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By News Editor on January 4, 2013
AMRITSAR: Land grabbers in Pakistan have completely brought down the front portion of the haveli of “Sher-e-Punjab” Maharaja Ranjit Singh situated in Gujranwala, historian Surinder Kochhar said on Monday.
Posted in Architectural | Tagged Gujranwala, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Maharaja Ranjit Singh haveli, Pakistan |
By News Editor on July 9, 2012
AMRITSAR: Pakistan government has converted a portion of Sher e Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s ancestral haveli as a garbage dump in Gujaranwala , Pakistan, informed historian Surinder Kochhar who have occasionally been visiting Pakistan. Pakistan government had already been using baradari of Maharaja Sher Singh in Lahore as garbage dump added he.
Posted in Architectural | Tagged Gujaranwala, Lahore, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Maharaja Sher Singh, Pakistan, punjab |
By News Editor on May 31, 2012
Punjab, one of the oldest provinces, is perhaps the only state where records or archives have not been organised after Independence. The meagre share of records available after Partition is scattered and the record office has been neglected
Posted in Cultural | Tagged Amritsar, India, Jind Kapurthala, Khalsa College, Lahore, Lord Mountbatten, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Malerkotla and Nalagarh, Nabha, Old Fort, Pakistan, Partition, patiala, Pepsu Archives, punjab, Punjab Record Office |
By News Editor on May 25, 2012
When I learned that ‘Getting to Know Pre-Colonial Punjab through Sikh-period Frescoes’ was being offered as an actual course at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) last semester, I was ecstatic.
Posted in Architectural | Tagged Athdara, Lahore, Lahore Fort, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Pakistan, Pre-Colonial Punjab, punjab, Sikh, Sikh-period Frescoes, Sikhism |
By News Editor on January 12, 2012
AMRITSAR: A huge portion of the historical building in Old Sabji Mandi of Gujranwala, nearLahore, where Maharaja Ranjit Singh was born -known as the haveli of Sardar Mahan Singh after his father- was reportedly demolished on Tuesday. Members of a land mafia which enjoys political patronage in Pakistan brought down a portion of the haveli, according to a Mohammad Qasim, who [...]
Posted in Architectural | Tagged Amritsar, Gujranwala, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Pakistan, Sardar Mahan Singh |
By News Editor on December 15, 2011
AMRITSAR: Even as Pakistan Evacuee Trust Property Board (PETPB) chairman Sayed Asif Hashmi, who was in India in the last week of November, made big claims about protection and maintenance of properties related to Sikh heritage, reports have suggested glaring misuse of Maharaja Sher Singh’s “baradari” in Lahore, which is allegedly being used as a [...]
Posted in Architectural | Tagged Ajit Singh, Baradari, Lahore, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Maharaja Sher Singh, Pakistan, punjab |
By News Editor on September 26, 2011
FATEGARH CHURIAN (Gurdaspur): Our rich heritage mirrors our glorious past. From monuments and paintings to traditional art, India has a stockpile of historical wealth that needs to be treasured.
Posted in Architectural | Tagged Archaeological Survey of India, ASI, Chand Kaur, Cultural Affairs Archaeology & Museums, Fategharh Churian, Heritage, Kanahaiya Misil, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Panj Temple, punjab |
By News Editor on August 8, 2011
LAHORE:The government will need to remove a host of encroachers and line drains in order to restore and conserve four historic Walled City gates, besides finding funds for the work.
Posted in Architectural | Tagged Badshahi Masjid, Bhati Gate, Kashmiri Gate, Lahore, Lahore Fort, Lohari Gate, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Roshnai Gate, Sheranwala Gate, Walled city, Walled City Restoration Project |
By News Editor on August 2, 2011
Even as the Archaeological Survey of India and Punjab tourism authorities have been restoring various heritage buildings in and around Amritsar, Panj Temple, about 25 km from the holy city, lies in a state of neglect.
Posted in Architectural | Tagged Amritsar, Archaeological Survey of India, Heritage, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Panj Temple, punjab |
By News Editor on July 23, 2011
LAHORE: Some gold-plated parts of Sonehri Masjid`s domes which most probably gave the historic mosque its `golden` name have gone missing after its decaying minarets failed to attract the attention of authorities concerned.
Posted in Architectural | Tagged Heritage, Kashmiri Bazaar, Lahore, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Mir Mueenul Mulk, Nawab Bikhari Khan, Sonehri Masjid |