Mata Khivi: the woman who sustained the Guru’s langar
Mata Khivi organised the community kitchen at Khadur Sahib; her service is remembered in Sikh scripture and later histories.
Khadur Sahib, Punjab
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Writers, makers, scientists and public lives, with their connection to Punjab stated precisely.
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Mata Sahib Kaur: spiritual motherhood and leadership through letters
Remembered as the mother of the Khalsa, Mata Sahib Kaur also directed practical community affairs from Delhi. Her correspondence links spiritual authority with kitchens, contributions and a public well.
Rohtas in the Jhelum region; Anandpur, Nanded and Delhi
Mazhar Tirmizi: Punjabi poetry, migration and performance
A Punjabi poet and journalist whose writing has explored displacement and travelled through song, print and performance.
Punjab and beyond
Mewa Singh Lopoke: British Columbia and contested remembrance
Punjabi migrant Mewa Singh killed a Canadian immigration official in 1914; later accounts remember him differently.
Punjab and overseas
Mian Mir: a Lahore teacher and his later portraits
Read Mian Mir’s Qadiri teaching connections alongside later museum portraits, keeping a remembered life and a painted image’s date separate.
Sindh and Lahore; later portraits associated with northern India and Kashmir
Mian Muhammad Bakhsh: Mirpur and the journey of Saiful Muluk
Mian Muhammad Bakhsh joined Punjabi storytelling, Persian translation and Sufi teaching. Saiful Muluk carries a prince’s search into an enduring poetry of love and spiritual aspiration.
Chak Takara, Kharri Sharif and Mirpur; literary connections across Punjab
Milkha Singh: Olympic runner and Indian athletics
Discover the Punjabi runner’s Olympic career and his place in Indian athletics.
Punjab and diaspora
Mohammed Rafi
Follow Mohammed Rafi from Punjab and Lahore to a celebrated career in Indian film playback singing.
Punjab, Lahore and Bombay
Mohan Singh (poet)
Mohan Singh’s Punjabi poetry and magazine editing brought literary craft into public life. A younger writer’s memories reveal his attention to revision.
Jalandhar; Ludhiana
Moran Sarkar: court artist and remembered patronage
Moran Sarkar’s remembered life links Ranjit Singh’s court with a Lahore mosque and Pul Kanjari. Historical accounts, altered buildings and disputed coin symbols preserve different kinds of evidence.
Amritsar, Lahore and the route between them
Muhammad Asif Khan: Punjabi writer and editor
Punjabi writer Muhammad Asif Khan worked on literary criticism and editing with the Pakistan Punjabi Adabi Board.
Punjabi literary communities
Muhammad Iqbal: poetry, selfhood and political possibility
The Sialkot-born poet worked in Urdu and Persian, using literary form to think about faith, human agency and Muslim political life.
Sialkot, Lahore and Europe
Muhammad Mansha Yaad
Punjabi and Urdu writer Mansha Yaad wrote short stories and plays; this profile draws on an obituary and literary records.
Punjab and Islamabad
Munir Niazi
Munir Niazi wrote Urdu and Punjabi poetry alongside work in publishing and film. A professional record connects his writing with Sahiwal and Lahore.
Punjab; Sahiwal; Lahore
Mushtaq Soofi
Punjabi poet and music producer Mushtaq Soofi has discussed language, literary criticism and music in interviews and public events.
Lahore
Mustafa Qureshi: Pakistani actor and Maula Jatt
Pakistani actor Mustafa Qureshi worked in films across languages and played Noori Natt in Maula Jatt.
Punjab and the wider region
Mustansar Hussain Tarar
Mustansar Hussain Tarar’s account links Lahore study with travel writing. Dated interviews and a publisher’s notice document several kinds of public work.
Lahore
Nadir Ali: Punjabi writer
Punjabi writer Nadir Ali published short stories and poetry and worked as a newspaper columnist.
Punjab and Lahore
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