Will Sindhis Remember 20th March: A day of unlearning
In-spite of many movements, age of information and army of intellectuals people's history is still largely missing , twisted and needs little attention. We often over emphasized on certain issues but major point of concern is what we often miss or deleted, intentionally or unintentionally. When I started reading books, I could not read even a single line in anti-colonial literature about 29th March 1849, a day when 50 years resisting empire , the Lhore Darbar, was annexed by colonial masters. The empire that had Punjabis, Pukhtoons, Kashmiris, Baltis in it and was secular in many ways and remained stood from 1799 till 1849 during a period when no one could stand and did below the belt agreements with new masters. Strangely, that information was largely missing in both pro & anti-colonial literature.
Late 19th century and first half of 20th century witnessed many events but it is largely missing not only in court literature but also absent in resistance literature. Sooreh Padshah and Hur Movement is also among those who has their footprints in people's history yet various political & non political actors are reluctant to deconstruct it. Read the article and its relevant links below
Wichaar article for March 20th
http://www.wichaar.com/news/119/ARTICLE/33924/2018-03-20.html
Hur Movement
Research article about Hur Movement
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