Century-old Golra Railway station now a site for museum goers - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
Re: A railway station steeped in history
kithe mehr Ali, kithe teri sana :cobra:
Re: A railway station steeped in history
Interestingly , the Great Pir Meher Ali Shah along with his 50 companion started his famous journey to Lahore in 1900 to accept challenge of Mirza Ghulam Ahmed Qadiyani from this same Golra Railway Station
Hazrat Pir Meher Ali Shah’s fight against Qadianism
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Hazrat’s arrival in Lahore***
On leaving Golra Sharif for Lahore by train on 24[SUP]th[/SUP] August 1900, Hazrat had two telegrams sent to Mirza at Qadian, first from Rawalpindi and then from Lala-Musa railway station situated on the rail route to Lahore. This was meant to ensure that he was duly informed about Hazrat’s expected arrival in Lahore. About 50 eminent ulama accompanied Hazrat from Golra railway station, and many more from other areas either joined him at various points en route or reached Lahore directly to join the group of welcomers. A very large gathering of people received Hazrat on his arrival to Lahore, at the railway station. They proposed to take Hazrat in a procession to the venue of the contest, but Hazrat vetoed the suggestion. Hazrat was indeed so convinced about that when Mirza finally refused to come to Lahore for the contest, Hazrat even thought of going personally to Qadian, along with a selected band of ulama, to meet Mirza in his own stronghold. He was, however, dissuaded from doing so by a majority of the Muslims, on the ground that such a course was inadvisable for various reasons.*