Baghbanpura ( ur, ) is a town and Union Council of Shalimar tehsil, Lahore District,

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. It is located along the

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some 5 kilometres northeast of the main

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city. The site for Baghbanpura was granted by Mughal Empire 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. Later Baghbanpura became home town of

Arain Arain (also known as Raeen) are a large Punjabi agricultural tribe with strong political identity and organisation, found mainly in the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh with a small population in parts of Indian Punjab, Uttar Pradesh ...

Mian family Mian may refer to: People and languages * Mian (surname), including a list of people with the surname * Mian (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Mian family of Baghbanpura, a noble Arain family of Lahore, Pakistan *Mia ...

who Mughal Empiror Shah Jehan also granted the custodianship of the Shalimar Gardens. The word Baghbanpura literally means 'Town of Gardeners', as this place originally used to be surrounded by many gardens mostly owned by

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

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.Shalamar Gardens in Lahore - UNESCO World Heritage
/ref> Ruins of Mughal style gates of some gardens are still present along G.T. Road. Baghbanpura has now become a part of modern Lahore city.

Mela Chiraghan Mela Chiraghan or Mela Shalimar ( pa, ; "Festival of Lights") is a three-day annual festival to mark the urs (death anniversary) of the Punjabi poet and Sufi saint Shah Hussain (1538-1599) who lived in Lahore in the 16th century. It takes place ...

or Mela Shalamar ( pa, ; "Festival of Lights") is a three-day annual festival to mark the

urs Urs (from ''‘Urs'') or ''Urus'' (literal meaning wedding), is the death anniversary of a Sufi saint, usually held at the saint's dargah (shrine or tomb). In most Sufi orders such as Naqshbandiyyah, Suhrawardiyya, Chishtiyya, Qadiriyya, etc ...

(death anniversary) of the Punjabi Sufi poet and saint

Shah Hussain Shah Hussain ( pa, ; ; 1538–1599), also known as Madhoo Lal Hussain, was a 16th-century Punjabi Muslim Sufi poet who is regarded as a pioneer of the Kafi form of Punjabi poetry. He lived during the ruling periods of Mughal emperors Akbar ...

. It takes place at the shrine of Shah Hussain in Baghbanpura.

Constituency areas

National Assembly: NA-127(Lahore-II) provincial Assembly: PP-148 & PP-153

References

Populated places in Lahore District Zones in Lahore {{Lahore-geo-stub