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My 1947 Box Camera Selfie
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... jobs for him. Now here is a story that I had kept as a secret to this day, and never even shared with anybody. One afternoon, in the month of June 1947, a customer walked in to have his film from Kashmir ... Saturday, 09 July 2016 -
From Khyber to Kanya Kumari
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
... When Partition was announced in June 1947, my father did not want to leave Pindi. But, by early August 1947, it was clear that we were not safe in Pindi. My father was advised by his Muslim friends to ... Friday, 14 August 2015 -
Memories of Lahore: Summer 1947
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
... she could accompany us to Solan. At the end of June 1947, we went from our home to Lahore Railway Station by a tonga (horse-drawn carriage). On board the tonga, pulled by an unusually strong horse, were ... Thursday, 16 July 2015 -
Living through the 1947 Partition of Bengal -1
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
... 3rd June 1947 Plan of Mountbatten. The Plan called for Pakistan to be carved out of India. I was then in the process of recovering from a bout of typhoid. In 1947, it was not an easy disease to treat. ... Tuesday, 01 July 2014 -
My recollections of my city of birth-Rawalpindi
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
... because Rawalpindi had already been declared a part of Pakistan. His final Class 10 exam was held in D.A.V. College in June 1947. The attendance in the examination hall was very thin, as many families ... Friday, 16 August 2013 -
Acceptance of India's Partition by Indian leaders - June 3 1947
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
... the Indian Leaders, 3 June 1947. (Extract) Speeches of Recrimination His Excellency The Viceroy asked those present at the meeting to request their subordinate leaders to refrain, from now on, from ... Saturday, 18 February 2012 -
Acceptance of India's Partition by Indian leaders - June 2 1947
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
In the photograph, at the table, from left to right: Abdul Rab Nishtar, Sardar Baldev Singh, Acharya Kriplani, Sardar Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru, Lord Mountbatten, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, and Liaqat Ali Khan. ... Saturday, 18 February 2012 -
My Memories of M A Jinnah
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
... on 13th June 1947, Nehru and he came face to face at a meeting, chaired by Lord Mountbatten, on the future of Princely states. Nehru accused the outgoing British officers of trying to ‘Balkanise' India ... Saturday, 12 March 2011 -
My Memories of Sardar Patel
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
... not studied their history properly.) In his speech recommending the Partition plan of 3rd June 1947, Patel said, "Let us develop this part of the country and let them develop the other one." To my mind, ... Wednesday, 28 July 2010 -
Lahore and Alwar: 1947- 48
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
... people of Alwar would henceforth be dutiful citizens of the great country. All the tensions that had built up in my mind since my return from Lahore in June 1947 melted within moments. After a few days, ... Tuesday, 01 April 2008