Khurshid Anwar, was born on March 21, 1912, was a filmmaker, writer, director and music composer who gained extreme popularity both in India and Pakistan. He is widely credited as being one of the most original and inventive music directors of his generation. His father,…
Ustad Amanat Ali Khan (1922– 18 September 1974) was a Pakistani classical and ghazal singer, from the Patiala gharana. He was honoured with the 'Pride of Performance' award by the government of Pakistan. He was a son of Akhtar Husain Khan and the grandson of…
Lala Harkishan Lal (13 April 1864 - 13 Febraury 1937), one of the early entrepreneurs of Lahore - One of the founders of Punjab National Bank in 1884, and Lahore Electric Supply Company, Harkishan Lal’s financial empire grew to include banks, insurance companies, real estate and…
Tamancha Jan was born in 1918 as 'Gulzar' to a family of hereditary courtesans. Gulzar acquired the name 'Tamancha Jan' at a time when popular Indian cinema was infatuated with the idea of assertive, strong and bold women. Jagga jammiya tay milan wadahiyyan was one…
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…
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…
Rudyard Kipling (born Dec. 30, 1865, Bombay, India - died Jan. 18, 1936, London, England) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children.
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.
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…
March 2, 1972, Nasir Kazmi, one of the greatest poets died in Lahore due to stomach cancer. Kazmi started his poetic life in 1940 by following the style of Akhtar Sherani and wrote romantic poems and sonnets. Later he began writing ghazals under the guidance…