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Saidpur is a 400 or 500 year old Pakistani village in built on the slopes of the Margalla Hills which overlook Islamabad, Pakistan. It is a popular tourist attraction and is frequented by locals and outsiders alike.
Saidpur is named after Said Khan, one of the sons of Sultan Sarang, the Gakhar chief of the Pothohar region (who ruled from Attock to Jehlum) during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Babur. The Emperor Jahangir's memoir, Tuzke Jahangiri, mentions him halting at a place “beyond Rawalpindi”, on his way to Kabul, which is assumed to be Saidpur. Said Khan gifted Saidpur village to his daughter who was married to son of Mughal emperor Akbar.
The village was converted into the a place of Hindu worship by a Mughal commander, Raja Man Singh. He constructed a number of small ponds: Rama kunda, Sita kunda, Lakshaman kunda, and Hanuman kunda. The region is home to many Hindu temples that are preserved, showing the history of Hindu civilisation and architecture in the region.
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) of Islamabad has developed Saidpur into a tourist attraction by giving it the look and feel of a quaint village. The initial cost of the project was about 400 million rupees.
Saidpur is good for:
Old Saidpur School building (it preserves the images of the making of Saidpur, as well as Islamabad)
Restaurants
Cafe's/Art Gallery
(jzakariya@gmail.com) - The Indus or as its locally known the River Sind is one of the longest rivers in the world, starting in the Himalayan mountains in NorthEast Pakistan and flowing down all the way to the Arabian Gulf.
In its course it accumulates the water of many major and minor rivers including the 5 rivers that give their name to the province of Punjab. These are the Jehlum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej and Bias. This photo is of the Indus flowing through the Karakorams near the village of Bisham.
July, 2005.
Nikon D70. Nikkor 18-70mm @ 18mm.
Exposure: 1/500s @ f9.
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An Adust Valley on my way while travailing from Islamabad to Lahore via Train.
Lense: 18.0-200.0 mm
Shutter Speed: 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 26 mm
ISO Speed: ---
Exposure Bias: +0.0 EV
Date: 12-12-2009
Place: Near Jehlum (Jehlum-Pakistan)
Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz (1896-1979) was a politician and Muslim League activist.
In 1918 she successfully moved the All India Muslim Women’s Conference to pass a resolution against polygamy. In 1935 she founded the Punjab Provincial Women’s Muslim League. In the Round Table Conference of 1930, she and Radhabai Subbarayan were the only two active members of women's organizations nominated to the conference.
In 1937 she was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly and was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Education, Medical Relief, and Public Health.
In 1938 she became a member of the Women’s Central Subcommittee of the All India Muslim League.
In 1942 India's government appointed her as a member of the National Defense Council, but the Muslim League asked League members to resign from the Defense Council. She refused and was thus removed from the Muslim League. However, she rejoined the League in 1946, and in that same year was elected to the Central Constituent Assembly.
In 1948 she led a protest of thousands of women in the streets of Lahore, protesting against the fact that a bill encouraging better economic opportunities for women had been removed from the agenda.
Prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan intervened, and the Muslim Personal Law of Shariat of 1948 was passed; it legally recognized a woman's right to inherit property, including agricultural land, which had not been recognized during British rule of Pakistan.
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This is the famous Indian balcony style, along with the beautiful and simplistic design tile work. Something I am considering doing somewhere soon :)