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Lal Chowk (lit. 'Red Square') is a city square in Srinagar, in the Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir.
The square has traditionally served as a place for political meetings, with Jawaharlal Nehru (the first prime ministers of India) and Sheikh Abdullah Jammu and Kashmir, respectively) as well as other prominent political leaders having addressed people from it. The clock tower at Lal Chowk was built in 1980.
The Lal Chowk precinct stretches on both the sides of the Residency Road between the Amira Kadal bridge and the Tyndale Biscoe School. It has evolved into Srinagar's main business district from early twentieth century.
The Lal Chowk itself was a traffic roundabout towards its eastern end. It houses a clock tower (ganta ghar) constructed by Bajaj Electricals in 1980.
It was renovated many times with minor changes. Recently in 2024 it was completely reconstructed under Srinagar Smart City Project and walkway and area for sitting was added to its surroundings.
Lal Chowk was the location where Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, unfurled the Indian national flag in 1948, shortly after the country gained independence from the British Empire.[1] Following the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948, Nehru stood in Lal Chowk and promised the Kashmiri people a chance to vote in a referendum whereby they would be able to choose their political future. The city square was also the location where Sheikh Abdullah, the first elected Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, expressed his allegiance to Nehru and India in a Persian couplet, saying "Man Tu Shudam, Tu Man Shudi, Taqas Na Goyed, Man Degram Tu Degri (I became you and you became I; so none can say we are separate)".
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As the heatwave continues, Fudge takes the sensible option of keeping cool indoors. He likes to lie at the top of the stairs, just outside our bedroom door.
They actually are the siblings of our doggie, nearly 4 years old now. They have great affection for each other just like we owners do.