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Lost Cities of Punjab - Ancestral Home of Punjabi Communities

Punjabi Ignorance We, the Punjabis historically have not been documenting our own history. The Muslim Punjabis have almost forgotten their genetic ancestry and now try to connect their gene pool to the Arab aristocracy of Sayeds and Qureshis. The Pakistan government ignorantly names its missiles after the Islamic invaders who dispossessed their ancestors from their land. The Hindu Punjabis have written off their own ancestors, warriors kings, and Gurus and relate more to the Middle-India heroes such as Rama, Krishna, and Shivaji, The Sikhs have done a better job in staying connected to their roots but their historical reach is limited just to the Sikh period. Punjab history has to be taken as a whole, and that includes, Adivasis, Indus valley, Aryan Khatris, Kushans, Rajputs, Gujjars, Jatts, Islamic invaders, Sikh period, British rule, and the post independence era. Trinity of Punjabi Pride What's the Problem? So what? The results of this ignorance is astounding. We never

Last Stand of Diwan Mulraj

Ghanta Ghar, the clock tower of Multan Multan (Punjabi: ਮੁਲਤਾਨ, Hindi: मुल्तान, Urdu: تاريخ مُلتان‎), is a city located in the West Punjab now in Pakistan. It is one of the oldest cities in India, and its modern name comes from its old Sanskrit name Mūlasthān meaning the "place of origin".  The city had an ancient sun temple that was destroyed Islamist Jehadist Mohammad Bin Qasim in 712 AD. Since then it was ruled by Muslim governors till Sikhs during the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh conquered Multan in 1818 AD and decimated Muzaffar Khan of Saddozai tribe in 1823. Muzzafar Khan and seven of his sons were killed before the Multan fort finally fell on 2 March 1818 in the Battle of Multan.   Diwan Sawan Mal Chopra Diwan Sawan Mal Chopra of Akalgarh, Gujaranwala was appointed as the governor of Multan. Sawan Mal was an able administrator and expanded the Khalsa rule from Multan to Dera Gazi Khan, Jhang, and surrounding areas. He was well known for