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Late 19th Century India, Lahore.
'The old Zamzamah gun that roared in the Battle of Puniput.'
This large cannon stands in front of the Lahore Museum and it is this gun that the hero is seated astride at the beginning of Rudyard Kipling's 'Kim'.
"This huge old bronze gun...has been elevated to this conspicuous place of honor beside a great popular thoroughfare where it can be seen by all persons.
Like other "big-guns" it has been honored with titular distinctions; it has been called "The Hummer", "The Roaring Lion," "The Fire-Breathing Dragon"
An old proverb 'Who holds Zamzamah (The Roaring Lion) controls the Punjab.'
The Sikhs call it the Bhangianwali Top, which signifies the cannon of the Bhangi confederacy."

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Circa 1870 British India, Punjab.
Lahore Railway Station.
Built 1859-60.
Architect - William Brunton.
Photographer - John Edward Sache

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1880 British India, Lahore. (Now Pakistan).
Government College, Lahore.
The gothic Government College at Lahore, completed in 1877.
Lahore on the Ravi river, has been the provincial capital of the Punjab for centuries, and has had several periods of development under Mughal, Sikh, and British rule, all of which left it embellished with architecture.
It achieved its greatest glory under the Mughals, from the 1520s to the early 18th century, when it became known as the 'city of gardens'.
The Dunlop Smith Collection: Sir Charles Aitchison Album of Views in India and Burma.

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Lahore in 1946
A street view of Lahore in during British India, public gathering around watch repairing shop and optician Gillani Brothers, now in Pakistan

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Mall Road Lahore (1930)
The building on the right side is still intact with its clock tower. The road has been bifurcated as the traffic increased. It's a sigh of relief that nobody can alter the exterior of any historical building on the Mall.

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