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style="top:41.301%;left:69.123%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Masonic Temple (Lahore)"><img alt="Masonic Temple (Lahore)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/7px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/11px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/14px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Prince Albert Victor Lodge 2370ec<sup id="cite_ref-lahore_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lahore-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Pakistan</div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output 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title="Freemasonry">Freemasonry</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Compas-equerre-ap.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Compas-equerre-ap.png/50px-Compas-equerre-ap.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Compas-equerre-ap.png/75px-Compas-equerre-ap.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Compas-equerre-ap.png/100px-Compas-equerre-ap.png 2x" data-file-width="709" data-file-height="863" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Overview</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge" title="Grand Lodge">Grand Lodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masonic_lodge" title="Masonic lodge">Masonic lodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masonic_lodge_officers" class="mw-redirect" title="Masonic lodge officers">Masonic lodge officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Master_(Freemasonry)" title="Grand Master (Freemasonry)">Grand Master</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Hall_Freemasonry" title="Prince Hall Freemasonry">Prince Hall Freemasonry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regular_Masonic_jurisdiction" title="Regular Masonic jurisdiction">Regular Masonic jurisdiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-American_Freemasonry" title="Anglo-American Freemasonry">Anglo-American Freemasonry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Freemasonry" title="Continental Freemasonry">Continental Freemasonry</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">History</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Freemasonry" title="History of Freemasonry">History of Freemasonry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libert%C3%A9_ch%C3%A9rie" title="Liberté chérie">Liberté chérie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masonic_manuscripts" title="Masonic manuscripts">Masonic manuscripts</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Masonic bodies</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <dl><dt>Masonic</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Masonic_bodies" title="Masonic bodies">Masonic bodies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_Rite" title="York Rite">York Rite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Mark_Master_Masons" title="Order of Mark Master Masons">Order of Mark Master Masons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Royal_Arch" title="Holy Royal Arch">Holy Royal Arch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Arch_Masonry" title="Royal Arch Masonry">Royal Arch Masonry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cryptic_Masonry" title="Cryptic Masonry">Cryptic Masonry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knights_Templar_(Freemasonry)" title="Knights Templar (Freemasonry)">Knights Templar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Cross_of_Constantine" title="Red Cross of Constantine">Red Cross of Constantine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Rite" title="Scottish Rite">Scottish Rite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knight_Kadosh" title="Knight Kadosh">Knight Kadosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Societas_Rosicruciana" title="Societas Rosicruciana">Societas Rosicruciana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Royal_and_Select_Masters" title="Order of Royal and Select Masters">Order of Royal and Select Masters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_College_of_Rites" title="Grand College of Rites">Grand College of Rites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_Rite" title="Swedish Rite">Swedish Rite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Thomas_of_Acon" title="Order of Saint Thomas of Acon">Order of Saint Thomas of Acon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Order_of_Scotland" title="Royal Order of Scotland">Royal Order of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Knight_Masons" title="Order of Knight Masons">Order of Knight Masons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Research_Lodge" class="mw-redirect" title="Research Lodge">Research Lodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ye_Antient_Order_of_Noble_Corks" title="Ye Antient Order of Noble Corks">Corks</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Side degrees</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shriners" title="Shriners">The Shrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Order_of_Jesters" title="Royal Order of Jesters">Royal Order of Jesters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tall_Cedars_of_Lebanon" title="Tall Cedars of Lebanon">Tall Cedars of Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystic_Order_of_Veiled_Prophets_of_the_Enchanted_Realm" title="Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm">The Grotto</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Masonic groups for women</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women_and_Freemasonry" class="mw-redirect" title="Women and Freemasonry">Women and Freemasonry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Amaranth" title="Order of the Amaranth">Order of the Amaranth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Eastern_Star" title="Order of the Eastern Star">Order of the Eastern Star</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Hall_Order_of_the_Eastern_Star" title="Prince Hall Order of the Eastern Star">Prince Hall Order of the Eastern Star</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Co-Freemasonry" title="Co-Freemasonry">Co-Freemasonry</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Masonic youth organizations</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/DeMolay_International" title="DeMolay International">DeMolay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A.J.E.F." title="A.J.E.F.">A.J.E.F.