Saturday 25 December 2021

House of Queen of Melody Noor Jahan Lahore

 " Merry Christmas 🤶" 




These are photographs of Urdu/English commemorative boards and house of Queen of Melody Noor Jahan located at Bazar Sheikupuriyan Inside Taxali Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.  The real name of Malika-e Tarrunum Noor Jahan is Allah Wasai. She was born in 1926 and died in 2000 A. D. No doubt, Malika-e-Tarrunum Noor Jahan was a great singer and actress. Malika - e- Tarrunum Noor Jahan lived in this house from 1938 to 1942.

Another bilingual commemorative board provides this useful historical information:

"Madam Noor Jahan known as" Malika-e-Tarrunum", the queen of Melody was one of the greatest entertainer among the elite artists of the Subcontinent. She was born on 21st of September 1926. She started her film career from the Pre-partitiion Indian Film Industry but later migrated to Pakistan in 1947 and carved a legendary name for herself both in act and playback singing. She spent some years of her life here in Taxali Gate and now the same property is owned by someone else."

Courtesy by Prof. Veer Shuaib Raza Sahib

Sources:

1- Commemorative boards