Deewan-E-Aam | A journey from Mughal era to British rule

His house of forty pillars is a unique feature of the fort and was the place where the king held public hearings. The unique feature of Deewan -e- Aam is the marble’ jharoka’ or the throne gallery projecting from its rear wall and there the emperor would sit with his royal protocol to hear the problems and grievances of the public as well as state matters. The structure is built on a raised platform bordered by a stone railing and measures around 187 feet by 60 feet and rises to a height of 34 feet with pillars inside the entire hall. It is a double storey structure and on the second floor you can see beautiful cusped marble arches and from there you can also get a mesmerising view of the Jahangir’s Quadrangle. This place was the Daulat Khana Khaas but now it is temporarily closed for the public as it is being restored.
Deewan-e-Aam was constructed in front of the Jharoka of Daulat Khana-e-Khas, built by the Mughal emperor Akbar and the intricate marble work in the state balcony, located a few feet above the ground level is said to be the earliest structure existing at the Lahore Fort.

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