Lahore Memories - LM017: Lahore Ki Yadien Narated by: Surinder Nath Passey. Born in Gali Shishe Motian in 1930. Brought up in Kucha Seth Har Parsad. This Kucha was opposite Dai Bholi Gali and could be approached from Mati Da Chowk. Our house could be…
People of Lahore from the Book ""The people of India : a series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan" published London circa 1868-1875 in 8 volumes. Remarkably comprehensive photographically-illustrated ethnographic study of India. The project was begun on…
Before 1935 there had stood a beautiful mosque for many years to the south of what is now called the Naulakha Bazaar, in the city of Lahore, having three domes and five arches (as seen in this painting), which had been built as a mosque…
Haji Ghulam Rasool Tarar (d: 1925), a businessman and Philanthropist of Lahore Contributed and Narrated by: Ch. Muhammad Akram Tarar (grandson) There was a beautiful five dome mosque on Data Sahab Darbar, built by my grandfather Haji Ghulam Rasool Tarar (photo: left), a well-known businessman…
The Civil and Military Gazette Office in Lahore The Civil and Military Gazette was a daily English language newspaper founded in 1872 in British India. It was published from Lahore and Simla and Karachi, some times simultaneously, until its closure on August 31, 1963 after 94…
Tagore visited Lahore in 1934 and stayed with Lala Dhani Ram Bhalla, the proprietor of Bhalla Shoe Co. [Photo Left] Tagore at Lala Dhani Ram Bhalla's place in Lahore at his Nawaan Kot mansion. From left, first row standing: Balraj Bhalla, Yodh Raj Bhalla and…
In February, 1912 the Lahore Electric Supply Company was formed with a capital of Rs. 5,00,000. The Company was registered on March 21, 1912. Lala Harkishen Lal became the first Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company. The construction of the equipment having…
Amrita Sher-Gil (30 January 1913 – 5 December 1941), was an eminent Indian painter born to a Punjabi Sikh father and a Hungarian mother, sometimes known as India's Frida Kahlo. She first came to Lahore in 1937 from Paris for an exhibition at the Faletti’s Hotel,…
Saadat Hassan Manto (b:1 May 1912 – d:18 January 1955), the most widely read short-story writer of the Urdu language. He is best known for his short stories, "Bu" (Odour), "Khol Do" (Open It), "Thanda Gosht" (Cold Meat), and his magnum opus, "Toba Tek Singh",…
Nur Jahan, the most powerful woman of Mughal Empire,, died on December 17, 1645 in Lahore لاهور را به جان برابر خریده ایم - جان داده ایم و جنت دیگر خریده ایم Born as Mehr-un-Nisaa, Noor Jahan's father Mirza Ghiyas Baig migrated to India with…