Sucha Singh Soorma

Sucha Singh is a folk legend (one of the famous Punjabi Kisse) in Punjab, perceived by some as having restored the "family honour" by killing his sister-in-law Balbiro and her alleged extramarital lover Ghukkar, who at one time was his own best friend. Sucha Singh is believed to be of the Jawanda clan.

Punjabi Language - The revival of an ancient tradition

One who lost his mother tongue, lost it all, if not all atleast his culture heritage. But one without a culture heritage or one who rejects it is indeed an extremely poor person or community. Those who forget their mother tongue and cultural heritage usually disappear in few centuries. Is there any bigger loss than losing language of your fore fathers. Language is the very spirit of a people. A language as sweet as 
Punjabi, a culture as dynamic as Punjabi, can not be driven out, wiped out or killed. It may have eclipsed for a short while but Punjabi will come back as a major language with great literature and it will be used in all

Mirza Sahib - popular tragic romances of Punjab

Mirza Sahiba is one of the four popular tragic romances of the Punjab. The other three are Heer Ranjha, Sassi Punnun and Sohni Mahiwal.
Mirza–Sahiban is a treasure of Punjabi literature. It is a romantic tragedy. Sahiban was a love-lorn soul. Shayer Pillo raves about her beauty and says," As Sahiban stepped out with a lungi tied around her waist, the nine angels died on seeing her beauty.

Sohni Mahiwal - a tragic romance story

Sohni Mahiwal ( Punjabi سوہنی مہیوال  Sindhi सोहनी महीवाल) is one of the four popular tragic romances of the Punjab and Sindh, the other three are Heer Ranjha, Mirza Sahiba and Sassi Punnun. It is also popular in Sindh and across the South Asia, the story is one of the most prominent examples of medieval poetic legends in the Punjabi and Sindhi languages.

Sohni, the potter's daughter

The eternal love story of Heer Ranjha

Punjabis love and hate with extreme emotion. That fact is known to Punjabis who understand the psyche of Punjabis. Yet due to social and socio-cultural and religious barriers people who love beyond these barriers end up giving up and thus the course of nature is obstructed. Despite all the barriers there have been many people who lost it all in love and they even gave up their lives. We do not suggest anyone to do that in today's fake,false and socially correct world but if you love someone be faithful and true to your love and your promises. Never break your vows and promises. Love is a spiritual union and not physical.

Punjabi Kisse Kahania - Folk Lore of Punjab

The Punjabi language is famous for its rich literature of qisse, most of the which are about love, passion, betrayal, sacrifice, social values and a common man’s revolt against a larger system. In the Punjabi tradition, friendship, loyalty, love and ‘qaul’ (verbal agreement or promise) are given utmost importance and most of the stories in the qisse hinge on these critical elements. Most stories are based on real ancient or modern characters that really existed and to the date inspire people yet some more ancient stories are based on old stories from Indian, Arabian, Persian or more ancient civilizations which are more like folktales.

Dulla Bhatti da kissa - Epic story of Dullah Bhatti

Dulla Bhatti was a famous legendary Rajput hero of Punjab, who led a rebellion against the famous Mughal king Akbar. There is a kind of epic in Punjabi language called Dulle di var, which narrates the battle events of Dulla Bhatti. Still there is a famous region in Punjab, Pakistan, called Dulle Di Bar means the forest of Dulla Bhatti. This legendary Punjabi hero is buried at Miani Sahib Qabristan (Graveyard) in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. There is a town Dullewala (Bhakkar District) in the name of legendary Dulla Bhatti where he had a stay with his allies.

Shaheed Udham Singh

Udham Singh, a revolutionary nationalist, was born Sher Singh on 26 December 1899, at Sunam, in the then princely state of Patiala.

Shaheed Udham Singh

His father, Tahal Singh, was at that time working as a watchman on a railway crossing in the neighbouring village of Upall. Sher Singh lost his parents before he was seven years and was admitted along with his brother Mukta Singh to the Central Khalsa Orphanage at Amritsar on 24 October 1907. As both brothers were administered the Sikh initiatory rites at the Orphanage, they received new names, Sher Singh becoming Udham Singh and Mukta Singh Sadhu Singh. In 1917, Udham Singh’s brother also died, leaving him alone in the world.

Sukhdev

Sukhdev’s full name is Sukhdev Thapar and he was born on 15th May, 1907. His ancestral house is in Naughara Mohalla of Ludhiana city, Punjab, India. He  was a famous Indian revolutionary who played a major role in the India’s struggle for Independence. He is amongst those great Indian freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of their country. . His father’s name was Ram Lal. Since his childhood days, Sukhdev had witnessed the brutal atrocities that the Imperial British Raj had inflicted on India, which then led him to join the revolutionaries, vowing to set India free from the shackles of British dominion.

Jatt Porus

King Porus (पौरुष), the Greek version of the Indian names Puru, Pururava, or Parvata, was the ruler of a Kingdom in Punjab located between the Jhelum and the Chenab (in Greek, the Hydaspes and the Acesines) rivers in the Punjab. Its capital may have been near the current city of Lahore  He had 600 small republics under him, which were ruled by Jats. Porus was most poerful of them.

Unlike his neighbour, Ambhi (in Greek: Omphius), the King of Taxila, Porus chose to fight Alexander the Great in order to defend his kingdom and people.

Jagat Singh Jagga Jatt

 Jagga Singh was born in 1901 or 1902 in village Burj Singh Walateh. Chunnian, Distt. Kasur. Jagga's father Makhan Singh passed away when he was only a small child. His father had owned muraba (250 acres of land) the ownership of which passed to the young Jagga. He grew up under the care of his Chacha (uncle) Roop Singh and mother Bhagaan.

Makhan Singh and Bhagaan had six children before Jagga was born but none of them survived. At last Makhan Singh went to the nearby village Sodhiwala to meet and pay tribute to Sant Sodhi Inder Singh. Sodhi Inder Singh told them to buy a Bakkra (male goat) before the birth and told that it should be touched by the newly born. The Sage Inder Singh also told them to not to name the child with initials of J.

SARDAR BHAGAT SINGH

Sardar Bhagat Singh (1907-1931)

Bhagat Singh was born to Kishan Singh and Vidyavati at Banga in the Lyallpur district of the West Punjab on 28 September 1907. His grandfather had been deported to Mandalay along with Lala Lajpat Rai on charges of seditious activities caused by the iniquitous Colonisation Bill of 1908.

On completion of primary education at the village school in Banga, Bhagat Singh was sent to DAV College, Lahore. Here he came under the influence of two teachers and veteran nationalists, Bhai Parmanand