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The LandRivers, doabs, Harappa and the first cities, seasons, numbersAgesEight ages of the Punjab, from the Soan to todayTimelineEvery dated event on one lineAtlasEvery place on one map, age by agePlacesCities, ancient sites, temples, mosques and gurdwaras, battlefieldsLanguage & scriptsPunjabi, its dialects, Gurmukhi and Shahmukhi

People & Faiths

PeopleSaints and teachers, poets and singers, rulers, rebels, the people of both PunjabsPeople of the landJats, Rajputs, Arains, Khatris, Dalit communities and more, across every faithFaithsHindu traditions, Islam and the Sufis, Sikhi, and the Punjab's other faiths

Kingdoms & Struggles

Kingdoms & WarsWho ruled the Punjab, the Kingdom of Lahore, and the battles fought over itWho ruled the PunjabEvery ruling power, 518 BCE to todayWars & BattlesFrom the Hydaspes to BasantarStruggles & Partitions1849, 1919, 1947, 1966, 1984, 2020

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CulturePoets, qisse, songs, music, dance, festivals, foodMuseumSculpture, coins, manuscripts, painting, arms, buildings, and where to see themChronicles & ProphecyThe poetry of the old chroniclesAboutWhat this atlas is, its sources, and every word explainedHelp maintain this siteCorrections, pictures, sources and new entries
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Dharmendra
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Dharmendra

ਧਰਮਿੰਦਰدھرمندر

Village boy from Ludhiana district who became one of Bombay's biggest stars, Veeru of Sholay.

Dharmendra Kewal Krishan Deol was born at Nasrali in Ludhiana district and grew up in Sahnewal, where his father was a schoolteacher. He won a film-magazine talent contest and went to Bombay in 1958.

Over six decades he made more than three hundred films, from the gentle Satyakam to Sholay (1975), in which he played Veeru. He never lost his Punjabi village manner, sat in Parliament for Bikaner, and his sons Sunny and Bobby Deol became stars too. He died in 2025.

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