The writer teaches at the IT University in Lahore. He is the author of ‘A Princely Affair: The Accession and Integration of the Princely States of Pakistan, 1947-55.’ He tweets at @BangashYK.
Just a few days ago we observed the 175th death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the ‘Lion of the Punjab’ and one of the only...
A few days ago, I was researching on the development of modern education in the Punjab in the nineteenth century, and came across a rather...
The two-day conference titled ‘Pakistan: Creation and Consolidation’, organised by the Department of History, Forman Christian College,...
At nearly 67 years, Pakistan is a relatively new country. However, its recent history has exhibited considerable structural, political, ethnic and...
Recently I have been reading the voluminous book on the All India Muslim League from its inception to 1947 by Professor Rafique Afzal. This is a...
Over the past few years, it has been increasingly apparent to me that Islam and Islamic culture developed very differently in India as compared to...
In December 1928, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, popularly known as Bacha Khan, went to Calcutta for the annual session of the Indian National Congress. At the...
Junagadh’s accession to Pakistan on September 15, 1947 was the first test of the Indian Independence Act of July 1947, which allowed the...
The exchange of populations which followed the transfer of power in August 1947 was one of the largest and bloodiest such migrations in recent...
State formation and consolidation has been the bane of most post-colonial states. As post-colonial states, based on the ‘nation-state’...
