Plotree

In February and March of 1953, Majlis-e-Ahrar demanded the dismissal of Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, an Ahmadi and the then Foreign Minister of Pakistan. Khawaja Nazimuddin's (the then PM) refusal to do so led to fierce protests in Lahore. Lahore saw loss of life, arson, destruction and military takeover as martial law was declared across the city.

Plotree's project with LUMS maps the key events of the 1953 Anti-Ahmadi protests, shedding light to an a major event in Lahore's history that is often forgotten.

https://archive.lums.edu.pk/interactives/anti-ahmadi-1953/home

Mapping the Anti-Ahmadiyyah Protests of 1953 How protests against the Ahmadis unfolded in Lahore resulting in the imposition of Martial Law.

Our latest project with LUMS takes us back to a time when the Hindus of Lahore were a vibrant part of city's social, religious, and political landscape. The city was central to various intra-Hindu polemics, religious reform movements, and nationalist politics.

This project is a part of "Walking in the city", a set of archival stories developed as a part of a course on Lahore's cultural and social history taught by Dr Ali Usman Qasmi. The projects are based on student course work.

Presenting - Reimagining Lahore as a Hindu City

Other projects can be accessed at https://archive.lums.edu.pk/interactives/projects



https://archive.lums.edu.pk/interactives/hindu/home

Re-imagining Lahore as a Hindu city The everyday life of Hindus in pre-partition Lahore, their politics, religious movements and literature