The land of five waters gave the world its first cities, its saints and its songs. Broken by every empire that crossed it, it is still ours to remember, and to make whole again.

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Sahir Ludhianvi
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Poet & writer

Sahir Ludhianvi

ਸਾਹਿਰ ਲੁਧਿਆਣਵੀساحر لدھیانوی

Urdu poet from Ludhiana whose sharp, socialist lyrics changed the Hindi film song.

Javed Akhtar recites Sahir Ludhianvi's 'Parchhaiyan' · Watch on YouTube

Abdul Hayee, who wrote as Sahir Ludhianvi, was born in Ludhiana in 1921 and studied there before moving to Lahore. He left for India after Partition and became one of the great lyricists of Hindi cinema.

His songs carried his anger at poverty and war into popular music; his love for Amrita Pritam is one of the famous stories of Punjabi letters.

Places linked to Sahir Ludhianvi, numbered in order
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