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<\/a>The British took over Lahore formally in 1849 AD. In 1850 AD Ayodia Prashad was the Tehseeldar of Lahore and was asked to conduct a detailed census of the city. It is not for us to state every fact and figure of the census but some facts are very interesting. For instance:<\/p>\n Total population of Lahore around 82,000 only. A very interesting incident is narrated of a Prostitute in Anarkali singing a song of having no access to her lover. A British sepoy was passing who knew the local language too, and went up to her house, to tell her not to mourn non access to her lover. There were many means for communication. She could send a letter by post, use the telegraph near the Railway Station or go to her lover in actual terms. The people in the bazaar of Anarkali burst out in laughter, for the Sepoy had not realized that the song was an advertisement to lure or seduce some passerby and the sepoy did not get the actual terms. Historical incidents have their funny aspects too.<\/p>\n A LITTLE KNOWN CENSUS OF LAHORE 1850 AD AMAZING FIGURES OF THAT TIME Revelations otherwise not possible The British took over Lahore formally in 1849 AD. In 1850 AD Ayodia Prashad was the Tehseeldar of Lahore and was asked to conduct a detailed census of the city. It is not for us to state every … Continue reading A LITTLE KNOWN CENSUS OF LAHORE 1850 AD – AMAZING FIGURES OF THAT TIME<\/span> <\/a>
\nTotal Income of Lahore One Lakh, thirty one thousand, nine hundred and sixty-six Rupees only.
\nTotal Muslims 46,695 only.
\nTotal Hindus 32,109 only.
\nTotal Sikhs 2501 (And some people think of it as a Sikh city).
\nHardly no Christians, Parsees, Buddhists, or even any Bengallis. Few Europeans only.
\nTotal shops in city 28,694 only.
\nTotal elephants 54.
\nTotal camels 318 only.
\nTotal horses 1595 only.
\nMany Professions represented, including Painters and Architects.
\nTotal Madarassa (schools) 143 teaching mostly Arabic and Persian, and that does not include hundreds of basic educational wings attached to mosques. Even Hindus and Sikhs were learning Persian and Arabic in these schools.
\nProstitution spread all over city, but mainly Anarkali area. No Hira Mandi in operation.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>The number of Muslims prove the fact that Lahore in its span of more than a thousand years was a Muslim city and Muslim Culture predominated here. More on that later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"