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He belonged to area which is now Pakistan and if he lived he would have been proud to call himself Lahori 
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The third was photo was taken secretly.
who took that?
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No in such case he would have either moved to India, like 99% of Sikhs did or he must have sucided because a marxist-leninist cannot see his country divided on religious line, I think Lyallpur becoming Faisalabad would have helped in expediating suicide. And there was/is nothing secular or socialist about Pakistan anyway nor do I believe he would have liked India much, as semi-socialist and extremely hierarchial
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But Lyallpur itself was named behind some gora (colonial masters).
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c. 1946: Cover of The New York Time Magazine with portrait of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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c. 1946: Jinnahās Press Conference at Bombay
Muslim leader Mohammed Ali Jinnah (C) holding press conference renouncing Indian Cabinet Plan & declaring intention to create Pakistan.
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
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c. 1947: A railway official checks several crates of government documents for new born state Pakistan before departure at New Delhi.
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Lyallpur was british imposed secular place, Faislabad is pakistan imposed muslim place, that was the point that I raised not name of place.
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Lyallpur was british imposed secular place, Faislabad is pakistan imposed muslim place, that was the point that I raised not name of place.
change of demographics didn't affect the place severely until last few decades. The area still got strong sufi influence (the original identity of the place, even before British came here).
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change of demographics didn't affect the place severely until last few decades. The area still got strong sufi influence (the original identity of the place, even before British came here).
It does, lets accept it, change of demography changed nature of Delhi and Jerusalem, Lyallpur also changed, for good or for worst, that is debatble. But is surely changed, I am sure Lyallpur is now is not the one my grandfater remembers.
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It does, lets accept it, change of demography changed nature of Delhi and Jerusalem, Lyallpur also changed, for good or for worst, that is debatble. But is surely changed, I am sure Lyallpur is now is not the one my grandfater remembers.
yes places change, so does any city in the world. But, I was talking about overall psyche of the area surrounding Lyallpur / Faisalabad. It was and it still is influenced by sufi traditions, though now sectarian conflicts seems to affect the areas gradually.
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yes places change, so does any city in the world. But, I was talking about overall psyche of the area surrounding Lyallpur / Faisalabad. It was and it still is influenced by sufi traditions, though now sectarian conflicts seems to affect the areas gradually.
Overall psyche also changes, Kashmir without Pandits, Delhi with very less muslims. Entire psyche of hyderabad would go if muslim vanish from deccan. Two is always better than one, but bhagat was not infected by religious rhetoric, and he was an atheist, so Sufi influence would have never worked anyway. This punjab can never be Bhagat's Punjab
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Overall psyche also changes, Kashmir without Pandits, Delhi with very less muslims. Entire psyche of hyderabad would go if muslim vanish from deccan. Two is always better than one, but bhagat was not infected by religious rhetoric, and he was an atheist, so Sufi influence would have never worked anyway. This punjab can never be Bhagat's Punjab
but again Punjab has not been dominated by atheism in our recent history, including the period when Bhagat was alive.
We can't say how would have been reaction of people who died before partition over partition. We can just guess. May be Bulleh Shah and Waris Shah also didn't like the idea of partition, if they lived in 1947 :)
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3 June 1947: The seven leaders accept the plan of Partition and the transfer of power -
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah along with other leaders of All-India Congress Committee and the All-India Muslim League Council accepts and announce independence based on partition publicly, with radio broadcasts by the British Prime Minister, the Viceroy Lord Mountbatten , Jawaharlal Nehru, Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Baldev Singh.
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Mahool, can you please reduce the size of your pics in the future ?
They make the whole page huge and reading posts become difficult as the page runs beyond the width of the computer screen. Thanks. 
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These pictures are copyright materialā¦ I can not resize themā¦ ownder doesnāt wantā¦ 
I will take care next timeā¦
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The Mountbattens flanked by M A #Jinnah](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jinnah?src=hash), & his sister Fatima. #Karachi](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Karachi?src=hash), August 14, 1947. |
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The plight of migrants during or immediately after Independence.. Reminder of what this country has given us!!
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Jinnah - The Icon of 20th Century Politics! Dedicated, Elegant & Graceful.
c. 1946: Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan at India House - London with Leslie Hore-Belisha and Indian High Commissioner S Runganadhan