Schools
212. Sardar Sahib Mota Singh School, Neela, district Chakwal.
In my previous post, I took you on a tour of a historic school at Munday, Chakwal. That post was about Hira Singh Khalsa School, Munday. On the same day, I also had the opportunity to visit a similar school, which was likewise built by the Sikh community of this area, the High School at…
211. Hira Singh Khalsa School Munde, district Chakwal.
When we talk about the spread of modern education in this region, which is now Pakistani Punjab, we cannot ignore the efforts of the Sikh community. While visiting several schools, I realized that the role of the Sikhs was very important, especially in the private sector. Although all three religious communities were involved in the…
198. Government Denny’s Higher Secondary School, Rawalpindi!
The history of the modern education system in this region would not be complete without mentioning the story of Denny’s Higher Secondary School, Rawalpindi. Not that there were no educational institutions at all, there were madrassas and pathshalas, but this was one of the earliest educational institutions established in the city on modern lines. It…
196. Khalsa College Lyallpur; (Government Municipal Graduate College, Faisalabad)!
During the last few months, I have visited many schools that were built during British rule by different communities for the promotion of education. These were privately funded and managed institutions. One such institute was Khalsa College, Lyallpur, a great educational institution whose foundation was laid in 1908, quite early in the history of the city…
185. Sri Guru Nanak High School, Mitha Tiwana, Khushab! (Govt. Higher Secondary School, Mitha Tiwana)
Deep in rural western Punjab, in the district of Khushab, lies a town called Mitha Tiwana. Once, it was the stronghold of a small state ruled by the Tiwana clan, a clan that played a considerable role in the history of Punjab during the last two centuries. But that is not the subject of this…
184. Khalsa High School, Rawalpindi ! (Govt. Muslim Higher Secondary School, No. 1, Saidpur Road, Rawalpindi)
The Sikh community, before partition, built many schools in this region to promote education, and their efforts deserve high appreciation and praise. A couple of them I have already visited. One such school is formerly Khalsa High School, Rawalpindi. It is a very famous school and its history too is widely known, due to the…
181. Govt. MC Boys Higher Secondary School, Gujar Khan. (Former Khalsa High School)
The Sikh Empire of Maharaja Ranjit Singh comprised Pakistani Punjab (excluding Bahawalpur), Bist Doab in Indian Punjab, Kashmir, parts of Himachal Pradesh, and a large portion of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This entire region fell to the British Indian Empire in 1849. The population of this region was largely Muslim, though Sikhs and Hindus also formed significant…
085. Sagri – Where “Their Sincerity Still Exists”!
On a beautiful, sunny winter day, I planned an excursion to the Potohar region. One of the places on my list was Sagri, a small town in the District of Rawalpindi, just 30 kilometers from Zero Point, Islamabad. I was hoping to find a significant haveli belonging to a Sikh Sardar, probably named Ratan Singh,…
075. Gurdwara Singh Sabha & Khalsa Middle School In Lyallpur (Faisalabad)
As I mentioned in my previous post about the Ghanta Ghar of Faisalabad (The Clock Tower of Lyallpur), this city is one of the newest in Pakistan, a well-planned city of 3.2 million. Its construction began in the 1890s as the centre of administration, trade, industry, and education for the Chenab Colony. To populate the…