خود نوشت سوانح عمری سردار بہادر لالہ امین چند

Sajid Siddique Nizami

بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو), Vol # 13, Issue # 1
خود نوشت سوانح عمری سردار بہادر لالہ امین چند

خود نوشت سوانح عمری سردار بہادر لالہ امین چند

Sajid Siddique Nizami/
June 26, 2022

Autobiography of Sardar Bahadur Lala Amin Chand

Keywords

Amin Chand, Urdu, Travelogue, Safarnama, Kshatriya, India, History.

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.

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Nizami, S. S. (2022). خود نوشت سوانح عمری سردار بہادر لالہ امین چند. بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو), 13(1). https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/62b71a36da8cb/page

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1.Nizami SS. خود نوشت سوانح عمری سردار بہادر لالہ امین چند. بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو) [Internet]. 2022 June 26 [cited 2026 June 9];13(1). Available from: https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/62b71a36da8cb/page

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1.Nizami SS. خود نوشت سوانح عمری سردار بہادر لالہ امین چند. بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو). 2022;13(1). Accessed June 9, 2026. https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/62b71a36da8cb/page

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