Tareekh e Punjab (تاریخ پنجاب) | Sayyed Muhammad Latif | Historic Novel

The historical backdrop of Punjab goes back to the Indus human progress. The district has been attacked and controlled by various realms and races including the Aryans, Persians, Greeks, Egyptians, Afghans, and Mongols.
The number of inhabitants in Punjab had been pre-predominantly Hindu with substantial Buddhist minorities before it was vanquished by Muhammad receptacle Qasim in 712 AD. He was the first to convey the message of Islam to the district. It was later spread through the lessons of different Sufi holy people. The Mughals controlled the locale from 1524-1739. It was their rule that saw the development of the incredible building miracles, for example, the Badshahi Mosque and the Shalimar Gardens.
Following the decay and ensuing fall of the Mughal Empire, Maharaja Ranjeet Singh was the most noticeable leader of the Punjab. He set up the Sikh Empire that kept going from 1799-1849. Amid his time a ton of significance was given to the landed gentry and he depended upon their unwavering help to hold control. In any case, after his demise, political mayhem resulted and two of his successor maharajas were killed in the progression battle. The British Empire took control and added Punjab in 1849 after two Anglo Sikh Wars.

By ideals of its geo-political position, Punjab was one of Great Britain's most significant resources in frontier India enabling it to execute power over the various august expresses that made up the nation. The British standard saw a progression of measures being presented including the presentation of western training, another income framework and the foundation of another managerial framework. Nonetheless, the expanding disdain of the general population towards their frontier aces brought Punjab at the focal point of the rising insubordination. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre of 1919 occurred in Amritsar and following the Pakistan Resolution of 1940, Punjab was at the core of the freedom battle of advanced Pakistan. Amid the segment of India in 1947, the vast majority of the Muslim overwhelmed zones proceeded to shape the present day territory of Punjab while the Sikh and Hindu ruled areas framed the Indian conditions of Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh.
In 1955 because of the rising pressures among East and West Pakistan, Punjab lost it region status. In 1972 be that as it may, following the severance of East Pakistan and arrangement of Bangladesh, it recaptured its standing. In 1965 and 1971, Punjab saw the two wars among India and Pakistan.
Today, Punjab remains the heartbeat of the country and is at the focal point of all political and financial advancement.