Prior to its construction, the area was a ridge, covered with kikar tress, inhabited by jackals and wild pigs, where residents of Kashmere Gate, Civil Lines area visited during the weekends for partridge hunting.
The only other visitors to the area were the ones who came to the ancient Hanuman Temple, who came from the walled city on Tuesdays and Saturdays and that too before the sunset as the passage back wasn't considered safe during those days.
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