Old Building at Anarkali Food street Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

These photographs are of English commemorative stone and 131 years old building belonging to Gian Chand & Son constructed in the year 1888 A. D located at Anarkali Food street Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.


Photographs By Ali Babar

Gulab Devi Tuberculosis Hospital For Women located at Ferozpur Road Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

These are photographs of English, Hindi commemorative stones and Pre-partitiion building of Shrimati Gulab Devi Tuberculosis Hospital For Women located at Ferozpur Road Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Great Philanthropist of British India Lala Lajpat Rai built this hospital in loving Memory of his dear mother Shrimati Gulab Devi who died of Tuberculosis at the same spot. Lala Lajpat Rai established a Trust in 1927 to build TB Hospital for women. The Trust purchased 40 acres of land in April 1930 from the British Government which gave a free grant of an additional 10 acres on Ferozpur Road. The Construction work was started in 1931 and completed in 1934. Gulab Devi Tuberculosis Hospital For Women was opened by Mahatma Gandhi on July 17th 1934. After independence, Begum Raana Liaquat Ali Khan, Syed Maratab Ali, Prof. Dr. Amiruddin, Syed Maratab Ali, Syed Wajid Ali, Syed Shahid Ali, Mrs. Manzoor Ellahi, Mr.N.A Haroon, Maulvi Karamatullah, Sh.Muhammad Ilmas and Sh.Ahmed Husnain were the famous personalities who worked in Board of Trustees. Hospital is affiliated with Fatima Jinnah Medical College for undergraduate studies.



Doners stones described as below :



1 - 'Shrimati Gulab Devi Tuberculosis Hospital For Women Lahore opened by Mahatma Gandhi on July 17th 1934'


2- 'In Loving Memory of the Late Lt. Col Dewan Ganpat Rai L. M. S by his wife Basanti.'


3 - ' Built By Kanhaya Lal Aggarwal of R. B Seth Lachhman Dass Mohan Lall & Sons in sacred memory of his beloved mother Shrimati Bal Kaur Ji wife of L. Mohan Lall ji died on the 23rd Feb 1942.'


4- ' In Loving Memory of Lala Dina Nath Bhalla who died on October 6, 1935 by his family. '


5- ' Presented byRai Sahib Lal Chand Civil Engineer 3A Jail Road Lahore
In Loving Memory of his late wife Shrimati Rukman Devi who died on 25-11-35.'


6-  'OM
Is building ko apni swargiye (late) mata shrimati Baal Kaur dharm patni Lala Mohan Lal ji Aggrwal ki Yadgar mein Kanaiya Lal, Maalik Firm Rai Bahadur Lala Lachhman Das Sohan Lal and Sons Lahore ne banwaya.
Sammat. 1999. '

Photographs By Mr Liaqat Ali Vance

Hindu Widows Home Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

These are photographs of English commemorative stone and beautiful building of Hindu Widows Home located at Lower mall Islampura Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was a shelter home for Hindu Widows. It is one of the British times Monuments designed and built by great Philanthropist of his times named Sir Ganga Ram in 1921 A. D.


Hindu Widows Home Lahore was opened by His Highness Sir Edward Maclagan K. C. S. I., K. C. I. E, the then British Governor of the Punjab Province on Wednesday the 6th April 1921 A. D. It is Gift of one who feels for Widows. It worked as 'Hindu Widows Home' till Partition of Sub-continent and then abandoned as Hindu Widows migrated to India.



 From 1971, Fountain House (Institute For Mental Health) is working in the building of Hindu Widows Home Lahore. According to a Urdu pamphlet published by the Administration of Fountain House Lahore, It provides health facilities for psychologically and mentally disturbed national and international patients. Here, the patients are called as members. At this time, 550 psycho patients including 100 women are under treatment process in Fountain House Lahore, Farooqabad and Sargodha. From 1971 till now, Over fifty thousands mental patients have gotten treatment from Fountain House. Institute for Disadvantaged Children, Haroon Rasheed Vocational and Rehabilitation Center and Primary Health Care Centers of Farooqabad and Lalyaan are providing health and rehabilitation services for mentally sick and drug addicted patients. The monthly expenditure of Fountain House is rupees 1450000. Government assists with 500000 rupees. This institution earns 2000000 rupees from rich members (patients). Remaining 12000000 rupees are collected with struggle by national and international donations.


It worked to heal the mankind in both statuses as Hindu Widows Home and Fountain House.


Photographs By Mr. Kashif Gohar Sahib

Archeological Museum Harappa District Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan

These are photographs of English commemorative stone, commemorative boards and Exterior and interior of Historic Archeological Museum Harappa District Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan. There placed various antiques things of Sindh Valley Civilization (3500-1500 B. C) in glass cases to display for visitors which discovered from Harappan Archeological site. In these antiques include stone tools, stone balls, chert blades, copper implements, lingam, small baked mud idols, combined human and animal figurines, stone artifacts, jars, baked pottery, seals, weights, male and female human skeleton and much more.


Commemorative stone provides this information :


' Harappa Museum'

Inauguration ceremony of Harappa Museum was performed by Kazi Anwar-ul-Haque, S. Pk., S. Q. A., Minister for Education, Health, Labour and Social Welfare, Government of Pakistan on Sunday the 26th March 1967. '


Another framed commemorative board is erected inside the main door of Harappa Museum that reads as below :


' Harappa is one of the most ancient cities of the world and was a major urban center of the Indus or Harappan Civilization that flourished in Pakistan and parts of Western India some 4500 years pastoralists who lived along the foothill of Baluchistan and in the vast river plains of Punjab and Sindh. At its height the civilization extended over 680,000 square kilometers (425,000 sq miles). Harappan sites have been found from Northern Afghanistan to Arabian Sea and from the foothills of Baluchistan to the Thar desert,Kutch and Gujarat. Cities such as Harappa and Mohenjodaro were located along the rivers, at the crossroad of trade routes that connected the major urban centers with the smaller towns and villages in distant regions. These internal trade networks were an important features of Indus economy and provided the essential raw materials needed to build a strong urban society. Copper, timber, stone and minerals were brought from the mountainous areas, while fish and shell were plentiful in the rivers and sea. Most important was the rich Agricultural land that was watered by many rivers in Indus Valley, the Punjab and the dry Ghaggar-Hakra rivers of Cholistan.


