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Manjit Bawa, modern artists from Punjab, later shifted to Delhi. Sohan Qadri, modern artists from Punjab, later shifted to Copenhagen. S. G. Thakur Singh, Punjabi artist who painted in oils, pastels and water colour. Satish Gujral, world known painter, sculptor and architect. Sidharth (artist), contemporary painter.
Following is a list of famous and notable Punjabi people, an ethnic group belonging to the Punjab region.It contains people mainly from what is today Punjab, Pakistan and Punjab, India, and people with Punjabi ancestry or people who speak Punjabi as their primary language.
The Taanks (Takkas) were people from a variety of clans forming a kingdom. The rulers of the kingdom are only known from sources of chronicles and minted coins. [9] During this rule (630 AD), Lahore was said to have been visited by the Chinese pilgrim Hieun Tsang. He described it as a great Brahmin city. Note: Not listed chronologically ...
Following personalities have been identified by scholars to be Punjabi or of Punjabi origin, but there is yet to be a scholarly consensus: Ayn-Al Mulk Multani (d. 1325), general of Delhi Sultanate [7] Muzaffar Shah I (1342–1411), founder of the Muzaffarid dynasty of Gujarat [8] Khizr Khan (1351–1421), founder of the Sayyid dynasty. [9]
Economically it transformed the Punjab into the richest farming area of India, socially it sustained the power of large landowners and politically it encouraged cross-communal co-operation amongst land owning groups. [202] The Punjab also became the major centre of recruitment into the Indian Army. By patronising influential local allies and ...
The following is a list of notable people belonging to Jats. Religion. Baba Buddha, ... [117] Punjabi writer; Daljit Nagra [118] Fauji Kavi Mehar Singh, [119] ...
A Punjabi suit that features two items - a qameez (top), salwar (bottom) is the traditional attire of the Punjabi people. [132] [133] [134] Shalwars are trousers which are atypically wide at the waist but which narrow to a cuffed bottom. They are held up by a drawstring or elastic belt, which causes them to become pleated around the waist. [135]
This is a list of Punjabi tribes. More specifically, these are tribes (mostly in Pakistan ) and castes (mostly in India ) located within the Punjab region of South Asia , including those that may not be officially recognized by state governments.