Showing posts with label PARTITION STORIES. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PARTITION STORIES. Show all posts

Sunday 3 June 2018

NARAIN SINGH HAVELI


04-03-2018
All pictures and write up in this blog is owned

I was watching a TV documentary, in which a Sikh Family from India came to Pakistan after seventy years to visit their ancestral village and home. They left their home in 1947 and migrated to India.  The TV Host asked from the old lady who was the mother of that Sikh family that what are your feelings after seeing your home, she replied, “After marriage she was brought to this house, there were relatives homes in neighbors, everybody was living happily here, then suddenly they have to migrate to India, they have to leave everything behind, her family have roots from this place and fragrance of this place is with her, with everyday in seventy years this fragrance increases. She brought her children to show last glimpse of their roots”

In every village of Punjab you will hear such heart breaking stories of Partition.

I was travelling to visit Todar mal Bardari from Changa Manga in district Kasur. Suddenly, saw   an old Haveli situated on road side in small village of Muhammadi pur. This Haveli stopped us; we thought to take few photos we also asked from the owners that do they know anything about history of this Haveli. They said, the only thing they know about this Haveli, that it was built by a Sikh Sardar Narain Singh, who left to India with his family during partition. Half of portion of Haveli is not in use and about to fall any time due to poor structure condition. Remaining front arched gateway and few rooms are still present in original condition.

On returning home I searched Muhammadi pur on Google map and found some interesting facts that the villages around are still named after Sikh Sardars.

Kot Arjun singh, village Khushhaal singhwala, Bur Singhwala, Lehna Singhwala, Gajjan Singhwala, Kot Bishan Singh and Wir Singhwala are few names of villages around Muhammadi pur. This shows before partition it was a rich Sikh populated area.