The General Post Office (abbreviated: GPO) is the main post office in Lahore, Pakistan. Located at GPO Chowk on Mall Road (Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam) near Anarkali, the GPO is Pakistan's largest.[1] On average, it handles 20,000 pieces of mail per day.[2]
It was built in 1887 to commemorate Queen Victoria'sGolden Jubilee[3] and replaced the telegraph office of Anarkali Bazar.[4] The building was designed and built by Sir Ganga Ram, one of the leading architects of that time,[5][6] and was built near the shrine of the 17th century saint Shah Chiragh.
GPO was built near the shrine of Shah Chiragh, who was a prominent saint during the Shah Jahan era.[7]
Building
The building consists of two main halls and two minarets.[8]
Conservation
It was the first British era building to be conserved in the city. The work was carried out by Yasmeen Lari and Associations. On 21 August 1996, the Post Office issued a stamp commemorating its restoration.
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to General Post Office, Lahore.
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^Ahmad, Issam, The post-colonial hangover in The Review, Dawn. 9–15 October 2008 pg 18
^General Post Office, Lahore 360. Retrieved 30 June 2010
^Ahmad, Issam, The post-colonial hangover in The Review, Dawn. 9–15 October 2008 pg 18
^"SIR GANGA RAM: A Brilliant Man of Punjab | Lahore Nama". 16 January 2009.
^. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
^Latif, Syad Muhammad (1892). Lahore: Its History, Architectural Remains and Antiquities: With an Account of Its Modern Institutions, Inhabitants, Their Trade, Customs, &c. Printed at the New Imperial Press.
^Ahmad, Issam, The post-colonial hangover in The Review, Dawn. 9–15 October 2008 pg 18
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