Punjabi Diaspora and Amritsar International Airport May 11, 2010 by Harjap Singh Aujla – Source: Sikhnet.com Prior to the 1947 division of the Province of Punjab, the air force bases in Lahore and Amritsar were used occasionally for landing of VIP planes, but they hardly handled any commercial flights. After 1947, Pakistan developed the nation’s… Continue reading Flights between Amritsar and Kabul
Category: History
History of Arora Families
check out the entry in Wikipedia
a story from late 1960’s Kandahar
This is a story of a rare event that occurred in late 1960’s in Kandahar as remembered by elders in the community. A Muslim lady who worked in a Afghan Hindu family’s house claimed that the house lady who was recently married has read the “Kalima” hence she has converted to Islam. The Afghan Hindu… Continue reading a story from late 1960’s Kandahar
Hindu Kush Mountains
Following excerpts are taken from an article by Shrinandan Vyas The Hindu Kush is a mountain system nearly 1000 miles long and 200 miles wide, running northeast to southwest, and dividing the Amu Darya River Valley and Indus River Valley. It stretches from the Pamir Plateau near Gilgit, to Iran. The Hindu Kush ranges mainly… Continue reading Hindu Kush Mountains
some relevant wikipedia articles in german
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanische_Musik http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduguzar http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assamai http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharabat
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Artifacts
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