YMCA Hall, Lahore

 This is the photo of the YMCA Hall in Lahore.Shri Nathji observed the birthday of Shri Babaji Maharaj on  January 21, 1945 at YMCA Hall in Lahore. Shri Nathji  gave a stunning lecture at the YMCA Hall on that occasion.

This is photo shows the front face of the YMCA hall which is in the YMCA building. We can also see in the photograph a restaurant run by YMCA, next to the hall. In the satellite photograph bellow we can see the complete profile of the large corner building. The building also houses a  youth hostel.  Young tourists go there to stay at very reasonable rates. Some parts of the building it seems has been rented out to shop keepers. The small Christan community of Lahore still celebrates Christmas at YMCA Hall.

YMCA in Lahore was established in 1876 but this building, like many others of its time, was built after 1887 to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria, an event marked by the construction of clock towers and monuments all over British India. From 1928 to 1934, the building hosted the first radio broadcasting of Punjab, Sind, Baluchistan and North West Frontier Provinces. (This we can say – the first radio broadcasting station of Pakistan before independence.)

Its premises also houses the famous Pak Tea House. Before Partition, Pak Tea House was known as India Tea House and a Sikh family ran it. After Partition, Siraj-ud-Din rented it from the YMCA administration and renamed it Pak Tea House. From 1960 to the early 1970s, meetings of Halqa-i-Arbab-e-Zouq were held in the YMCA building,A few years ago, it was shut down by its owner due to lack of business, a decision criticized by the intellectual community of Lahore. But on February 2, 2012 on the orders of the Lahore commissioner, Pak Tea House was put under the control of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). 

The building is located at the Mall Road. Now renamed as Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam. It is located near to the Anarkali area which had the residence of Mahamateshwari’s father Lala Hargopal.

The above photo shows Shri Nathji after lecture on Shri Babaji’s Birthday at YMCA Hall, Lahore, January 21, 1945

Same Row as Shri Nathji: (L to R) Mateshwari, Mrs. R.R. Khanna, Mrs. Charan Das, Veeran Devi, Mata Tara Devi

In front of Shri Nathji: Pran Nath and Priya Nath. In front of Mrs. Charan Das: Vijay Kapahi son of Shri Charan Das

On The Ground: Shri Dwarka Singh (in dark glasses)

First Row above Shri Nathji: (L to R): Shri Sant Ram Khanna

Third Row above Shri Nathji  (L to R):  1st Bakshilal Ahuja, 2nd R.R.Khanna, 3rd Sohan Lal, 5th Sri Krishen Khanna

Fourth Row above Shri Nathji: (L to R) 4th Sahadeva Tayal