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Dina Nath ki Havali
Dina Nath ki havali is the mansion/Havali in Walled City of Lahore named after a hindu minister named Raja Dina Nath ,Nath Belongs to a Hindu Kashmiri Pandit family and was a Finance Minister of Raja Ranjit Singh. It is near Chatha gate. It is said by local residents of Walled City During the rein of Raja Ranjeet Singh, Nath used to have public gathering at this Havali. During British era It was used as Marriage home. People comming form Distant areas to attend marriages used to stays here. There are many changes in the architecture of this Manson. like there used to be a pond in the open area on the back side of mansion,which was later filled by its residents there was also a small hindu tample which is no longer there. After creation of Pakistan,this mansion went into the possession of Awqaf department and there were approximately fifty families which were placed in this mansion which setteled in pakistan during partition.In 1978 havali was sold to the families residing in it. and every family took the part in which they were residing. With time people start shifting from havali now only twenty families are living here.