Serai Lashkari Khan
{{Short description|Historical inn in Punjab, India}}
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| type = Caravanserai
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| location = Kot Panaich, Ludhiana District, Punjab, India
| area = {{convert|13.36|acre|ha}}
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| architecture = Mughal
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Serai Lashkari Khan located near Gurdwara Manji Sahib, Kotan (near Doraha) in Ludhiana District, Punjab, India is a historical inn, or caravanserai, built by Mughal military general Lashkari Khan in 1667 CE, during the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb.{{cite web |url=http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_ldh40.htm |title=Archived copy of Ludhiana district Gazetteer - Samrala Tehsil section |accessdate=16 October 2020 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001548/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_ldh40.htm|archivedate=4 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}{{Cite web|url=http://punjabmuseums.gov.in/Downloads/Protected_Monuments_in_Punjab.pdf|title=List of State Protected Monuments in Punjab, India |website=|access-date=16 October 2020}}
History
A specimen of major structural types of Islamic architecture, this is one of many caravanserais meant to be halting places along the old Mughal highway connecting Agra, Delhi and Lahore. These caravanserais played an important role in economic, cultural and political life but gradually fell in disuse with shifting routes and advent of railroads in the nineteenth century. Many of these disappeared altogether due to modernization and urban expansion.{{cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1523076|title=Four Mughal Carvanserais built during the reign of Jahangir and Shah Jahan|author=Wayne E. Begley|journal=Muqarnas |year=1983 |volume=1 |pages=167–179 |doi=10.2307/1523076 |jstor=1523076|access-date=16 October 2020}}
The historic inn, though declared as a protected monument, has largely been neglected and has been in a dilapidated condition.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Major-monuments-given-a-miss-on-Punjab-tourisms-website/articleshow/43571742.cms|title=Major monuments given a miss on Punjab tourisms website|publisher=Times of India}}
In popular media
This caravanserai became widely known after it was featured in the popular movie Rang De Basanti, known by the acronym RDB. Some tourists started referring to it as the "RDB fort".{{cite web |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/history-revisited/410105/ |title=History revisited - Express India |accessdate=2010-03-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004220547/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/history-revisited/410105/ |archivedate=4 October 2012 |df=dmy-all }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010601/ldh4.htm|title = The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Ludhiana - 1st Anniversary Special}}{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/serai-lashkari-khan-will-become-world-class-wedding-destination-sidhu/articleshow/64608519.cms|title=Serai Lashkari Khan will become world-class wedding destination: Sidhu|website=The Times of India|access-date=2018-12-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/in-ludhiana-mughal-era-inn-to-be-developed-as-a-wedding-destination-1868227|title=In Ludhiana, Mughal Era Inn To Be Developed As A Wedding Destination|website=NDTV.com|access-date=2018-12-27}}
See also
References
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Category:Tourism in Punjab, India
Category:Monuments and memorials in Punjab, India
Category:Caravanserais in India
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