Sunday 9 September 2012

Model Town Park, Lahore.


In Lahore, Shri Nathji used to go for walks at Model Town. It was here that he met and graced a Chief Engineer of Lahore, Rai Bahadur Sant Ram,
Model Town Lahore is one of residential suburbs of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located next to Faisal Town, Gulberg, Garden Town and Township suburbs of Lahore. Model Town, established in 1921, was the fruition of Advocate Dewan Khem Chand’s lifelong dream to see the establishment of a “Garden Town”.  On Sunday, 27 February 1921, about 200 persons assembled in Lahore's Town Hall under the chairmanship of Rai Bahadur Ganga Ram and decided to establish a cooperative housing society to be named as garden town. Model Town Society is spread over an area of 1463 acres (5.9 km²). It has a large circular garden in the center.
The residents of Model Town, who owned their spacious houses, were retired judges, rich businessmen, traders and upmarket store-owners. Many high court judges, doctors and engineers had also moved to Model Town from the city. Included among the residents of this best laid-out residential estate of Lahore were college professors and officers of the civil service. The Society was declared Evacuee property after the Indo-Pak partition in 1947, as about 1100 out of 1300 members emigrated to India.
Model Town Park is one of the largest public parks of Lahore consisting of 125 acres. People from all surrounding towns visit Model Town Park, as it offers a 2.5 km long circular jogging track, lush green lawns and serves as a social meeting spot. It was declared the best park of 2007 in Lahore by the Forest Minister. About 5000 people daily visit this park. There is an aerial photograph of the Park, were Shri Nathji used to walk and a satellite image of Model town, were in we can see it well laid out plan with a garden in the centre

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