Lahori Gate Today
Lahori Gate and the Chandani Chowk behind it comprise the oldest arterial route in theWalled City of Lahore built by Akbar the great. Qutbuddin Aibak, the first Muslim ruler of the Subcontinent is buried just outside this gate. Caravans and travellers coming from Multan used to enter the city from this gate. Behind Lahori Gate also, once stood a brick fort called Kacha Kot probably the first fortified city of Lahore founded by Malik Ayyaz.
Among the few city gates that British Government cared to reconstruct, only Lahori Gate retained its original form. During Mughal period, the two famous divisions of the Walled City, namely Guzar Bahar Khan and Guzar Machhi Hatta, were served by this Gate. During the anarchaic rule of the 18th century, all the city gates, except Lahori Gate & two others were walled up.