Lahore Cantonment Board

Lahore Cantonment Board Lahore was captured by British Army on 10th Feb 1846
In 1850 Sir Charles Napier proclaimed the present area of Lahore Cantt as Mian Mir Cantonment

Lahore is undoubtedly ancient. Legend had it that it was founded by Loh, son of Rama, the hero of the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. Some others think that the name means Loh-awar, meaning a "Fort as strong as Iron". It waxed and waned in importance during the Sultanate. Lahore came under Muslim rule in 1206 with Qutub-ud-Din Aibak and reached its glory during the Mughal period. As the Mughal power dwindled the Punjab came under the sikh sway. By 1765 the city of Lahore was partitioned among three Sikh chieftains, Lahna Singh, Sobha Singh, and Gujar Singh. In 1799 it was captured by Ranjet Singh. The sikh period is known as darkest period in the history of Lahore and has been referred to as a ‘melancholy picture of fallen splendor After the defeat of sikhs and annexation of Lahore the British troops were stationed initially at Anarkali but later moved to Mian Mir. It was this that became to be known as Lahore Cantonment and was established in 1850 by Lt. Gen Sir Charles Napier. It was a beautifully planned cantonment with wide roads, parks and well laid-out living and unit areas. In 1968, the Cantonment limits were extended to include a large area with an over-all rural complexion.

Address

42 Sarwar Road
Lahore Cantt
54000

General information

So far as the funds permit, to make reasonable provision within the Cantonment for --- ◦Lighting streets and other public places; ◦Watering streets and other public places; ◦Cleansing streets, public places and drains, abating nuisances and removing noxious vegetation; ◦Regulating offensive, dangerous or obnoxious trades, callings and practices; ◦Removing, on the ground of public, safety, health or convenience, undesirable obstruction sand projections in streets and other public places; ◦Securing or removing dangerous buildings and places; ◦Acquiring, maintaining, changing and regulating places for the disposal of the dead; ◦Constructing, altering and maintaining streets, culverts, markets, slaughter-houses, latrines, privies, urinals, drains, drainage works and sewerage works; ◦Planting and maintaining trees on roadsides and other public places; ◦Providing or arranging for a sufficient supply of pure and wholesome water, where such supply does not exist, guarding from population water used for human consumption, and preventing polluted water from being so used; ◦registering births and deaths; ◦Establishing and maintaining a system of public vaccination; ◦Establishing and maintaining or supporting public hospitals and dispensaries, and providing public medical relief; ◦Establishing and maintaining or assisting primary schools; ◦Rendering assistance in extinguishing fires, and protecting life and property when fire occurs; ◦Maintaining and developing the value of property vested in, or entrusted to the management of, the Board: and; ◦Fulfilling any other obligation imposed upon it by or under this Act or any other law for the time being in force.

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