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Munshiram Manoharlal belongs to a family of publishers who were the pioneers in Indological publishing in India. The origins of the family business can be traced back to 1870 in Lahore where books were published under the name of the ancestral company which was founded by Mehar Chand Jain. He named it Meharchand Lachhmandas.
Rajpal & Sons was founded in 1912 by Rajpal Malhotra in Lahore. He was assassinated by the muslim extremist Ilm-ud-Din in 1929 for publishing a book called Rangeela Rasool. [5] After his demise, his wife and son Vishwanath Malhotra took over the running of the publishing house.
Lahore stands out with its numerous publishing houses and has been the hub of the industry from the pre-independence era. Even now, getting a book published from Lahore is much easier than elsewhere. Pakistan's publishing industry also has a lucrative market for Urdu and religious books abroad.
Now the company is spread countrywide in 26 big cities of Pakistan. It does the publishing, printing and selling of the books. It is a large book distribution network in Pakistan. It has created its retailing and distribution network in 200 markets including Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi and other major cities of Pakistan. [3]
The Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu (Hind) besides publishing journals and books, and supporting research and creative work in Urdu linguistics and literature, has many other activities to promote the language e.g. Urdu Adab (Quarterly), Hamari Zaban (Weekly), Books and Dictionaries, Urdu Archives, Photo Collection, Audio Collection, Writing Competition ...
Islamization of Pakistani Social Studies Textbooks, RUPA, New Delhi, 2003. Masood Ashraf Raja . Constructing Pakistan: Foundational Texts and the Rise of Muslim National Identity , 1857–1947, Oxford 2010, ISBN 978-0-19-547811-2
The Ewing Memorial Library, built in 1943 and named for Dr. Sir J.C.R. Ewing, the second principal of the college; one of the oldest and best college libraries in Lahore; now gradually transforming itself into a state-of-the-art university library; Government College Library, Government College University; Islamia College Library, Islamia College
Syed Asghar Wajahat, popularly known as Asghar Wajahat (born 5 July 1946), is a Hindi scholar, fiction writer, novelist, playwright, an independent documentary filmmaker and a television scriptwriter, [1] who is most known for his work, 'Saat Aasmaan' and his acclaimed play, 'Jis Lahore Nai Dekhya, O Jamyai Nai', based on the story of an old Punjabi Hindu woman who gets left behind in Lahore ...