Barood Khana

Barood Khana of Lahore Fort, which means an arsenal depot, was built during the British rule. This building was built in 1857 during British era, for the purpose of storing gun powders. In this depot, British had been storing the gun powders as well as all kinds of arsenal. According to historic map of Lahore Fort, it was found that there was a garden with arcades around before construction of Barood Khana. The structure was the part of Alamgiri Gate and Musamam Darwaza of Lahore Fort and later during the British era a road was constructed in between to connect the Hathi Gate with Diwan-e-Aam. Before road it was a complex and this same road we use today to enter in the Lahore Fort.

The entire structure of the Barood Khana was suffering from severe threat and damages and the building also had bulging plaster, missing or dismantled brick masonry, missing cornices, damages in wooden doors and ventilators, blackish surface and graffiti inside the building.

The doors and windows were seen totally injured because of aging factor, termites, other woodworms and especially because it was never paid any attention in the past.

Walled City of Lahore authority has done conservation of this building. The conservation of the building has been completed with the cleaning of the building and removing tons of debris and wild plantation followed by the documentation process. This building is restored in 2019.