → Lahore ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lahore, Punjab, British India

Treaty of Lahore (1846) → geographicContext → Lahore ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lahore, capital of the Sikh Empire

Islamic world → hasCulturalCenter → Lahore ⓘ

Punjabi cinema → hasMajorCenter → Lahore ⓘ

Mohsin Hamid → hasResidence → Lahore ⓘ

Punjabi cinema → historicalCenter → Lahore ⓘ

Rudyard Kipling → livedIn → Lahore ⓘ

Allama Iqbal’s mausoleum, Lahore → locatedIn → Lahore ⓘ

Hunter Commission → locationOfHearings → Lahore ⓘ

Indus River basin → majorCityOnBasin → Lahore ⓘ

Pakistan Standard Time → observedInCity → Lahore ⓘ

Ravi River → passesThrough → Lahore ⓘ

Hina Jilani → placeOfBirth → Lahore ⓘ

Mohsin Hamid → placeOfBirth → Lahore ⓘ

Faiz Ahmed Faiz → placeOfDeath → Lahore ⓘ

Maharaja Ranjit Singh → placeOfDeath → Lahore ⓘ

Faiz Ahmed Faiz → residence → Lahore ⓘ

Hina Jilani → workLocation → Lahore ⓘ

Mohsin Hamid → workLocation → Lahore ⓘ