So I went on to look for old images of the fort during the days of the British Raj. What I saw was not what I had expected. During the British Raj,the Diwan-e-Am was converted into army barracks, the Diwan-e-Khaas into a private residence and the Moti Masjid into a treasury. A number of buildings were also constructed in a haphazard manner throughout the fort.
I present here some of those photographs from the British period along with some of my own photographs taken over the past few years.
- Diwan-e-Am in 1905.
Diwan-e-Am in 2011
Diwan-e-Am being restored (1905)
Diwan-e-Am in 2011
Diwan-e-Am being used as a barrack in 1901.
Diwan-e-Am in 2009
The date shown in the photograph may not be correct.
Diwan-e-Khas being used as a church and residence
Diwan-e-Khaas in 2011
Diwan-e-Khaas in 2011
Interior of Diwani-e-Khaas
Shah Burj Gate in 1910
Shah Burj Gate in 2011
Shish Mahal 1905.
Shish Mahal in 2011.
Shish Mahal in 2011.
Shish Mahal Fore Court in 2010
Hazoori Bagh in 1902. The first floor of the Hazoori Bagh Pavilion was damaged in an earthquake in 1932.
View of the Hazoori Bagh Pavilion and the Alamgiri Gate (2010).
Moti Masjid being used as Treasury in 1902.
