The Punjab Partition Forum

- Ramanjit Singh In order to understand the enormity of events that had befallen on Punjab in 1947, we need to look at each event in its own context. And more importantly, we need to look at them through the eyes of those individuals who saw those events first hand and described them with specificity. In our research, we came across a reference of a particular diary that was written by Mr. Anokh Singh, who was a District Collector at Ferozepur in 1947. He was in charge of man

Ramanjit Singh Darya Raavi forms a part of the border between India and Pakistan Originating from the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, once part of Punjab Hill States, River Ravi (pronounced as Raavi) enters the present day Punjab from the Madhopur Headworks in Pathankot and then meanders its way south west separating the districts of Narowal and Gurdaspur and then Amritsar and Sheikhupura before entering into the Lahore district. Over the centuries, songs have been writt

And I sit here thousands of miles away thinking about Punjab Parts of my memory fade, the parts when I was closer to Punjab It is asking me to come back Back into its fold Back into its warm embrace The idea of going back is getting stronger by the day I belong to that land, to its people, to its history Where ever I go, somehow the past beckons The past tells me not to forget my identity, my self-worth I somehow represent it, I represent Punjab Where ever I go, Punjab goes w

Ramanjit Singh How India Kept Lahore's Lights On After Partition In the fever of 1947, in the meeting rooms of Delhi, and London where Pakistan was argued into existence, the men who drew the new world spoke of sovereignty, of religion, of homeland. What they did not speak of, what perhaps they could not bring themselves to fully reckon with, were the wires. The roads. The railways. The canals that crossed every border they proposed. The Muslim League, Jinnah, and the archite