Lahore-Amritsar Division, undivided Punjab, 1894

There are already over a gazillion articles, information, print media, and media of every kind written, filmed, documented and recorded about the partition of Bengal and Punjab. In fact, this blog has one of its previous posts on the partition. There is nothing new this post can talk about or any hidden fact about the disastrous event of world history, that scarred the Indian subcontinent forever. This post is simply a pictorial recreation of a 19th century Punjab with its Amritsar and Lahore divisions highlighted. 

The Lahore division comprised of Gujranwala, Lahore and Faridkot districts, whereas Amritsar was stretched from Kangra to Sialkot, Gurdaspur and Amritsar districts. And as we all know, in August 1947, the districts of Gurdaspur and Lahore were partitioned between the newly created Dominions of India and Pakistan. 

Below is a recreation of the Amritsar and Lahore divisions of the 1894 dated map, originally created by John George Bartholemew (1860-1920). A time when the concept of partition was unknown.