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job%27s_Daughters_International" title="Job's Daughters International">Job's Daughters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Order_of_the_Rainbow_for_Girls" title="International Order of the Rainbow for Girls">International Order of the Rainbow for Girls</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Views on Masonry</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Masonry" title="Anti-Masonry">Anti-Masonry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Masonic_Party" title="Anti-Masonic Party">Anti-Masonic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Anti-Masonic_Exhibition" title="Grand Anti-Masonic Exhibition">Grand Anti-Masonic Exhibition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masonic_conspiracy_theories" title="Masonic conspiracy theories">Masonic conspiracy theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_attitudes_towards_Freemasonry" title="Christian attitudes towards Freemasonry">Christian attitudes towards Freemasonry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papal_ban_of_Freemasonry" title="Papal ban of Freemasonry">Papal ban of Freemasonry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxil_hoax" title="Taxil hoax">Taxil hoax</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">People and places</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Masonic_Temple" title="Masonic Temple">Masonic Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Anderson_(Freemason)" title="James Anderson (Freemason)">James Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Hall" title="Prince Hall">Prince Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Preston_(Freemason)" title="William Preston (Freemason)">William Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Smith_Webb" title="Thomas Smith Webb">Thomas Smith Webb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Mackey" title="Albert Mackey">Albert Mackey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Pike" title="Albert Pike">Albert Pike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Evangelist" title="John the Evangelist">John the Evangelist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Schaw" title="William Schaw">William Schaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Aldworth" title="Elizabeth Aldworth">Elizabeth Aldworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Freemasons" title="List of Freemasons">List of Freemasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lodge_Mother_Kilwinning" title="Lodge Mother Kilwinning">Lodge Mother Kilwinning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freemasons%27_Hall,_London" title="Freemasons' Hall, London">Freemasons' Hall, London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Masons%27_Hall,_London" title="Mark Masons' Hall, London">Mark Masons' Hall, London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_the_Temple" title="House of the Temple">House of the Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon%27s_Temple" title="Solomon's Temple">Solomon's Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Masonic_Temple" title="Detroit Masonic Temple">Detroit Masonic Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Masonic_buildings" title="List of Masonic buildings">List of Masonic buildings</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Related</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Masonic_ritual_and_symbolism" title="Masonic ritual and symbolism">Masonic ritual and symbolism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Architect_of_the_Universe" title="Great Architect of the Universe">Great Architect of the Universe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Square_and_Compasses" title="Square and Compasses">Square and Compasses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pigpen_cipher" title="Pigpen cipher">Pigpen cipher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eye_of_Providence" title="Eye of Providence">Eye of Providence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiram_Abiff" title="Hiram Abiff">Hiram Abiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Reflection" title="Chamber of Reflection">Chamber of Reflection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Masonic_Abbreviations" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Masonic Abbreviations">List of Masonic Abbreviations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sprig_of_Acacia" class="mw-redirect" title="Sprig of Acacia">Sprig of Acacia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masonic_Landmarks" title="Masonic Landmarks">Masonic Landmarks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morals_and_Dogma_of_the_Ancient_and_Accepted_Scottish_Rite_of_Freemasonry" title="Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry">Pike's <i>Morals and Dogma</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Propaganda_Due" title="Propaganda Due">Propaganda Due</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahiman_Rezon" title="Ahiman Rezon">Dermott's <i>Ahiman Rezon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volume_of_Sacred_Law" title="Volume of Sacred Law">Volume of Sacred Law</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">By country</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freemasonry_in_Barbados" title="Freemasonry in Barbados">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freemasonry_in_Belgium" title="Freemasonry in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a 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title="Special:EditPage/Template:Freemasonry sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lahore Masonic Temple</b> in the <a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross,_Lahore" title="Charing Cross, Lahore">Charing Cross</a> neighbourhood of <a href="/wiki/Lahore,_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Lahore, Pakistan">Lahore, Pakistan</a>, is the former home of <b>Prince Albert Victor Lodge 2370ec</b>, and <b>Hope and Perseverance Lodge No. 782</b>, two <a href="/wiki/Masonic_lodge" title="Masonic lodge">Masonic lodges</a> warranted by the <a href="/wiki/United_Grand_Lodge_of_England" title="United Grand Lodge of England">United Grand Lodge of England</a>. </p><p>The building has not been used for masonic purposes since the lodges were disbanded in 1972, when then Prime Minister of <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zulfiqar_Ali_Bhutto" class="mw-redirect" title="Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto">Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto</a> placed a ban on Freemasonry in Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-Dawnmystique_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawnmystique-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lodge_of_Hope_and_Perseverance_No._782">Lodge of Hope and Perseverance No. 782</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masonic_Temple_(Lahore)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Lodge of Hope and Perseverance No. 782"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first Masonic Temple of the Lodge of Hope and Perseverance was built in 1859 at Anarkali, Lahore.