Dharampura
neighbourhood in Lahore District, Punjab, Pakistan
Dharampura (Punjabi: دھرم پورا) is a residential neighbourhood located in Lahore, the capital city of Pakistan's Punjab province. The Mughal emperor Akbar laid the foundation of this colony for Hindus as an alms-house in 1583. After the Partition of India in 1947, it was renamed Mustafabad but was still generally known as Dharampura. In 2026, Mustafabad was renamed Dharampura once more.
Dharampura sits on the western bank of the Nahr, between the Walled City of Lahore and the Lahore Cantonment. It is a largely working class neighbourhood. The area was largely populated by Hindus and Sikhs prior to the Partition of British India. The locality is also the ancestral home of Sushma Swaraj, who was a lawyer of the Supreme Court of India and a Minister of External Affairs of India.
Baba Sain Mir Mohammed Sahib, popularly known as Mian Mir, was a famous Sufi Muslim saint who resided in Dharampura.
Mustafabad Bazar is a popular bazar also known as Dharampura Bazar in Lahore.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Dharampura” is neighbourhood in Lahore District, Punjab, Pakistan. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Dharampura, neighbourhood and Lahore, not as a finished interpretation.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q27546633. Authority coordinates are 31.550, 74.365. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1583, 1947 and 2026.
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