Lala Hansraj: Dayanand Anglo-Vedic education in Lahore
Educationist Lala Hansraj taught and led Dayanand Anglo-Vedic institutions in Lahore.
Punjab and beyond
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Writers, makers, scientists and public lives, with their connection to Punjab stated precisely.
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Lala Har Dayal: radical writing and the Ghadar movement
Anti-colonial writer Lala Har Dayal’s work connected Indian migrants and radical circles in North America.
Punjab and overseas
Lala Lajpat Rai
Follow Lala Lajpat Rai’s political work in Punjab and abroad and his role in the 1928 Simon Commission protest.
Punjab and the United States
Madan Lal Dhingra
Madan Lal Dhingra’s anti-colonial politics connected Amritsar and London; his trial and legacy remain contested.
Punjab and Britain
Madeeha Gauhar
Madeeha Gauhar founded Ajoka and directed theatre about public life. A Lahore play first staged in 2014 and its later revival show part of her artistic legacy.
Lahore
Madiha Shah: Punjabi film, performance and Lahore
Film credits and cultural reporting trace selected work by the Pakistani actor in Punjabi cinema and beyond.
Punjab and beyond
Maharaja Duleep Singh: a child ruler, exile and a claim to Punjab
Punjab’s last maharaja became ruler as a child and lost sovereignty after the Anglo-Sikh wars. His later life joined aristocratic Britain, family life at Elveden and attempts to recover his inheritance.
Lahore and Fatehgarh; Britain, Egypt and France
Maharaja Kharak Singh: inheritance and the first succession crisis at Lahore
Ranjit Singh’s eldest son inherited the throne in 1839 but soon lost effective power. Portraits and competing historical accounts preserve a reign shaped by court conflict and contested explanations of his death.
Lahore; military assignments in Punjab and Kashmir
Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the court at Lahore
An introduction to Ranjit Singh’s rise, his Lahore court and the objects through which museums tell that history.
Historical Punjab; court at Lahore
Maharaja Sher Singh: a contested throne and the splendour of Lahore
Sher Singh ruled Punjab from 1841 to 1843 after a struggle over succession. Paintings and surviving regalia preserve the court’s splendour alongside a reign marked by military pressure and political violence.
Lahore, Batala, Kashmir and Peshawar
Maharani Jind Kaur: regency, separation and exile
Jind Kaur governed for the young Duleep Singh before British imprisonment and exile transformed the Lahore royal family.
Lahore, Nepal and Britain
Mai Bhago: remembered courage at Khidrana and a continuing legacy
Mai Bhago is remembered for bringing estranged Sikhs back to Guru Gobind Singh and fighting at Khidrana. Her story continued through Deccan shrines, village commemoration and women’s military education.
Jhabal and Khidrana in Punjab; Nanded and the Bidar region in the Deccan
Malkit Singh
Discover Malkit Singh’s journey from college singing in Punjab to bhangra recordings in Birmingham and a British honour.
Jalandhar and Birmingham
Manjit Tiwana
Manjit Tiwana wrote Punjabi poetry and longer literary forms. A dated profile records study in Chandigarh alongside a career across magazines and books.
Chandigarh; Punjabi writing
Manmohan Singh: economist and Indian prime minister
Economist Manmohan Singh studied and taught at Panjab University before serving as India’s prime minister.
Punjab and the wider world
Manzoor Hussain Atif: Pakistan hockey and Olympic career
Pakistan hockey player Manzoor Hussain Atif won Olympic gold in 1960 and later served on the International Hockey Federation council.
Punjab, Pakistan
Master Tara Singh: Akali politics and Punjabi Suba
Master Tara Singh’s political career spanned the Akali movement, Partition and the campaign for a Punjabi-speaking state.
Punjab
Mata Gujri: family journeys, community responsibility and remembrance
Mata Gujri’s life linked Kartarpur, Patna and Anandpur. Her remembered responsibilities extend from managing community affairs to the local well and shrines associated with her name.
Kartarpur, Bakala, Patna, Lakhnaur, Anandpur and Sirhind
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