Maharaja ranjit singh fort lahore. The fort fell to the army of ranjit singh who took lahore from the bhangi misl in 1799. Lahore fort was originally built by the moghuls but maharaja ranjit singh added many features to the fort during his region. Maharaja ranjit singh statue in lahore fort pakistan.
In a colourful ceremony the statue of the sikh ruler maharaja ranjit singh was unveiled at the lahore fort at the mai jindas haveli on thursday evening. His final resting place samadh is next door to the lahore fort and also gurdwara dera saheb the birthplace of the fifth sikh guru guru arjan dev. It is a huge sprawling fort with many interesting features.
By bobby singh bansal. During my numerous visits to pakistan i had noticed that major sikh structures were vanishing each time i visited. The nine feet tall statue made of cold bronze shows the regal sikh emperor sitting on a horse sword in hand complete in sikh attire.
They were either demolished or merged with existing islamic monuments such as mosques. Maharaja duleep singh was born at the forts jind kaur haveli in 1838. 13 1780 at gujranwala.
Duleep singh had signed the treaty of bhyroval in 1847 that brought the sikh empire to an effective end. The iconic location witnessed the whole action from being passed on to various rulers to british colonialists post. Also the lahore fort was the staying place of maharaja ranjit singh.
As a writer and historian i have been visiting pakistan since 1989 for research on sikh history. The statue of maharaja ranjit singh on the evening of its inauguration at lahore fort last weekphoto via press information department on twitter i am reminded of this important discussion on the. The nine feet tall.
On 27 june 2019 on thursday evening a life sized statue of the sikh ruler maharaja ranjit singh was unveiled at the lahore fort lahore pakistan at the mai jindas haveli.