Timeline Azadi / Yadgaar Chowk
Azadi / Yadgaar Chowk Comparison in different years!v
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Golden Throne Of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Golden Throne of Maharaja Ranjit Singh made by Hafiz Muhammad Multani in Lahore c. 1820 Maharaja Ranjit Singh, commissioned this famous golden throne to commemorate his conquest of the city of Multan in 1818. India was traditionally a furniture-less culture, and maharajas would sit on the…
The Battle For Lahore And Amritsar
Article by Ishtiaq Ahmed Large-scale rioting in the undivided Punjab subsided from March14, 1947, onwards, but enough blood had been spilled not to letthe Punjab return to normality. Lahore, Amritsar, Multan and Rawalpindi witnessed harrowing scenes of inhumanity hither to unknown to the Punjab. However,…
Vintage Eid Special Post Cards
A Collection of Vintage Eid Post Cards published from Lahore.
Early 20th Century Vintage Magic Lantern Slides Of Lahore
Magic lantern is an early type of image projector employing pictures on sheets of glass. The lantern slide has its origins in 17th century optical viewing devices which came to be known as “magic lanterns.” The earliest slides for magic lanterns consisted of hand-painted images…
Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi (born 20 November 1916 – died 10 July 2006) was an Urdu and English language Pakistani poet, journalist, literary critic, dramatist and short story author. He wrote 50 books on topics such as poetry, fiction, criticism, journalism and art,[1][2] and was a…
Lahore Memories - The Mian's Of Baghbanpura
Lahore Memories - LM011: The Mian’s of Baghbanpura - Lahore c. 1910 Contributed and Narrated by: Mian Haroun Rashid "This photograph is believed to have been taken in London circa 1910 and shows four members of the Mian Family of Baghbanpura, Lahore. All of whom…
Life Of Lahore Through Edwin Lord Weeks Eye
Edwin Lord Weeks (1849 – 1903) was an American artist. After his studies in Paris, Weeks emerged as one of America's major painters of Orientalist subjects. Throughout his adult life he was an inveterate traveler and journeyed to South America (1869), Egypt and Persia (1870),…
Ahmad Shah Patras Bukhari
Syed Ahmed Shah (commonly known as Patras Bokhari ) -(b:1 October 1898 – d:5 December 1958 ) was an Urdu humourist, educator, essayist, broadcaster and diplomat from Pakistan. He is best known for his humorous writings in Urdu literature. Bokhari attended Government College, Lahore in…
Masjid Hazrat Abdullah Shah Baloch - Chah Jhandi (Mozang)
Hazrat Abdullah Shah Baloch started building this mosque and was completed by his nephew Sardar Khan (most of historic pictures refer this mosque as Sardar Khan Mosque). This mosque does not exist in original shape, as seen in the old and new picture, only central…