History
Faiz Baksh (Bestower of Goodness) patio view from Farah Baksh (Bestower of Pleasure) terrace.jpg
Inside Shalimar Gardens
Shalimar Gardens in 1895
Development of the nurseries started on 12 June 1641, and required year and a half to complete.[2] During the Sikh time, a large part of the nursery's marble was plundered and used to enhance the Golden Temple and the Ram Bagh Palace in adjacent Amritsar,[9] while the nurseries' expensive agate entryway was stripped and sold by Lehna Singh Majithia.[10]
In 1806 the Maharaja requested the Shalimar Gardens to be repaired.[11]
The Gardens were nationalized in 1962 by General Ayub Khan[12] on the grounds that driving Arain Mian relatives had gone against his inconvenience of military regulation in Pakistan.[citation needed]
The yearly Mela Chiraghan celebration used to occur in the nurseries until General Ayub Khan precluded it in 1958.
The Shalimar Gardens (Urdu: شالامار باغ, romanized: Shālāmār Bāgh are a Mughal garden complex situated in Lahore, Pakistan. The nurseries date from the period when the Mughal Empire was at its creative and tasteful zenith,[1] and are presently one of Pakistan's most well known traveler objections.
The Shalimar Gardens were spread out as a Persian heaven garden expected to make a portrayal of a natural perfect world in which people coincide in ideal amicability with all components of nature.[2] Construction of the nurseries started in 1641 during the reign of Emperor Shah Jahan,[2] and was finished in 1642.[3] In 1981 the Shalimar Gardens were recorded as an UNESCO World Heritage Site as they typify Mughal garden plan at the apogee of its development.[1
