{"slug": "lahore", "label": "Lahore", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahore", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11739", "qid": "Q11739", "description": "capital of the Punjab province, Pakistan", "entries": 15, "years": 14, "span": [1021, 1983], "span_label": ["1021 CE", "1983 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 11}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "pakistan", "label": "Pakistan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rajasthan", "label": "Rajasthan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "jahangir", "label": "Jahangir", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bihar", "label": "Bihar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sur-empire", "label": "Sur Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "december", "label": "December", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "delhi-sultanate", "label": "Delhi Sultanate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mongol-empire", "label": "Mongol Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mughal-empire", "label": "Mughal Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ghaznavids", "label": "Ghaznavids", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mahmud-of-ghazni", "label": "Mahmud of Ghazni", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1021, "year_label": "1021 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni appoints Malik Ayaz to the throne, making Lahore (modern Pakistan) the capital of the Ghaznavid Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342212958#Asia", "title": "1021", "revid": 1342212958, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1241, "year_label": "1241 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December", "text": "December – Siege of Lahore (1241): The Mongols under Tair Bahadur besiege and sack the city of Lahore in the Delhi Sultanate.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362486166#Events", "title": "1241", "revid": 1362486166, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1557, "year_label": "1557 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 25", "text": "July 25 – In India, Sikandar Shah Suri, Sultan of the Sur Empire in Punjab, surrenders the fortress at Mau in the Nurpur kingdom (now in Uttar Pradesh) after a six month siege by the Mughal Empire. Mughal General Bairam Khan allows Sikandar to live in exile in Bihar, while Bakht Mal, Raja of Nurpur is imprisoned at Lahore and later beheaded.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365955110#July–September", "title": "1557", "revid": 1365955110, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1594, "year_label": "1594 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 15", "text": "December 15 – King Udai Singh of Marwar (now the Rajasthan and Punjab states of India and the Punjab province of Pakistan) returns to Lahore after having captured the Siwana fort.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319812312#October–December", "title": "1594", "revid": 1319812312, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1627, "year_label": "1627 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 30", "text": "December 30 (Jumada-l awwal 2, 1037 AH) – Shihab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram, son of the later Emperor Jahangir, enters Lahore after defeating his brother Shahryar Mirza. He is proclaimed as Shah Jahan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371072250#October–December", "title": "1627", "revid": 1371072250, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1627, "year_label": "1627 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 28", "text": "October 28 – The Mughal Emperor Jahangir dies of a respiratory illness near Bhimber while attempting to return to his palace at Lahore.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371072250#October–December", "title": "1627", "revid": 1371072250, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1641, "year_label": "1641 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 12", "text": "June 12 – In India, in the modern-day Rajasthan state, the Mughal Grand Vizier Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan is killed in a battle in Bundi against the armies of Nurpur, commanded by the Raja Jagat Singh. The elaborate Tomb of Asif Khan is constructed at Lahore (modern Pakistan) on orders of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343658448#April–June", "title": "1641", "revid": 1343658448, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1746, "year_label": "1746 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 10", "text": "March 10 – Zakariya Khan Bahadur, the Mughal Empire's viceroy administering Lahore (in what is now Pakistan), orders the massacre of the city's Sikh people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360271173#January–March", "title": "1746", "revid": 1360271173, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1748, "year_label": "1748 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 12", "text": "January 12 – Ahmad Shah Durrani captures Lahore.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361284371#January–March", "title": "1748", "revid": 1361284371, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1752, "year_label": "1752 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 12", "text": "April 12 – The Kingdom of Afghanistan, under the rule of Ahmad Shah Durrani, recaptures the city of Lahore four years after its capture by the Sikhs of Punjab.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362993688#April–June", "title": "1752", "revid": 1362993688, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1799, "year_label": "1799 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 12", "text": "July 12 – Ranjit Singh captures Lahore from the Bhangi Misl, a key step in establishing the Sikh Empire, and becoming Maharaja of the Punjab.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370057226#July–September", "title": "1799", "revid": 1370057226, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1886, "year_label": "1886 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 3", "text": "November 3 – In the British Raj, what will become one of the biggest boys' schools in Pakistan, Aitchison College, Lahore, is founded under the auspices of Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchison.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372679431#November", "title": "1886", "revid": 1372679431, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1929, "year_label": "1929 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 29", "text": "December 29 – The All India Congress in Lahore demands Indian independence.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372436446#December", "title": "1929", "revid": 1372436446, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 23", "text": "March 23 – Pakistan Movement: The Lahore Resolution, calling for greater autonomy for what will become Pakistan in British India, is drawn up by the All-India Muslim League during a three-day general session at Iqbal Park, Lahore.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818987#March", "title": "1940", "revid": 1368818987, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1983, "year_label": "1983 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 12", "text": "February 12 – 100 women protest in Lahore, Pakistan, against military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's proposed Law of Evidence. The women are tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up but are successful in repealing the law.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366392977#February", "title": "1983", "revid": 1366392977, "section": "Events › February"}}]}