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Tag Archives: punjab

Chajju dey Chaubaray

There was a place that, in meditation and spiritual seeking, outdid even the grand significance of Balkh and Bukhara, and it existed right here, in the city of hearts, the City of Lahore.

Posted byImranMay 4, 2016January 12, 2025Posted inLahore - English, Lahore, The City of HeartsTags: Architecture, Chajju Bhagat, Chajju da Chaubara, lahore, Mayo Hospital, mughal, Old Lahore, punjab, Sikh24 Comments on Chajju dey Chaubaray

The Grand Trunk Road

Tracing the original surviving original patches of a historic route. Uttarpatha: the (ab)original footprint…

Posted byImranApril 25, 2016April 30, 2026Posted inAlong the Grand Trunk Road, GTRoad - EnglishTags: Eminabad, Grand Trunk Road, GT Road, pakistan, punjab, Taxila, Uttarapatha3 Comments on The Grand Trunk Road

Kharal vs Berkely

Meeting a martyr from the war of independence in 1857. Meeting the Kharal chief in his native Jhamra. Stretching a few miles up ahead to Syyedwala.

Posted byImranFebruary 24, 2016September 22, 2025Posted inBritish Raj, Raj - EnglishTags: 1857, Bangla Gogera, Berkely, British Raj, Faisalabad, Ganji Bar, Jaranwala, Jhamra, Kharal, Neeli Bar, Okara, pakistan, punjab, Rai Ahmed Nawaz, Sandal Bar, Sayedwala5 Comments on Kharal vs Berkely

The Kharal of Jhamra

Bangla Gogera

From the Scottish Highlands to Mainland Punjab following the essence of freedom. The tale from 1857 War of Independence in West Punjab. The tale of an epic encounter: Kharal vs Berkley

Posted byImranFebruary 7, 2016September 24, 2026Posted inBritish Raj, Raj - EnglishTags: 1857, Bangla Gogera, Berkley, British Raj, East India Company, Faisalabad, Ganji Bar, Kharal, Neeli Bar, Okara, pakistan, punjab, Rai Ahmed Nawaz, Sandal Bar1 Comment on The Kharal of Jhamra

Haveli of Padhana

Haveli at Padhana

The ruins of an ancient haveli in Padhana, at Pakistan – India borders have some tales to unfold…

Posted byImranDecember 30, 2015January 12, 2025Posted inBritish Raj, Lahore - English, Lahore, The City of Hearts, Raj - EnglishTags: Anglo Sikh Wars, Haveli, lahore, Padhana, pakistan, punjab, Sikhs11 Comments on Haveli of Padhana

Malka Hans

seeking a great literary work of Punjab folklore, a tale of an architectural discovery, in the very heartland of Punjab, Pakistan

Posted byImranDecember 10, 2015January 14, 2025Posted inFolk - English, Sufis, Poets, FolkloreTags: Heer, Malka Hans, pakistan, Pakpattan, Parnami Mandir, punjab, Sahiwal, Waris Shah, Waris Shah Mosque16 Comments on Malka Hans

Chillianwala

On a mid-winter noon of 1849, at this battlefield, Sikhs took on the army of East India Company and wreaked havoc, with an utter disregard to safety .and precaution.

Posted byImranNovember 28, 2015January 12, 2025Posted inBritish Raj, Raj - EnglishTags: Anglo Sikh Wars, British, Chillianwala, Lord Gough, pakistan, punjab, Sher Singh, Sikhs6 Comments on Chillianwala

The Victoria Cross of Takhti Rajgan

Takhti Rajgan

A Poppy in Potohar

Posted byImranNovember 11, 2015January 14, 2025Posted inArmy - English, British Raj, Potohar - English, Potohar, On the Plateau, Raj - English, Service Dress, Tales from ArmyTags: pakistan, punjab, Rawalpindi, Shahamad Khan, Takhti, The Great War, Victoria Cross, WWI8 Comments on The Victoria Cross of Takhti Rajgan

Hariyupa : Harappa

Harappa

tale of a primaeval civilization, a mysterious script and the mythical unicorns

Posted byImranOctober 31, 2015January 7, 2025Posted inAlong the Grand Trunk Road, GTRoad - EnglishTags: Harappa, Indus Civilization, Mehran, pakistan, punjab, Sahiwal, UnicornsLeave a comment on Hariyupa : Harappa

Bahmanwali Bridge

Bahmanwali Bridge

A mythical journey to the past, exploring Mughal era bridges on the romantic Degh Nadi.

Posted byImranOctober 25, 2015January 7, 2025Posted inAlong the Grand Trunk Road, GTRoad - EnglishTags: Archeology, Architecture, Badshahi Sarak, Bahmanwali, Degh, G T Road, History, mughal, Muridke, pakistan, punjabLeave a comment on Bahmanwali Bridge

Akbari Serai

Akbari Serai

Once there was, once there wasn’t… Time was a commodity held aplenty with people. For when people traveled they longed for people and places and when they eventually came across, sitting together and talking to each other wasn’t a sin.

Posted byImranOctober 1, 2015July 7, 2026Posted inAlong the Grand Trunk Road, GTRoad - English, Lahore - English, Lahore, The City of HeartsTags: Caravanserai, GT Road, mughal, pakistan, punjab5 Comments on Akbari Serai

Shabbir of Sulemanki

Sulemanki Tower

to friendship, to valour, to sacrifice!

Posted byImranSeptember 7, 2015January 14, 2025Posted inArmy - English, Lahore - English, Lahore, The City of Hearts, Service Dress, Tales from ArmyTags: Defence Day, Maj Shabbir Sharif, nishan e haider, pakistan, pakistan army, punjab, Sulemanki3 Comments on Shabbir of Sulemanki

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