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052 | Women leaders of the Muslim League leading a procession to Gol Bagh (now known as Nasir Bagh) after their release from the Lahore Women's Jail on February 26, 1947.
1947
Pictured left to right: Jahan Ara Shahnawaz (3rd from left), Fatima Begam (4th from left), and Geeti Ara (5th from left).
Original caption of Muhammad Bakhsh Bhatti:
سیول نافرمانی 1946 بیگم میاں بشیر، بیگم کمال، بیگم ۔۔۔، بیگم شاہ نواز
Translation: Civil disobedience 1946 (sic), Begam Mian Bashir, Begam Kamal, Begam [...], and Begam Shah Nawaz.
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Toward Partition and Beyond: The Photographs of Muhammad Bakhsh Bhatti
Toward Partition and Beyond showcases the photographs of Muhammad Bakhsh Bhatti (1921-1975), who documented the political activism that led to the creation of Pakistan in 1947. Mr. Bhatti's photographs also capture the destruction, violence, displacement, and loss of life that took place in the lead up to and in the wake of the Partition of India.
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- Creator of work
- Muhammad Bakhsh Bhatti
- Language
- English
- Geographic Origin
- India
- Subject
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- Religion
- Islam
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