Schools
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…
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