Day 22 of ‘75 Days of Partition’ - The Pathans of Jalandhar and Ludhiana

[@sajankoti9707]

I am from basti danishmandan jalanadhar punjab india

[@TimeShutter]

Excellent interview.

[@1947PartitionArchive]

Thank you for tuning in.

[@zulfiqardurrani3483]

Great and very informative interview, my f r pashtuns and migrated from Delhi, UP and r of Durrani tribe.

[@asifjamshaid8621]

Could we have more sessions with Mr Zia, he has much more to talk about, this one session could not cover the wealth of information that he has. Wish we could bring such eye witnesses who could throw light on the tragic happenings of the dreadful event.

[@guneeta7896]

You are absolutely right! In fact we have we have his full length interview that is a few hours long. We shall release it shortly.

[@asifjamshaid8621]

@@guneeta7896 Thank you Guneeta, hope the leftover interview, yet to be put on air, does full justice to what this gentleman has to offer to listeners. Let us try to unearth such invaluable persons on both sides of the divide and benefit from their first person, hands down experience.

[@guneeta7896]

@@asifjamshaid8621 actually this interview was live and complete. The other interview he did with us several years ago was not aired live online, and is a part of our oral history work of the last ten years. We have documented over 10,000 such interviews and we will start releasing them soon.

[@mr.bilalisraelkhan2355]

For me personally this has been a very moving interview. Captain Zia is first cousin to both my father and mother, and he was the absolute hero of our extended family when I was growing up. Hero because he was just an absolutely brilliant man. Being almost 15 years junior to him, he was my mentor. He could guide me on topics ranging from The Purpose of Life, to more mundane matters like how to prevent baldness. He was in the Pakistan Navy, and his rise in ranks was meteoric. The only reason he didn't become the chief, and even higher subsequently was because he didn't have the necessary personality ingredient of bearing with fools. If not in the history of this world, then at least on Day of Resurrection it will become obvious how one of our country's great tragedy was that diamonds like him were set adrift and not made of the incredible use they were capable of providing for the rise of the nation to the first world level. A thousand thanks to Ms Guneeta for choosing to interview him and introducing his personality to her viewers. My admiration for him is corroborated by his ability here in this interview of being able to throw absolutely new light on a matter (Partition) which has now been discussed threadbare because of the long interval, and also simply by observing his faultless memory even at the advanced age 88. He is the focus of all us family members, and others who have come to know him in his lifetime.

[@1947PartitionArchive]

@@mr.bilalisraelkhan2355 that is incredible. Thank you for sharing. His complete and much longer interview is in The 1947 Partition Archive. We will be sharing it on this platform soon.

[@Marvee78]

This is so interesting. My grandmother was from Danishmandan and my siblings and I and our cousins all wore those embroidered kurtas with matching hats as children and now the next generation are wearing them too. My mom and aunts were all taught the pathani kasheeda embroidery as young girls.

[@sajankoti9707]

I am from basti danishmanda

[@garysingh_sj]

Amazing conversation. My dad was a kid in Jalandhar during the events of 1947, but he passed away in 1985, and his brothers have likewise passed on. I never got a chance to ask him anything, so I will never know what he witnessed, unfortunately.

[@faridoonburki278]

Thank You for this precious documentary.

[@1947PartitionArchive]

Thank you for joining us.

[@Iammuneebkhanlodhi]

Excellent talk, thanks for taking this up. The songs (e.g. dasha dey) were indeed an enigma to me as they were not in pashto. I even asked few hazara and persian people if they could make any meaning out of it. My dadi used to sing it but meaning was unknown. Finally I stumbled upon the fact that they were most probably in a language called Ormuri from Waziristan.

[@shazikhan5765]

Very interesting! Wish Khan Sahib was in his home country to tell it to us.

[@usmankhan31]

This stitching is called pathani karhai. I have my picture in that karhai. My mother and my wife still do it sometimes. On our weddings, my mother told me, there was a traditional red gown worn by the groom. My eldest mamu last wore it at his wedding.

[@KKbhai828]

Masha Allah you are 100 percent pashtun

[@seedhibaat7741]

from where i can get the link of the book. I would really appreciate. Please share the links or information. Unfortunately, there wasn't much talk about Pathans but more on partition.

[@arun6291]

Islam and only Islam is to be blaimed for partition. Infact Islam divides humanity.

[@ikramulhaq7431]

800 years muslim ruled not divided .its hindutava ideology forcing peoples to separated from them

[@rohitangural3924]

Tu lun te vajj