Alamgiri Gate is the main gate of the Lahore Fort, in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was built by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir in 1673, during the same time he constructed the Badshahi Mosque, and opens into Hazuri Bagh which separates it from the mosque. The gate has an iconic design, flanked by two semicircular fluted bastions with petal shaped bases. Both have doom shaped pavilions or cupolas. The arched gateway was built high enough to allow royal procession along with elephants entrance into the fort.
The gate featured on the pre-2005 Pakistani fifty rupees note.
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