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its site on Lodge Road is now occupied by Lady Maclagan Government High School.<sup id="cite_ref-CharingGeneralRef_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CharingGeneralRef-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The second Masonic Temple was built in 1914, using the foundation stone from its predecessor,<sup id="cite_ref-lahore_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lahore-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on land that had once been a garden.<sup id="cite_ref-charing_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charing-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new temple was designed by Basil M. Sullivan, Consulting Architect to the government of Punjab, and mirrored the Shah Din Building, across the street along the Queens Road. It was later renovated for use by the <a href="/wiki/Punjab_(Pakistani_province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab (Pakistani province)">Punjab</a> Chief Minister's Secretariat. Due to recent additions to the Shah Din building, the two buildings are no longer mirror images of each other.<sup id="cite_ref-Naz_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naz-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rudyard_Kipling">Rudyard Kipling</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masonic_Temple_(Lahore)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Rudyard Kipling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The author and poet <a href="/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling" title="Rudyard Kipling">Rudyard Kipling</a> was made a Mason in the Lodge of Hope and Perseverance in 1885, at the original lodge building, under a <a href="/wiki/Masonic_Landmarks" title="Masonic Landmarks">dispensation</a> allowing him to be initiated before his 21st Birthday. He served as secretary of the Lodge following his initiation.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remained a member of the lodge for three years, demitting in 1889.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He wrote of his time in the Lodge of Hope and Perseverance in "Something of Myself" and in a letter to the <i>Times</i>, describing "decorating the bare walls of the Masonic Hall with hangings after the prescription of King Solomon's Temple" and meeting members of many different religious faiths, including Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs and Jews.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kipling also references the original 1859 building in the opening scene of his novel <i><a href="/wiki/Kim_(novel)" title="Kim (novel)">Kim</a></i>, describing it as "the big blue and white Jadoo-Gher—the School of Wizards, as we named the Masonic Lodge."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One plot line in the book relates to a piece of paper in Kim's possession, a "clearance-certificate", which shows that his deceased father was a Mason. In 1914, long after Kipling had left India, the lodge demolished the building that Kipling described, and replaced it with the current one. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_status">Current status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masonic_Temple_(Lahore)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Current status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1972 <a href="/wiki/Zulfiqar_Ali_Bhutto" class="mw-redirect" title="Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto">Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto</a>, then Prime Minister of Pakistan, placed a ban on Freemasonry and many other foreign organizations present in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-Dawnmystique_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawnmystique-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lodge was then disbanded and for a time the building was unused. It has been used as a multi-purpose <a href="/wiki/Punjab_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab (Pakistan)">Punjab</a> government building.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late 1980s the <a href="/wiki/Heritage_Foundation_Pakistan" title="Heritage Foundation Pakistan">Heritage Foundation Pakistan</a> and concerned citizens of <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a> started a project to renovate the heritage buildings on the Mall road, including this building.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFNazir_Ahmad_Chaudhry1998" class="citation book cs1">Nazir Ahmad Chaudhry (1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=bIPjAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA202"><i>Lahore: Glimpses of a Glorious Heritage</i></a>. Sang-e-Meel Publications. pp. 202–207. