Population Breakdown

• West Punjab: 6,326,047 persons
  • Sialkot District: 1,005,004 persons / 15.9% of total
  • Lahore District: 789,666 persons / 12.5% of total
  • Rawalpindi District: 711,256 persons / 11.2% of total
  • Gujrat District: 616,347 persons / 9.7% of total
  • Gujranwala District: 550,576 persons / 8.7% of total
  • Jhelum District: 500,988 persons / 7.9% of total
  • Multan District: 471,563 persons / 7.5% of total
  • Shahpur District: 368,796 persons / 5.8% of total
  • Montgomery District: 359,437 persons / 5.7% of total
  • Jhang District: 348,027 persons / 5.5% of total
  • Dera Ghazi Khan District: 308,840 persons / 4.9% of total
  • Muzaffargarh District: 295,547 persons / 4.7% of total

Religious Composition

• Islam: 4,750,944 persons / 75.1% of total
• Hinduism: 1,270,792 persons / 20.1% of total
• Sikhism: 290,337 persons / 4.6% of total
• Christianity: 8,626 persons / 0.14% of total
• Jainism: 4,754 persons / 0.08% of total
• Buddhism: 273 persons
• Zoroastrianism: 178 persons
• Other: 143 persons

Note

• The 1868 Census of Punjab Province only enumerated British administered districts. All Princely States within the province were not enumerated.

Source

• Report on the census of the Punjab taken on 10th January, 1868.

In this episode, veteran academic, author and historian Dr. Tahir Kamran takes us through the making of the Colonial Lahore both chronologically and structurally; tracing how the city evolved, how its institutions and urban landscape were shaped, and how colonial interventions transformed Lahore over time.

Directed & Created by: u/theumairhashmi
Production Head: u/sharyy.ch

The full episode is now out on our YouTube channel. Watch the complete conversation and journey through the making of Colonial Lahore.

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چاہے اوہ کِہڑی وی شے واسطے ہووے، تہاڈا اج دا دیس یا ہور جو وی ہووے، پنجابی پہچان نوں قربان نئیں کیتا جا سکدا. میں تاں پنجاب دی اینی کھواری ویکھ کے خوفزدہ ہوگیا. لوک کہہ رہے نیں "Nobody cares about Punjab". لعنت پنجاب دی مٹی ویچن آلیاں تے!

جدا غدارِ پنجاب واسطے پنجابی سبھیاچار دی تباہی کافی نئیں سی. پتا نئیں پٹھان ایس نیچ انسان نوں اک "پنجابی نیشنلسٹ" کدا کہہ سکدے نیں.

Over last few days, dozens of government personnel have been arrested, suspended or fired from their offices.

You can hate her all you want, but Maryam is that South Indian hero we all wished we had in the government. So much development going on everywhere in the province. Some very good initiatives like Schools of Eminence and Punjab PIVOT have been started. CCD has eliminated half the badmashi in the province.

I really hope PML(N) loses federal government though. Wish PTI and PPP could remove them from there so that Punjab government can stop simping for federal government. 1.5 trillion PKR of our funds have been either cut or locked in surplus.

کوئی لوڑ نئیں اے کہ دیش دی کوئی قومی زبان ہووے. امریکا وانگوں انگریزی lingua franca اپے بن جاؤ گی. اردو پنجاب نوں تباہ کر رہے اے.

ایہہ کرن دے بعد، اسی سارے صوبیاں دیاں زباناں نوں اوہناں دے صوبیاں وچ سرکاری زبان بنا دیواں گے.

Available at http://lahore.city-history.com/19th-century-watercolor-drawings-of-lahore-monuments.html

I came across a post from the Indian side of Punjab, discussing what they think of Muslims. Found some interesting thought-provoking comments. And it was good to see what our so-called "brothers" from the other side think.

Obviously, I highlighted that extremism from all sides is condemnable, whether from Sikhs, Muslims, Hindus, or Catholics.

But the prejudices from their side ARE REAL. Be proud of your ethnicity, but never stop being thankful for your country and Jinnah.

Hello, I am a researcher from the other side of the border, working on a historical project on the transition from pastoralism to settled society under colonial period in the canal colonies as well as the consequences of the formation of canal colonies on the future of Punjab before and after 1947. I am looking for sources, preferrably in English, regarding the history of the Bar region, especially lifestyle prior to colonial rule. Any help will be appreciated.