Shalimar Tehsil

Shalimar (Punjabi, Urdu: شالیمار) is an administrative town (tehsil) in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

[3] Shalimar is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Lahore, located along the historic Grand Trunk Road.

The town is named after the Shalimar Gardens, built by Emperor Shah Jahan in 1640.

[4] The Mela Chiraghan festival used to take place at Shalimar Gardens, until President Ayub Khan ordered against it in 1958.

Shalimar was officially declared a township in 1962 and became an administrative town (tehsil) of Lahore City District in 2001.

The second level of the Shalimar Gardens Also known as the level of fountains