Aanchal Malhotra: Partition, objects and family memory
Artist and oral historian Aanchal Malhotra explores Partition memory through family objects and stories.
Punjab and the wider world
Lives & ideas
People.
Writers, makers, scientists and public lives, with their connection to Punjab stated precisely.
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Abdullah Malik: Lahore journalist and political writer
The Lahore journalist and political writer’s career crossed newspapers, progressive politics and histories of Punjab.
Punjab and beyond
Abdur Rahman Chughtai: Lahore painter and illustrator
Lahore-associated artist Abdur Rahman Chughtai drew on South Asian literary traditions in painting and illustration.
Punjab and the wider world
Abdus Salam: Punjab, physics and international science
Follow Salam’s education in Punjab, his contribution to particle physics and his work to make research less isolated.
Punjab; Britain; Trieste
Abhinav Bindra: Olympic shooting champion
Indian sport shooter Abhinav Bindra won an individual Olympic gold medal in 2008 and has family connections to Punjab.
Punjab and diaspora
Abrar-ul-Haq
Learn about Abrar-ul-Haq’s account of Billo De Ghar, its contemporary reception and the origins of a Narowal medical project.
Gujrat and Narowal
Achhar Singh Chhina: peasant organising and legislative work
Punjabi activist Achhar Singh Chhina combined anti-colonial politics with peasant organising and legislative work.
Punjab and beyond
Afzal Ahsan Randhawa
Punjabi writer Afzal Ahsan Randhawa combined legal practice with literary work. A study and parliamentary register illuminate different parts of his record.
Punjab
Ahmad Rahi
Poet and lyricist Ahmad Rahi moved from Amritsar to Lahore in 1947 and published the Punjabi collection Trinjan.
Amritsar and Lahore
Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi
Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi’s Urdu writing crossed poetry, fiction and criticism. Lahore journals and literary institutions gave his work several public settings.
Lahore, Punjab
Ajit Cour
Ajit Cour’s Punjabi writing connects Lahore origins with fiction, journalism and cultural work. Her public interviews also address exchange among writers.
Lahore; Delhi
Ajit Pal Singh: Olympic hockey and World Cup captain
Indian hockey player Ajit Pal Singh competed at three Olympic Games and captained the 1975 World Cup team.
Punjab
Ajit Singh Sandhu
Ajit Singh Sandhu took part in Punjab’s 1906–07 agrarian agitation and spent years abroad.
Punjab, Europe and Brazil
Akali Phula Singh: Nihang leadership and authority at Amritsar
Phula Singh joined military command to the custodianship of Sikh sacred institutions. His relationship with Ranjit Singh involved cooperation, mediation and a religious authority distinct from royal office.
Shihan and Anandpur; Amritsar, Multan, Kashmir and Nowshera
Alam Lohar
Punjabi folk singer Alam Lohar is remembered for performances of Heer, Saif-ul-Malook and Jugni with the chimta.
Punjab
Alexander Gardner: artillery service and a disputed travel story
Separate a documented connection with Lahore and Jammu from the extraordinary claims preserved in a later edited memoir.
Lahore, the Sikh Empire and Jammu-Kashmir; reported earlier Central Asian travels
Ali Haider: Multan’s poetic language of love and impermanence
Ali Haider’s Punjabi verse combines alphabetic forms, spiritual longing and criticism of worldly display. Its later collection and translation carried poetry remembered in performance into print.
Kazia or Kazian, historically in the Multan district
Ali Hujwiri: Ghazna, Lahore and Kashf al-Mahjub
Ali Hujwiri connected Lahore with a wider Persian-speaking Sufi world. His surviving Kashf al-Mahjub explains teachings, remembered masters and spiritual practice; his shrine preserves a later devotional legacy.
Ghazna and Lahore; journeys across the wider Islamic world
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