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	<title>Punjab Heritage News</title>
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	<description>News and blog commentary about Sikh and Punjab Heritage</description>
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		<title>Empire&#8217;s efforts: Recognising the Commonwealth&#8217;s contribution</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/03/empires-efforts-recognising-the-commonwealths-contribution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harbakhsh Grewal</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Remembrance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last November here in Britain the annual remembrance took place of the country’s war dead.  Up and down the country on Remembrance Sunday services are held to remember those who have given their lives in the two world wars and many other wars since then, including the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.  And this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lahore’s Moti Masjid speaks the language of History</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/02/lahore%e2%80%99s-moti-masjid-speaks-the-language-of-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque) is a well -known and historic mosque in Lahore from the Mughal era.  Located near the Alamgiri Gate, the main entrance to the Lahore fort on the western side  and  very close to the other splendid structures of Lahore fort, such as the Shish Mahal and Naulakha Pavilion.
Moti in Urdu means [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When the &#8216;Wild&#8217; proved more educated</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/02/when-the-wild-proved-more-educated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hema</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Punjabi Social History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dalhousie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[East India Company Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lahore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ranjit Singh]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When the British conquered Lahore in 1849, Lord Dalhousie, the Governor General, declared that he would educate the “wild illiterate Punjabis” in a new system of Anglo-Vernacular education. When they started the East India Company Board was shocked by what already existed.
The board was amazed to find that the literacy rate in Lahore and its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lahore and its historic Gates</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/02/lahore-and-is-historic-gates/</link>
		<comments>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/02/lahore-and-is-historic-gates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architectural]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lahore]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lahore is the capital of Punjab, the most populated province of Pakistan, and is known as one of the ancient cities in South Asia with its rich historical and cultural heritage.
The early history of the city is cloaked in obscurity and it is pretty difficult to establish exact date of its foundation. It was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bhagat Singh’s alma mater: decaying but not forgotten</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/02/bhagat-singh%e2%80%99s-alma-mater-decaying-but-not-forgotten/</link>
		<comments>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/02/bhagat-singh%e2%80%99s-alma-mater-decaying-but-not-forgotten/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architectural]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bhagat singh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lahore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bradlaugh Hall, where one of South Asia’s most influential revolutionaries – Bhagat Singh – once studied is, today, the focus of a campaign to not only rescue it from disrepair but to rename it and other landmarks of Lahore after him. Named after the social reformist and radical member of British parliament Charles Bradlaugh, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Islamia College being renovated flouting conservation principles</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/01/islamia-college-being-renovated-flouting-conservation-principles/</link>
		<comments>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/01/islamia-college-being-renovated-flouting-conservation-principles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architectural]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lahore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maharani]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ranjit Singh]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shiny marble tiles have replaced the century-old brick-made floor and stairs of the historic Islamia College which is being renovated and repaired.
Besides the main building of the college established in 1913, the repair and renovation of the domes of Islamia College mosque is also in progress with conservationists fearing it is tantamount to damaging the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nawab Kapur Singh&#8217;s fort crumbles while beaurocrats wrangle</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/01/nawab-kapur-singhs-fort-crumbles-while-beaurocrats-wrangle/</link>
		<comments>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/01/nawab-kapur-singhs-fort-crumbles-while-beaurocrats-wrangle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amandeep Madra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architectural]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kapur Singh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manauli]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2005 we reported on the sad state of Manauli fort. A recent article in The Tribune by Rajmeet Singh reports that at last the Mohali district administration has paved the way for preservation of the historical Manauli fort.
Located few kilometers from Mohali, the Mughal fort had been decaying for lack of preservation. After acquiring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Samadhi of Bhai Vastiram, a minister in the court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, lies in ruins</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/01/samadhi-of-bhai-vastiram-a-minister-in-the-court-of-maharaja-ranjit-singh-lies-in-ruins/</link>
		<comments>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/01/samadhi-of-bhai-vastiram-a-minister-in-the-court-of-maharaja-ranjit-singh-lies-in-ruins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architectural]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[destruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lahore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ranjit Singh]]></category>

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The samadhi of Bhai Vastiram, a minister in the court of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh, lies in ruins reports Pakistan&#8217;s Daily Times.  Located behind the Lahore Fort, the samadhi was attacked in a senseless act of revenge when the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya was demolished.  Scavengers have since been chipping away at the monument, stealing chunks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diyal Singh library’s rare books need urgent digitalising</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/01/diyal-singh-library%e2%80%99s-rare-books-need-urgent-digitalising/</link>
		<comments>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/01/diyal-singh-library%e2%80%99s-rare-books-need-urgent-digitalising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manuscripts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diyal Singh majithia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lahore]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite enjoying a lot of funds and working under the Evacuee Property Trust Board (EPTB), Diyal Singh Trust Library (DSTL) has still not started digitalising its collection of rare books, periodicals and manuscripts. However, due to its importance in history and its vast collection of books, the DSTL is tremendously popular among local as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Punjab heritage calendar and new website celebrate CRCI’s conservation work</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/01/punjab-heritage-calendar-and-new-website-celebrate-crci%e2%80%99s-conservation-work/</link>
		<comments>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/01/punjab-heritage-calendar-and-new-website-celebrate-crci%e2%80%99s-conservation-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harbakhsh Grewal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architectural]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CRCI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gurmeet Rai]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As anyone who reads this site knows all too well, Punjab&#8217;s built heritage is in a woeful state and in need of serious attention to save it.  The silver lining of this dark cloud however has been the work of Gurmeet S Rai and her team at Cultural Resource Conservation Initiative (CRCI) which has been trailblazing in the [...]]]></description>
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