Monday, August 5, 2013

MUST READ: How a company tussle set back the language of Lahore by Majid Sheikh

MUST READ
How a company tussle set back the language of Lahore by Majid Sheikh in Dawn August 4, 2013
"Punjab has been occupied but not conquered. The Punjabi & his language have yet to be conquered" Charles Napier 1849
A STORY HOW URDU & HINDI USED AGAINST PUNJABI & PERSIAN AFTER ANNEXATION OF THE PUNJAB BY THE BRITISHERS.
A story of Punjabi Qaida and how Britishers had fears from it. The writer also mentioned a poster published by British administration after 1849 annexation of the punjab, still there in Lhore Museum says " Two annas for sword & six annas for Punjabi Qaida" 
Still not there at Dawn website , What a policy? now here it is, read urself


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