People from West Punjab (Pakistan)

People from West Punjab in Pakistan: Lahore, Nankana Sahib, Rawalpindi and the Punjab on the other side of the 1947 border.

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Era (born)Before 17001700–18491850–19461947–19992000 to today

RegionMajhaDoabaMalwaWest Punjab (Pakistan)Diaspora

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Writer, novelist, memoiristAjeet CourWriter, novelist, memoirist · Padma Shri (2006) · Khana Badosh
Poet, novelistAmrita PritamPoet, novelist · 1919–2005 · Pinjar
SingerAsa Singh MastanaSinger · 1927–1999 · Duets with Surinder Kaur
RevolutionaryBhagat SinghRevolutionary · 1907–1931 · Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
PoetDhani Ram ChatrikPoet · 1876–1954 · Chandan Vari
Writer, journalistKhushwant SinghWriter, journalist · 1915–2014 · Train to Pakistan
SingerLal Chand Yamla JattSinger · 1914–1991 · Tumbi and folk songs
AthleticsMilkha SinghAthletics · 1929–2021 · The Flying Sikh
NovelistNanak SinghNovelist · 1897–1971 · Chitta Lahu
PoetPeeluPoet · dates approximate · Mirza Sahiban
Qissa poetQadaryarQissa poet · 1802–1892 · Qissa Puran Bhagat
Urdu novelist, playwright & Hindi film screenwriterRajinder Singh BediUrdu novelist, playwright & Hindi film screenwriter · 1915–1984 · Ek Chadar Maili Si
Playwright, critic and novelistSant Singh SekhonPlaywright, critic and novelist · 1908–1997 · Lahu Mitti (1948), Mittarpiara (1971), Sahityarth
Novelist, poet, lyricistSohan Singh SitalNovelist, poet, lyricist · Sahitya Akademi Award (1974) · Jug Badal Gaya
SingerSurinder KaurSinger · 1929–2006 · Nightingale of Punjab
PoetWaris ShahPoet · 1722–1798 · Heer

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