The Indus Civilization was first discovered at Harappa. Excavation at this site as well as at Mohenjodaro have revealed a complex and well organized society. Many of the details regarding the people and their religious beliefs are still unclear, but we know that arts and crafts were highly developed and standardized weights and measures were used throughout the region. The largee cities were well planned, with wide streets, wells and intricate drainage system. Although the Indus writing system is still undeciphered, the presence writing on seals, pottery, metal and other ornaments indicates that it had an important role in the economic and social organization of Indus society.


Harappa was situated at the confluence of two streams of the Ravi River, which now flows 10 to 12 kilometers north of the old bed. The site is made of several mounds, with a Citadal mound (AB area) in the center, a large unexcavated Mound to the east (Mound E), low mounds to the North (Mound F) and west as a granary was found. Other structures include circular working platform, furnaces and a double row of buildings thought to be workmen's quarters. On the main citadel mound, most of the buildings from the excavated level are only partially discernable due to intensive brick robbing in 19th century. Later excavations along the edges of the citadel by Sir Mortimer Wheeler, revealed the presence of what was thought to be a massive mud brick fortification wall around the entire citadel. To the south in area R37 an important Harappan Cemetery was discovered. Just north of this Cemetery, in area H, another Cemetery of later inhabitants was also excavated. The large eastern mound may be a residential area similar to the eastern portion of Mohenjodaro. The eastern mound and the lower western mound have yet to be studie

Walton Training School Located at Walton Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Our administration is much pleased to post the photographs of commemoratives brass plate preserved in glass case and British times grand beautiful building of Walton Training School built in 1929 A. D Located at Walton Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It housed temporarily at Lyallpur
from 12th January 1925 to 18th July 1929 and then shifted to this purpose built building in Walton Lahore. It was inaugurated On March 8th 1930
By H.E. SIR GEOFFREY FITZ HARVEY da MONTMORENCY
KCSI, KCIE, KCVO, CBE, ICS
The then Governor of the Punjab,
COL. C. WALTON DSO
the Agent of the North-Western Railway, A.M. HAYMAN ESQ, OBE
Member of the Railway Board and other highly ranked British Officers. ARIBA was the Architect and R.S.D.C. VERMA was Executive Engineer. In different eras, it was renamed as North Western Railway Training School, Pakistan Inter-Regional Railway Training College and Directorate of Research and Training. Now it is renamed as Pakistan Railways Academy from the year 2000. Pakistan Railway Academy Walton Lahore conducts Induction training and refresher courses for officials of various deciplions of Pakistan Railway and other countries.



It is written on inauguration brass plate of Walton Training School Lahore which is well preserved in glass case:


' This tablet commemorates
The inauguration of
THE WALTON TRAINING SCHOOL
NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY
On March 8th 1930
By
H.E. SIR GEOFFREY FITZ HARVEY da MONTMORENCY
KCSI, KCIE, KCVO, CBE, ICS
Governor of the Punjab
A.M. HAYMAN ESQ, OBE
Member of the Railway Board
And
COL. C. WALTON DSO
Agent of the North-Western Railway
Board of Direction
F.C. PAVRY, ESQ, FCH, CIE
COL. C.S.M.C. WATSON DSO, OBE
J.H. CHASE, ESQ
M.S. GREGORY ESQ, MD, VD
A.K. MUIRHEAD, ESQ
A.P. MANNING, ESQ, CIE, OBE, MC
Secretary
__
C.C. RYAN, ESQ, Superintendent
R.W.M. VALLIS, BA
ARIBA, Architect
R.S.D.C. VERMA
Executive Engineer
This school was opened in………….. on 14th September 1929
having previously been housed
 temporarily at Lyallpur
from 12th January 1925 to 18th July 1929.'


Photographs By Sir Veer Shuaib Raza Sahib

Kirti Stambh located at Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, India

This photograph contains the pictures of Hindi commemorative stone and Ancient Jain Kirti Stambh located at Chittorgarh fort Rajasthan, India. This tower dedicated to Adinatha, the first of twentyfour Tirthankars, was built by Digambara Jain community in the 12th century A. D. It is 75' high with a narrow staircase.


Hindi commemorative stone Describes all this information :


' Keerti Stambh


Prtham Jain tirthankar Adinath ko smarpit is stambh ka nirman Bhagerwal Sampardaye me shresthi Jeeja evm Puransingh ne Bikini samvat 1357(1301 AD) me karwaya. 24.5 meter uncha chhe manzila stambh chokor (square) Jagti (Foundation) par sathit hai jisme uper ki manzil tak pahunchne ke liye andar se sopan (stairs) bane hain jahan 12 stambhon par aadharit ek mandap hai. Nichle varg ke bahari bhag me char tirthankron kind murtian utkirn (situated) hain. Upri manzilon ko saikdon manav akrition (murtian) as alankrit (decorated) kiya gaya ha. Iske samip hi unchi jagti par sathit chohdhvin sadi me nirmit Jain mandir hai jo ki yojna me garbhgrih tatha mandap yukat hai. Mandir ka andruni bhag murtion see alankrit hair.'




Photographs gifted by Inderjeet Singh Sahib