Serai Lashkari Khan

Serai Lashkari Khan
Serai Lashkari Khan
Type	Caravanserai
Location	Kot Panaich, Ludhiana District, Punjab, India
Coordinates	30°45′18″N76°05′24″E / 30.7551°N 76.0901°E / 30.7551; 76.0901
Area	13.36 acres (5.41 ha)
Built	1078 AH (1667 AD)
Architectural style(s)	Mughal
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Serai Lashkari Khan located near Gurdwara Manji Sahib, Kotan (near Doraha) in Ludhiana District, Punjab, India is a historical inn, or caravanserai, built by Mughal military general Lashkari Khan in 1667 CE, during the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb. ^{[1] [2]}

History

A specimen of major structural types of Islamic architecture, this is one of many caravanserais meant to be halting places along the old Mughal highway connecting Agra, Delhi and Lahore. These caravanserais played an important role in economic, cultural and political life but gradually fell in disuse with shifting routes and advent of railroads in the nineteenth century. Many of these disappeared altogether due to modernization and urban expansion. ^[3]

The historic inn, though declared as a protected monument, has largely been neglected and has been in a dilapidated condition. ^[4]

In popular media

This caravanserai became widely known after it was featured in the popular movie Rang De Basanti , known by the acronym RDB. Some tourists started referring to it as the "RDB fort". ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

See also

• Mughal Serai, Doraha
• Tourism in Punjab, India

References

1. "Archived copy of Ludhiana district Gazetteer - Samrala Tehsil section". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
2. "List of State Protected Monuments in Punjab, India" (PDF). Retrieved 16 October 2020.
3. Wayne E. Begley (1983). "Four Mughal Carvanserais built during the reign of Jahangir and Shah Jahan". Muqarnas. 1: 167–179. doi:10.2307/1523076. JSTOR   1523076 . Retrieved 16 October 2020.
4. "Major monuments given a miss on Punjab tourisms website". Times of India.
5. "History revisited - Express India". Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
6. "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Ludhiana - 1st Anniversary Special".
7. "Serai Lashkari Khan will become world-class wedding destination: Sidhu". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
8. "In Ludhiana, Mughal Era Inn To Be Developed As A Wedding Destination". NDTV.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.