Sir Shah Nawaz Khan Mamdot with Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah before March 23 Resolution Gathering Sir Shah Nawaz Mamdot was one of the principal hosts and played a pivotal role in organizing the historic session of the All-India Muslim League in March 1940 at Lahore…
Bangla Ayub Shah is situated inside Kashmir Gate. Ayub ka Bangla was built in Sikh period. In 1849, it was taken over by a chieftain Ayub Shah who came from Afghanistan. He rebuilt the building and later sold it to the Afghan Royal’s Chief Shazada…
An Advert of K. L. Saigal Performance in Lahore c. 1937 More about the biography of KL Saigal. It was his travel as salesman that brought KL Saigal to Lahore, where he befriended Meharchand Jain. With a passion for music, both remained buddies even when…
Mohammad Rafi, was one such great contribution of Lahore to India and the rest of the world. Born 24 December 1924, in a village near Amritsar, his father shifted to Lahore and opened up a men's salon in Noor Mohalla, Bhatti Gate in the 1920s.
One of the few remaining royal residences from the Sikh period, this Haveli is situated inside the old walled city. Located between the historic Bhatti and Lohari gates, where Mori Gate once stood, a zigzag of narrow streets leads to an open area known as…
Famous Tollinton Market at the Mall, was built in 1864 as the First Punjab Exhibition Hall and later used as market place as Tollinton Market. The Exhibition of Arts and Industry was opened by Lieut. Governor Robert Montgomery on January 20, 1864. It was specifically designed…
Iqbal was born in 1983 in Arshad, a very small, rural village outside of Lahore in Pakistan. He was sold into bondage by his family to pay for his brother's wedding as they had borrowed 600 rupees from a local employer who owned a carpet…
Sir Ganga Ram (1851-1927) was a civil engineer and leading philanthropist of his times, who established the Renala Hydral Power Station in Renala Khurd in 1925. In 1873, after a brief Service in Punjab P.W.D devoted himself to practical farming. He obtained on lease from…
Qutb-ud-din was a Turk of the Aibak tribe and was born somewhere in Central Asia. He rose through the ranks to become Sultan Ghori's most trusted general. His greatest military successes occurred while he was directly under Sultan Ghori guidance and leadership. Qutb-ud-din was responsible…
Gateway of Badshahi Mosque Lahore c. 1849, One of the earliest photographs of the Sub-Continent taken by Dr. J McCosh! a doctor and amateur photographer stationed in Punjab during 1847-49. Though history of professional photography in India starts in early 1860s when British Government invited…