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057 | Women leaders of the Punjab branch of the Muslim League sitting for a group photograph.
1947
Pictured in the front row: Zainab Kakakhel (presumed ; center wearing a burqa).
Pictured in the middle row: Fatima Begam (far left), Lady Shafi (presumed ; second from left), Lady Hidayatullah (third from left), and Mrs. Saeeda Waheed (fourth from left).
Pictured in the back row: Khalid Waheed (young boy on the far left), Jahan Ara Shahnawaz (standing behind Lady Hidayatullah), and Begam Salma Tasadduq Husain (on Jahan Ara's left).
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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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