1-The Golden Temple. also known as Sri Harmandir Sahib. is a Gurdwara located in the city of Amritsar. Punjab. India
2-A Sikh salesman walks from door-to-door with a selection of silk ties and cloth to sell to British housewives, one of whom examines some of his fabric, 1930
A group of refugees waiting to settle into their camps. The refugee camps lacked basic arrangements. People used tents, fabric, sticks and charpoys to create shelters for themselves.
A makeshift refugee camp on the route to Lahore, Pakistan.
A Sikh reads from the Adi Grantha, the sacred scripture of the Sikhs
A train filled with refugees arriving at Lahore Station from India.
A woman with her family, making her way to Lahore. D
Classroom in a courtyard of a Hindu school in Lahore, Pakistan circa 1930. (Photo by Keystone-France Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
Freedom fighters like Guru Gobind Singh, Shivaji, and Kartar Singh Saraba were the biggest inspiration for Bhagat Singh.
Hassan Abdal
A typical set up at a refugee camp. Refugees were given tents and they would use various materials
Map briefing for Sikh soldiers, 1947
Master Tara Singh in Lahore
Mother of Bhagat Singh
People on way to West Punjab
Pre Partition Sikh Haveli In Lahore
Sikh religious ceremony for new recruits to the Sikh Regiment, 1947
Some of the encampments at Walton Camp, Lahore. This section of encampments was much more organised than most others.
Th Refugee Camps
The End of the Raj and the Refugee Crisis
Volunteers are standing at Lahore Railway Station. They were helping the incoming refugees. The refugees' luggage has been piled up and they were waiting to be given a space to settle at a camp.
Volunteers distributing water to the refugees at Walton camp. The fact that they are on a horse cart suggests that they were distributing huge volumes of water, indicative of the number of people they were helping.
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