Allama Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi founded the Khaksar Movement, aiming to advance the condition of the masses irrespective of any faith, sect, or religion, a social movement based in Lahore, established in 1931 to free India from the rule of the British Empire and establish…
[Left ] Place of Shahadat of Major Raja Aziz Bhatti Shaheed near Burki Lahore showing his Gun and Helmet [Right] A photo taken few months earlier. On 6 September 1965, as a Company Commander in the Burki area of the Lahore sector, Major Raja…
September 1965 - When the Indian troops were advancing towards Lahore in 1965, they faced severe resistance from the Pakistani armed forces. To boost the morale, the Indian commander told the troops on the wireless communication that Lahore is only 2 - 3 miles away.
Azadi / Yadgaar Chowk Comparison in different years!v
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…
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,…
A Collection of Vintage Eid Post Cards published from 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…
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…
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),…