Saturday 3 April 2021

Pre-partition Sikh buildings in Bhalagil village Lahore (2021)

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Bahria Town Lahore is a newly developed housing society that started its construction and infrastructure activities two decades back. The land on which the present locality of  Bahria Town is constructed its major area belongs to a Sikh Sardar named Tara Singh, before the pre-partition of united Hindustan. In the vicinity of Bahria Town still, three villages are present, the owners of them did not sell their land to Bahria Town authorities. These village's names are  Fateh Singh Wala, Bhalagil, and lakhowal. These villages were Sikh majority areas before pre-partition and one can still found many old buildings in their premises.  

Bhalagil and Bahria town is separated by a boundary wall. In Bhalagil many pre-partition houses are still standing. These originally belonged to Sikh families, who moved to India after 1947.

After partition, these houses were allotted to migratory Muslim families, who came from India. 





















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