Lahore - Before Partition (Technicolor Footage)

Historic footage of Lahore city circa 1946 shot in Technicolor with views of two partition veterans on how the city has been changed after partition. Sites that have been captured are The Mall Road, Lahore Gymkhana (Old Building now Quaid-e-Azam Library), Lahore Museum, Badshahi Mosque, Lahore Fort, Delhi Gate, Walled City, Circular Road etc.

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• lahore
• pakistan
• india
• partition
• 1946
• 1947
• gymkhana
• mall
• road
• museum
• badshahi
• mosque
• fort
• walled
• city
• delhi
• gate
• technicolor
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• movie

[kishmish64]

Please people we only make slaves of ourselves by not letting the chains of the past unshackled us. Break free and move forward together. India and Pakistan have such a wealth of culture. All communities suffered. As a Pakistani we should stop the arabisation of Pakistan

[Khwaab]

@andy4hillman

..ancestry than Hindu? "Muslims are Hindu converts"...he he! Okay, so every fourth human being (yup that´s the statistic) is a Hindu convert?

I wouldn´t mind having Hindu forefathers cause I´m not racist towards Hindus...but I´m not racist towards Arabs either. I think there´s something beautiful with every culture. Meanwhile...I´m quite proud and happy to be a descendant of Afghan warriors who moved to present day Pakistan many generations back.

Peace!

[Khwaab]

@andy4hillman

..so I hardly have to ask you to tell me what is "well known".

"Slavish mentality"? I won´t be answering any more of your thoughts because you contradict yourself quite well in every reply. You´re trying to convince me that I, as a descendant of Afghans, am a Hindu convert when my forefathers were most likely to be Zoroastrans? So you just want me to be a slave to Hindu ideas and lies? I think that proves that you just have a problem with ppl having other ancestry..

[Khwaab]

@andy4hillman

Oh so, what I´m saying sounds mischieveous? I wonder where that would place YOUR words then?

Sikhs are welcomed with open arms because they come with love and respect.i And they understand and share some aspects of Islam, such as the Sufi saints´ poetry and tombs. They come there to pray, not fight.

"What YOU did to them....". Sigh! Even a sikh would tell you what happened on BOTH sides. War is rarely one sided. I have relatives who´ve experienced it first hand so..

[andy4hillman]

@wsnyc80 u will destroy Lahore one day with your slavish mentality, like following Arabs and Americans as their slaves

[andy4hillman]

@Khwaab My friend have a big heart Hindu Punjabis are the original people of Punjab, Muslims are Hindu converts. As for Sikhs welcomed with open arms sounds mishchevious because what you did to them in the past is well known.

[iqbal2010]

Does anyone know what the song they're playing in the background is called!? That instrumental music is amazing.

[TheMrbilu]

Jinnay Lahore nai takeya oh Jameya hi nahi.....Lahore lahore ey ....

[Khwaab]

@bravo45

..is truly misleading and prejudiced. So what, just because you left, you deem it as a dead city?!

And did they just "forget" to tell the stories about the million, MILLIONS of Muslims who were forced away from Indian cities for fear of their lives? Truly one sided documentary.

Lahore is still a very open city. Why else would thousands of Sikhs come for the pilgrimage every year to LHR? They´re welcomed with open arms. Ask them. There are interviews here on YT to prove it.

[Khwaab]

@bravo45

Well said! As a woman and a religious Muslim, I feel genuinely sad for ALL the innocent ppl who were murdered and forced away from their homes. Doesn´t matter if you´re Muslim, Hindu, Sikh etc. You´re part of Allah´s/God´s creation...you have the right to choose your lifestyle.

However, it´s interesting to see that even in such a tiny clip from a programme, the hate propaganda against Muslims is evident. I´m a Lahori and to say that Lahore is only death and backward is...