Saadat Hasan Manto: stories across Bombay, Lahore and Partition
Manto’s short stories and work in radio and film confronted lives disturbed by desire, violence and the partition of British India.
Punjab, Bombay, Delhi and Lahore
Lives & ideas
People.
Writers, makers, scientists and public lives, with their connection to Punjab stated precisely.
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Inclusion records a documented connection to Punjab. Birthplace, language, ancestry and personal identity are distinct.
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Sabiha Khanum
Discover Sabiha Khanum’s work in Urdu and Punjabi cinema, from Beli to later character roles.
Gujrat and Lahore, Punjab
Sada Kaur: the leader who helped Ranjit Singh take Lahore
Sada Kaur commanded the Kanhaiya confederacy, built a crucial alliance and later resisted the absorption of her own territories.
Batala and Lahore, Punjab
Sadequain
Pakistani artist Sadequain worked in painting, calligraphy and murals, including a ceiling project at Lahore Museum.
Amroha, Karachi and Lahore
Salima Hashmi: Lahore artist, educator and curator
Lahore-associated artist Salima Hashmi has worked as an educator and curator and led the National College of Arts.
Punjab and the wider world
Salma Tassaduq Hussain
Salma Tassaduq Hussain offered her Lahore home for a relief office. Its reported work connected information, aid, food, clothing and temporary shelter.
Lahore and Punjab
Samar Mubarakmand: Pakistani physicist and public service
Rawalpindi-born physicist Samar Mubarakmand studied in Lahore and Oxford and served in Pakistani scientific institutions.
Punjab and beyond
Sant Fateh Singh: Akali leader and Punjabi Suba campaign
Sikh preacher and Akali leader Sant Fateh Singh campaigned for Punjabi Suba before Punjab’s reorganisation in 1966.
Punjab
Sant Singh Sekhon
Sant Singh Sekhon combined English teaching with Punjabi writing. Short fiction, plays and literary discussion developed alongside work in Punjab’s colleges.
Amritsar; Sudhar; Sirhind
Santokh Singh Dhardev: Ghadar, Kirti and labour organising
Ghadar activist Santokh Singh Dhardev helped establish the Punjabi journal Kirti and connected anti-colonial politics with labour organising.
Punjab and overseas
Santosh Kumar
Discover Santosh Kumar’s early Pakistani films and his screen partnership with Sabiha Khanum.
Lahore and Pakistani cinema
Sara Shagufta: Urdu and Punjabi poet
Read about Sara Shagufta’s poetry, her Gujranwala origins and an English translation of Rang Chor.
Punjab, Pakistan
Sarla Devi Chaudhurani
Sarla Devi’s writing and organising continued in Lahore. Edited letters from 1920 also record Punjab travel and practical exchanges about spinning and khadi.
Lahore; Gujrat
Satinder Sartaaj
Singer and poet Satinder Sartaaj studied Sufi music and Persian at Panjab University and later acted in films.
Hoshiarpur and Chandigarh
Satish Gujral
Discover Satish Gujral’s work across painting, murals and architecture, from Jhelum and Lahore to New Delhi.
Jhelum, Lahore and New Delhi
Shaan Shahid: Punjabi and Urdu cinema
Read about Lahore actor and filmmaker Shaan Shahid’s work in Punjabi and Urdu cinema.
Punjab and the wider region
Shah Hussain: Lahore, longing and the sung kafi
Shah Hussain’s Punjabi lyrics turn love, separation and everyday imagery into spiritual poetry. His remembered life and the Mela Chiraghan connect that verse to Lahore.
Lahore, Punjab
Shah Inayat Qadiri: a Lahore teacher in poetry and religious memory
Shah Inayat Qadiri is remembered as Bulleh Shah’s guide and as a religious scholar. Literary studies connect his teaching with Lahore, Persian writing and stories of spiritual transformation.
Kasur and Lahore, Punjab
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