Sahir Ludhianvi’s real life story sounds like a movie script itself. Amrita met Sahir sometime around 1944 in Preet Nagar, a village between Lahore and Amritsar. She was at this time married to Pritam Singh, who was an editor, but theirs was not the best…
Telegraph Office, The Mall - Lahore Central Telegraph Office building was built in 1882 separately from that of the General Post Office on the site of its present Central Telephone & Telegraph Office opposite the present day GPO.
Abdul Hameed also known as A. Hameed, a popular Urdu fiction writer from Lahore, Pakistan, who wrote over two hundred books, was born in Amritsar circa 1928 but gained his adulthood in Lahore. He did not distinguish one city from the other. He loved both.
Iqbal was a poet who inspired Muslims with the spirit and determination to restore to Islam its former glory and although he is no more with us, his memory will grow younger and younger with the progress and development of Muslim India. His works should…
During the Jalianwala Bagh incident at Amrtisar an uprising started from Lahore, Gujranawala and Kasur - A Martial Law was imposed in these cities - These photographs showing Sepoy flogging, the gallows at Kasur
During the Jalianwala Bagh incident at Amrtisar an uprising started from Lahore, Gujranawala and Kasur - A Martial Law was imposed in these cities - These photographs showing Sepoy flogging, the gallows at Kasur
Dr. Ajaz Anwar is a distinguished painter of Pakistan. He was a teacher at National College of Arts Lahore. His watercolor paintings show the grandeur of the old buildings and the cultural life in Lahore. Project Lahore team is grateful of being allowed to present…
April 13, 1919 - Jallianwala Bagh Massacre When People of Punjab's Twin cities (Lahore-Amritsar) were on streets! (in this rare Photo shown acceleration of Police to stop Demonstration in Amritsar) By April 6, the anti-Rowlatt satyagraha was at its peak in Punjab. "Practically the whole…
Gul Begum was better known as 'Rani Gul Begum'. She was one of the courtesans of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The Maharaja decided to marry her in 1831, and dressed as a bridegroom and went through all the rituals of marriage. The wedding was attended by…
Raphael Tuck & Sons of London were the world's premiere early postcard publisher. Tucks published its first Christmas cards in 1871 and first postcards, like many other firms, in 1898. The firm was a regular supplier of Christmas cards to Queen Victoria, and could boast…