General Post Office, Lahore
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The General Post Office is the main post office in Lahore
, Pakistan
as well as the country's largest. It is located at GPO Chowk, Mall Road (Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam) near Anarkali. On average it handles 20,000 pieces of mail per day.
Golden Jubilee
and replaced the telegraph office of Anarkali Bazar. The building was designed and built by Sir Ganga Ram
, one of the leading architects of that time.
and Associations.
issued a stamp commemorating its restoration.
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
as well as the country's largest. It is located at GPO Chowk, Mall Road (Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam) near Anarkali. On average it handles 20,000 pieces of mail per day.
History
It was built in 1887 to commemorate Queen Victoria'sVictoria of the United Kingdom
Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....
Golden Jubilee
Golden Jubilee
A Golden Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 50th anniversary.- In Thailand :King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, celebrated his Golden Jubilee on 9 June 1996.- In the Commonwealth Realms :...
and replaced the telegraph office of Anarkali Bazar. The building was designed and built by Sir Ganga Ram
Sir Ganga Ram
Sir Ganga Ram KCSI was an eminent civil engineer born in Mangtanwala, a small village of Punjab Province in British India now in Punjab, Pakistan and educated at the Thomason College of Civil Engineering 1873 batch...
, one of the leading architects of that time.
Conservation
It was the first British era building to be conserved in the city. The work was carried out by Yasmeen LariYasmeen Lari
Yasmeen Lari is the first woman architect in Pakistan. Motivated by her father, she set her goal to study architecture. Throughout her career, she experienced challenges from the opposite sex in the industry but was still able to uphold her interests and expand on it...
and Associations.
Stamp
On 21 August 1996, the Post OfficePakistan Post
Pakistan Post is a state enterprise dedicated to providing wide range of postal products and public services in Pakistan. It is the largest postal service in the country...
issued a stamp commemorating its restoration.