Abstract
Just after the partial annexation of Punjab in 1846 by the East India Company, Sardar Bahadur Lala Amin Chand joined the Company’s administrative service and became a prominent civil servant of Punjab. He wrote, translated, and compiled nine books during his service. He visited major cities across India from September 1850 to December 1852 and penned a travelogue named Safarnama Amin Chand—one of the earlier travelogues written in Urdu. This article introduces and presents the critically edited text of his autobiography. Besides, appraising the “Tawarikh-i Qaum-i Kshatriyan” (an introductory account of Kshatriya, a renowned Indian caste), the article brings out Amin Chand’s major biographical yet formative events for first time in Urdu.
Author(s):
Sajid Siddique Nizami
Assistant ProfessorInstitute of Urdu Language and Literature, University of the Punjab Lahore, Lahore
Pakistan
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Details:
| Type: | Article |
| Volume: | 13 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Language: | Urdu |
| Id: | 62b71a36da8cb |
| Discipline: | Urdu |
| Published | June 26, 2022 |

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