What are the oldest gardens that still survive modern constructions and other changes in the city?
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Shalimar garden, Lawrence garden and then in most of the moghul buildings there used to be gardens associated with them.
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In Delhi, Mughal system of CharBagh gardening is most prominent and available in every colonial bunglow like Bahwalpur, Dholpur, Patiala House type diplomatic enclaves:)
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Shalimar garden, Lawrence garden and then in most of the moghul buildings there used to be gardens associated with them.
But it seems that only surviving Mughal garden in Lahore is Shalamar.. Lawrence garden was probably made during British era.
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Bahawalpur in Delhi?
By the I still appreciate the way Lahore’s people kept their city green. :k:
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There are places like Shalimar Bagh, Kohat enclave, enclave named after people who came to delhi from that region. Keeping green city is really admirable:k:
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Mughals were very much into making garden wherever they went. What are the oldest garden in Delhi from Mughal era? Is Delhi a green city compared to other cities of India?
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Mughals were very much into making garden wherever they went. What are the oldest garden in Delhi from Mughal era? Is Delhi a green city compared to other cities of India?
Delhi's greeness is average, not upto the level of Bangalore or chandigarh, many trees have now paved way for flyovers, big apartments etc. Mughal garden in Rastrapati Bhawan(President's house) is most popular it has no less 126 variety of flowers alone:)
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Delhi's greeness is average, not upto the level of Bangalore or chandigarh, many trees have now paved way for flyovers, big apartments etc. Mughal garden in Rastrapati Bhawan(President's house) is most popular it has no less 126 variety of flowers alone:)
I think later construction for accommodating increasing population also affected Lahore's gardens too, but there are instances when people of Lahore agitated actively for removing trees from a particular road.
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I think later construction for accommodating increasing population also affected Lahore's gardens too, but there are instances when people of Lahore agitated actively for removing trees from a particular road.
For us, first assault came during Asian Games in 83. then development of delhi caused downfall of may trees over the years of modernization. Bangalore on the other hand thrived on garden.
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Gulabi Bagh Gateway (built 1655)
The Gulabi Bagh Gateway is the last remnant of a pleasure garden built by the Persian noble Mirza Sultan Baig in 1655. In its heyday the garden measured 250 gaz on a side (according to the scholar Ebba Koch, 1 gaz is likely equal to 0.81 or 0.82 meters). The site could not have functioned as a garden for long, as it was converted in 1671 into a tomb for Dai Anga with her mausoleum occupying the center of the property. Gradually over the centuries the garden was encroached upon by urban development so that the only remaining portion of the garden is the narrow yard running from Gulabi Bagh to Dai Anga's Mausoleum.
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Compilation of old pics of Lahore, showing trees and greenery in background of almost all the pictures
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Lahore Lahore Aye 
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Pardon my ignorance. How is a mughal garden different form other older gardens ? Do they have a specific style and characteristics ?
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Tomb of Jahangir
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Pardon my ignorance. How is a mughal garden different form other older gardens ? Do they have a specific style and characteristics ?
Yes Mughal architecture is a little bit different from other architecture.. They normally built wide buildings keeping spaces for light and fresh air, compared to local structures which were narrow in shapes. I'm not expert on the matter, but I observed that Mughal gardens normally had a building in between the garden.
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Thanks. I knew about mughal buildings but did not know about garden styles.
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Hazuri Bagh Garden (built 1813) The Hazuri Bagh garden was built in 1813 by Maharajah Ranjit Singh to commemorate the capture of the Koh-i-Noor diamond from Shah Shujah of Afghanistan. The garden is bound on the east side by the Lahore Fort and to the west by Badshahi Mosque. This originally served as the Serai of Aurangzeb, a forecourt to the Badshahi Mosque where the Mughal ruler would approach and enter the mosque with great pomp and ceremony. By enclosing the north end with a gate and the south end with the Roshnai gate, Ranjit Singh’s architects were able to create a walled space adequately sized for a a commemorative garden.
The major monument in the garden is the baradari at its center. It is primarily constructed of marble stripped from numerous Mughal monuments in Lahore, many of which remain standing despite the removal of their marble cladding. Ranjit Singh used the pavilion as a place to hold court, and the mirrored ceiling in the central chamber is a testament to this function.
Old photographs of the baradari establish that it once supported a second level which collapsed in July 1932. There are presently no plans to reconstruct it.
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Yes even though India was much greener than the places timurids/mughals belong to, babar has extensive love for CharBagh system, in which there will be building and water stream divides the garden along with strategical placement of trees, like garden of Tajmahal:k:
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Shalamar Garden again
