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Ramsaran Das Nijhawan, a Sub-Inspector of Police. His house stands as a timeless reminder in Jhang City, Undivided India. Present days in Pakistan.

Photo courtesy - Afzal Hanif

Pre Partition Home Kucha Kirpa Ram Inside Bazar Jora Moori Walled City of Lahore Pakistan.

Pictures by, Imran William.

Lala Kalyan Das Temple (Krishna temple) in Rawalpindi. present days pakistan. It is now use as a school.
The temple was completed in 1880 by one of the wealthiest Hindu families in Rawalpindi.It was constructed by Lala Kalyan Das Suri.
The temple housed over 100 rooms, and was spread over an area of seven acres. The several floors of the building opened into a vast courtyard, and the whole compound was once surrounded by a clear water pond, and ashram. The Hindus who lived in the area would gather together in the evenings under the Banyan and Peepal trees in the courtyard.
this temple has had great spiritual significance for the Hindu community of prepartition India. Hindu yatris (travelers) from the South of the Subcontinent had to stopover at this temple on their way to Srinagar, Kashmir for the annual Amarnath Pilgrimage. The pilgrims would gather, rest, perform ablution and put on ceremonial robes to walk barefoot through the Murree Hills

A party of Wazir & Yousafzai Pashtuns crossing the Indus River on Water-Jars, 1864.
Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 13 February 1864.

Charminar hyderabad from 1948.

A 100 year Old Dist.
ruining due to no attention..

Street view Karachi in 1950
یہ پریڈی اسٹریٹ ہے ریگل چوک وکٹوریہ روڈ ( عبداللہ ہارون روڈ ) GPO پوسٹ آفس کے سامنے Jalal کی جگہ Mamji Electronics home applineses قاٸم ہو چکا ہے اس کے باٸیں جانب اوڈین سنیما ہے جو تصویر میں نظر نہی آرہا ہے.

Carpet Seller Market, , , 1960's (c).

Lakkar Bazaar , in 1903. Shop no 10, owner Omar Baksh.

Barabar Caves, Jahanabad, , 1890

یہ بیل گاڑی 1878 کے دور کی ہے
جو سکھر سے شکار پور تک چلائی جاتی تھی ، یہ اور ایسی کئی گاڑیوں کا مالک ایک انگریز تھا
جو اس ٹرانسپورٹ کو چلاتا تھا ... رچرڈ برٹن جو کئی کتابوں کا مصنف بھی ہے ،
اپنی کتاب میں لکھتا ہے کہ میں نے کئی بار اس پر سفر کیا ہے ، یہ بہت ہی آرام دہ سفر ہوتا ہے ، پانچ پیسے میں
رات کو نو بجے سکھر سے چلنے والی یہ گاڑی صبح کو سات بجے شکار پور پہنچا دیتی تھی ،
اس وقت مالدار لوگ اسی گاڑی میں سفر کیا کرتے تھے اور اس میں خواتین کے پردے کا بھی انتظام موجود ہوتا تھا ۔

Holi Special Hindu Temple in Narowal .
This Hindu temple is located in the neighborhood of Farooq Ganj Pakistan. Its shape and structure is also somewhat similar to the Jain temple but it is in a decaying stage. This temple is partially ruined and only the shikhara and garbagriha are left intact. From the remains, one can see that formerly it must have been a large, spacious and beautiful structure and which is now reduced to a single room. Now the temple stands at the northern side of their house and one cannot approach it as there are no stairs. So, in order to reach the garbagriha, one has to climb a ladder.The frontal view of the temple. The temple is constructed of small red bricks and still looks beautiful owing to the excellent craftsmanship and masonry of its builders. Seen from front, there are rounded arches supported by pillars that lead to garbagriha. There is a wooden door that opens into a very small room that is the in unpartition
There are still faded paintings on walls representing Gods, Goddesses and mythical birds from Hindu pantheon.The garbagriha is a very small cloistered room now converted into a store room. This room was also once lavishly painted but now all of these have been totally faded leaving only traces of colors.