Dharampura

Dharampura (Urdu: دھرم پُورہ‎), alternatively spelt Dharmapura, is a neighbourhood located in Lahore. The Mughal emperor Akbar laid the foundation of this colony for Hindus as an alms-house in 1583.[1]. After 1947 Partition it was renamed Mustafabad but is still locally known as Dharampura.

This article is about the neighbourhood of Lahore. For for the village in Bihar, India, see Dharampura, Aurangabad.

Dharampura دھرم پُورہ
Locality
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
City District	Lahore
Tehsil	Aziz Bhatti Town

Dharampura sits on the western bank of the Lahore Canal, between the Walled City of Lahore and the Lahore Cantonment. It is a largely working class neighbourhood.[2] The area was largely populated by Hindus and Sikhs prior to the Partition of British India.[3] The locality is also the ancestral home of Sushma Swaraj, who was a lawyer in Supreme Court of India and the Minister of External Affairs of India.[4]

References

1. Latif, Syad Muhammad (2003). Agra historical and descriptive with an account of Akbar and his court and of the modern city of Agra. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 8120617096. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
2. "This is Mustafabad, Lahore". www.labournet.net. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
3. Tikekar, Maneesha (2004). Across the Wagah: An Indian's Sojourn in Pakistan. Bibliophile South Asia. ISBN 9788185002347.
4. "Indian FM Sushma Swaraj's parents hailed from Lahore – Pakistan – Dunya News". dunyanews.tv. Dunya News. Retrieved 18 December 2015.