THANA KOTWALI

Lahore’s oldest police station – called a kotwaal in Mughal terminology – is located close to the historic Delhi Gate of Lahore. When the British Raj took over the administration from East India Company after the 1857 War of Independence, they constructed this red-brick building in the Mughal and colonial architectural style to house the city’s first police head quarters. With its arched windows and twin octagonal towers, the structure bears resemblance to other 19th century
British era buildings in Lahore such as GPO Lahore.