Awan surname: origin traditions and Punjabi writing
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Ayesha: a recorded name across Lahore’s legal institutions
A dated interview with Ayesha A. Malik and a university account document the name in a career connected with Lahore. The sources do not establish a whole-name etymology or family intention.
Lahore and international legal education
Bains surname: Punjabi education and migration research
Explore published references to Bains and the work of Punjabi educator Gurpreet Kaur Bains and scholar Satwinder Kaur Bains.
Punjabi communities
Bajwa surname: Punjabi writing and a Lahore book launch
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Punjabi communities
Balbir: distinguishing names in hockey records
Hockey institutions preserve Balbir Singh Sr, Balbir Singh Dosanjh and several same-named teammates. A Mohali stadium also carries a commemorative full form.
Punjab; Chandigarh; Mohali
Baldev: a minister’s name and a scientist’s name
A 1950 parliamentary directory, a 1951 debate and an atomic-research institution document Baldev in two distinct full names. They do not establish its complete meaning.
Punjab; New Delhi; Kalpakkam
Baljit: names in a team roster, coaching staff and an award
Hockey India documents Baljit Singh Saini and Baljit Singh Dhillon in one roster, while later records attach a Baljit name to coaching and a goalkeeping award.
Indian hockey; Punjab-connected naming records
Balraj: an actor’s name in film and Punjabi literary records
A restored film’s cast, a centenary retrospective and a Punjabi seminar volume preserve Balraj Sahni’s name in different cultural records.
Punjabi literature; Mumbai; New Delhi
Batra surname: a Jhang family’s Partition memoir
Explore the Batra surname, a Jhang family’s Partition memoir and research on how family memories travel across generations.
Punjabi communities
Bedi surname: Rajinder Singh Bedi’s writing and film work
Explore interpretations of the Bedi surname and the Urdu writing, radio and film career of Rajinder Singh Bedi.
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Bhalla surname: Guru Amar Das and a Sikh manuscript history
Explore the Bhalla surname, Guru Amar Das and Sarup Das Bhalla’s eighteenth-century verse account of Sikh history.
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Bhatti surname: Dulla Bhatti and Punjabi poetry
Explore the Bhatti surname through traditions about Dulla Bhatti and the writing of poet Nasreen Anjum Bhatti.
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Bhullar surname: two Punjabi literary records
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Punjabi communities
Bhupinder: a Patiala name in museum records
Two museums document Bhupinder Singh with the title Maharaja of Patiala. Their records distinguish a person’s name, an honorific and individual photographic objects.
Patiala; Lahore; Britain and the Western Front
Bilal: a dictionary name reference and a Lahore literary life
Rekhta identifies Bilal through a historical personal-name reference. LUMS records separately document Bilal Tanweer as a writer, translator and teacher in Lahore.
Urdu lexical reference; Lahore literary institutions
Brar surname: Punjabi fiction and theatre
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Chahal surname: Punjabi writers and Canadian oral history
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Chaudhry: a title and the 1933 Now or Never pamphlet
Explore Chaudhry as a title and surname and the authorship of the 1933 political pamphlet Now or Never.
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