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-969-35-0944-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-969-35-0944-1"><bdi>978-969-35-0944-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lahore%3A+Glimpses+of+a+Glorious+Heritage&rft.pages=202-207&rft.pub=Sang-e-Meel+Publications&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-969-35-0944-1&rft.au=Nazir+Ahmad+Chaudhry&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DbIPjAAAAMAAJ%26pg%3DPA202&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMasonic+Temple+%28Lahore%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Dawnmystique-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Dawnmystique_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dawnmystique_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dawn.com/news/508406/masonic-mystique">"Masonic mystique " - Dawn.com</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=alMFAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22Lahore%22+%22Masonic+Temple%22&pg=PA356">"Laying the Foundation Stone of a Masonic Hall at Anarkullee"</a> - The Freemasons' quarterly (magazine and) review, p. 356, 5 November 1859</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CharingGeneralRef-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CharingGeneralRef_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMajid_Sheikh2003" class="citation news cs1">Majid Sheikh (21 September 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dawn.com/2003/09/21/fea.htm">"Walking to Charing Cross"</a>. <i>Dawn</i>. Pakistan<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 September</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Dawn&rft.atitle=Walking+to+Charing+Cross&rft.date=2003-09-21&rft.au=Majid+Sheikh&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dawn.com%2F2003%2F09%2F21%2Ffea.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMasonic+Temple+%28Lahore%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-charing-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-charing_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMajid_Sheikh2003" class="citation news cs1">Majid Sheikh (21 September 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dawn.com/2003/09/21/fea.htm">"Walking to Charing Cross"</a>. <i>Dawn</i>. Pakistan<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 August</span> 2010</span>. <q>a map of the Charing Cross area, drawn by the British in 1867, makes interesting reading. The area from the crossing, going eastwards, has nothing but gardens on the right. Where today stands the Masonic Hall has a beautiful 'circular garden'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Dawn&rft.atitle=Walking+to+Charing+Cross&rft.date=2003-09-21&rft.au=Majid+Sheikh&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dawn.com%2F2003%2F09%2F21%2Ffea.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMasonic+Temple+%28Lahore%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Naz-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Naz_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNazZ._Ashraf2008" class="citation journal cs1">Naz, N.; Z. Ashraf (January 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.uet.edu.pk/export/sites/UETWebPortal/research/researchinfo/journal/volume2/9.pdf">"Transformation of Urban Open Spaces of Lahore: From Charing Cross to Faisal Square"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Pakistan Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences</i>. <b>2</b>: 65–78.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Pakistan+Journal+of+Engineering+and+Applied+Sciences&rft.atitle=Transformation+of+Urban+Open+Spaces+of+Lahore%3A+From+Charing+Cross+to+Faisal+Square&rft.volume=2&rft.pages=65-78&rft.date=2008-01&rft.aulast=Naz&rft.aufirst=N.&rft.au=Z.+Ashraf&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uet.edu.pk%2Fexport%2Fsites%2FUETWebPortal%2Fresearch%2Fresearchinfo%2Fjournal%2Fvolume2%2F9.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMasonic+Temple+%28Lahore%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kipling and Freemasonry---MWBro. Robert A. Gordon PGM - G.L. P.E.I.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Masonic biography of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/texts/rudyardkipling.html">Joseph Rudyard Kipling</a>, Grand Lodge BC&Y</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFH._Paul_Jeffers2005" class="citation book cs1">H. Paul Jeffers (2005). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/freemasonshistor0000jeff"><i>Freemasons: A History and Exploration of the World's Oldest Secret Society</i></a></span>. Citadel Press. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/freemasonshistor0000jeff/page/192">192</a>–193. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8065-2662-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8065-2662-1"><bdi>978-0-8065-2662-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Freemasons%3A+A+History+and+Exploration+of+the+World%27s+Oldest+Secret+Society&rft.pages=192-193&rft.pub=Citadel+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-0-8065-2662-1&rft.au=H.+Paul+Jeffers&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Ffreemasonshistor0000jeff&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMasonic+Temple+%28Lahore%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRudyard_Kipling1922" class="citation book cs1">Rudyard Kipling (1922). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/kim01kiplgoog"><i>Kim</i></a>. 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Oxford University Press. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/kimoxfordworldsc00rudy/page/2">2</a>, 291. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-283513-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-283513-0"><bdi>978-0-19-283513-0</bdi></a>. <q><i>the Masonic Lodge</i>: this is the lodge ('Hope and Perseverance no. 782 E.C.') to which Kipling was admitted in 1885....</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kim&rft.pages=2%2C+291&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-0-19-283513-0&rft.au=Rudyard+Kipling&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fkimoxfordworldsc00rudy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMasonic+Temple+%28Lahore%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"The office of this organization was set up at Free Mason [sic] Hall, which had been taken over from the Masonic Society. This building is now known as 90-Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam and the offices of the Chief Minister are located therein. ..." <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-kLWAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Mason+Hall%22+%22Lahore%22">50 years of Lahore Arts Council, Alhamra</a> by the Alhamra Council</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Wb_sAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Mason+Hall%22+%22Lahore%22">"Evaluation of Seventh Five Year Plan, 1988-93"</a> by the Pakistan Planning Council, p. 151</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lari, Y. (2003). Lahore - Illustrated City Guide. 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