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Meaning: noun: Lahore, the�capital of Punjab province of Pakistan.
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laahaur sahar �jahar kahar �savaa pahar.
The city of Lahore has become like poison (for the population) because of cruelty and oppression for hours every day. -Guru Nanak Sahib, Guru Granth Sahib, 1412
Message: Babur, the founder of the�Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent, captured Lahore in 1524. He was invited to invade by�Daulat Khan Lodi, the governor of Lahore.
However, when Babur arrived at Lahore, he found that Daulat Khan Lodi had been driven out by the forces sent by Ibrahim Lodi, the Sultan of Delhi.�In rage and reaction, Babur burned Lahore for days. This created havoc and the city suffered terrible destruction. The quote above probably points to the cruelty and oppression carried out by Babur during that time.
The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny. -Wole Soyinka, a Nigerian�writer, Nobel laureate, b. 1934
Etymology: The origins of Lahore are unclear. Lahore’s name had been recorded by early Muslim historians as�Lohar, Lohaar and�Rahwar. �Al-Biruni�referred to the city as� Lohaawar�in his 11th-century work,�Qanun,�while the poet�Amir Khusrow, who lived during the�Delhi Sultanate, recorded the city�s name as�Laahanoor.�Medieval�Rajput�sources recorded the city’s name as�Lavkot.
One theory suggests that Lahore�s name is a corruption of the word�Ravaawar,�as R to L shifts are common in languages derived from�Sanskrit.�Ravaawar�is the simplified pronunciation of the name�Iravatyaawar -�a name possibly derived from the Ravi River, known as the Iravati River in the�Vedas.
Another theory suggests it may have derived from the word Lohar, meaning blacksmith.
According to Hindu tradition,�Lahore’s name derives from Lavpur�or�Lavapuri�(city of�Lav)�and is said to have been founded by Lav,�the son of�Sita�and�Ram. The same account attributes the founding of nearby�Kasur�by his twin brother Kush. Historic record, however, shows that Kasur was founded by�Pashtun�migrants in 1525. Source
