Tejinderpal Singh Toor: Punjabi shot putter
Indian shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor, associated with Moga district, competed at the Asian Games.
Punjab and Chandigarh
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Writers, makers, scientists and public lives, with their connection to Punjab stated precisely.
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Tufail Niazi
Punjabi folk singer Tufail Niazi worked in theatre and became associated with Pakistan’s early television.
Jalandhar, Multan and Lahore
Udham Singh: migration, anti-colonial politics and the Caxton Hall assassination
Udham Singh’s life connected Punjab, overseas work and revolutionary networks before his 1940 killing of Michael O’Dwyer in London.
Sunam, Punjab; United States and Britain
Umera Ahmad
Umera Ahmad’s interviews connect Sialkot roots with stories about relationships. Her accounts describe the working choices behind television projects.
Sialkot
Urvashi Butalia: feminist publishing and Partition oral history
Discover Urvashi Butalia’s feminist publishing and oral history of Partition.
Punjab and the wider world
Viqar-un-Nisa Noon
Noon’s Rawalpindi school and scholarship patronage linked women’s education with study abroad. A Lahore gift in 2021 records a posthumous legacy.
Rawalpindi; Britain; Lahore
Waris Shah: the poet behind a lasting Heer
Waris Shah’s Heer joins a tragic love story with a large social and spiritual world. Editions and later performances show a work continually interpreted across Punjab and the diaspora.
Jandiala Sher Khan; Punjab; later international reception
Yamla Jatt
Punjabi folk singer Lal Chand Yamla Jatt was associated with the tumbi and Ludhiana, where his instrument and memory have been preserved.
Punjab
Yash Chopra
Discover Lahore-born filmmaker Yash Chopra’s early career, Yash Raj Films and selected films.
Lahore and Mumbai
Yash Pal: space science and education
Discover scientist and educator Yash Pal’s connections to Punjab, space research and science education.
Punjab and the wider world
Yuvraj Singh: international cricket and World Cups
Discover the Chandigarh-born cricketer’s international career and World Cup performances.
Punjab and Chandigarh
Zafar Iqbal (poet)
Zafar Iqbal’s ghazals drew Faruqi’s attention for verbal experiments. A later study examines the poet’s separate practice as a newspaper columnist.
Punjab connections
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