Ganga Ram Building (Lahore)

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Built by great architect anthropologist in 1921 one of the oldest building of The Mall. Besides Fazal Din Chemist, PECO, this grand building is known because late journalist Marghub Siddiqui (founder of Master Degree classes in Punjab University) lives here.
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Coordinates:   31°33'46"N   74°19'0"E

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  • MARGHUB SIDDIQUI DIED IN 1979..HE WAS FIRST HEAD OF DEPTT OF JOURNALISM IN PUNJAB UNIVERSITY ,HE ALSO INTRODUCED FIRST TIME IN PAKISTAN , MASS COMMUNICATION AS A SUBJECT (NOW THAT JOURNALISM DEPPT.IS KNOWN AS INSTITIUTION OF MASS COMMUNICATION) NASIR ILYAS EX.R.D. OF RADIO PAK WARIS MIR REKNOWNED JOURNALIST (FATHER OF HAMID MIR)MISKEEN HIJAZI EX HEAD OF DEPTT.ZAHID MALIK EDITOR OF HURMAT ISLAMABAD AND MANY MORE WERE AMONG HIS STUDENTS HIS SEVERAL STUDENTS SERVES AS AMBASSIDORS ALSO MARGHUB SIDDIQI DURING HIS LIFE WROTE THOUSANDS OF ARTICLES.PAPERS IN NAWA-I-WAQT ,PAKISTAN ,IMROZE,FRONTIER POST,JANG KHI, HURRIAT KHI, INJAM KHI,DAWN,HE WAS ONE OF THE NEWS EDITOR OF CIVIL & MILITARY GAZZETTE LAHORE 1960-1964 ............................... . AND THE GREAT ANTHROPOLOGIST WHO BUILT GANGA RAM BUILNG WAS NO OTHER THEN GANGA RAM HIMSELF, HE WAS ARCHITECT ALSO ,HE DESIGNED LAHORE MUSEUM,PUNJAB UNIERSITY OLD CAMPUS,N.C.A.AND SEVERAL BUILDINGS SPREAD OVER THE MALL .HE BUILT GANGA RAM HOSPITAL ALSO ,HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS SOCIAL WORK ALSO ,FORMER LAHORE COLLEGE NOW UNIVERSITY WAS BUILT IVER HIS LAND AND BY HIS DAUGHTER
  • Renouned lawyer Intazar Mahdi who managed 5th may 2008 CJP's historic reception at lahore high court sits in this Sir Ganga Ram Trust Building, 53 The Mall, Lahore.
  • ITS MY WISH THAT 23 NOV.(DEATH DAY OF MARGHUB SIDDIQUI) MUST BE OBSERVED AS A NATIONAL DAY OF PAKISTAN
  • MARGHUB SIDDIQUI WAS REALLY AND FAIR, RATIONAL JOURNALIST WHO EVEN WORKED WITH HENARY KESSINGER DURING HIS STUDYING PERIOD IN AMERICA (AT THAT TIME MR K WAS ALSO STUDENT BUT ONE OR TWO YEAR SENIOR)MR. K WAS THE EDITOR OF UNINVERSITY MAG... NAMED CONFLUENCE)BUT HIS NEVER USED HIS LINKS FOR HIS PERSONAL BENIFITS AND WHEN DIE HIS BANK A/C POSSESED ONLY 800 RUPPEES AND HE OWNED NEITHER HOSE NOR ANY PLOT THIS WAS HIS GREATNES AND NOW WE SEE MANY JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA MEN ARE MILLIONERS. I AGREE WITH A ONE YOU ASK THAT HIS DEATH DAY MUST BE OBSERVED AS NATIOANL DAY( NOT HOLIDAY)
  • MR.MARGHUB SIDDIQUI WAS SO GREAT FAIR AND EXTRA ORDINARY DEMOCRATIC ANTI CORRUPTION JOURNALIST THAT WHEN A CRUELEST DICTATOR ZIA PRINT A WHITE PAPER MR MARGHUB WAS IN THE LIST FOR THE CRIME OF FAVOURING DEMOCRACY MARGHUB SIDDIQUI'S DEATH DAY MUST BE NAMED AS NATIONAL DAY AND IN MASS COM. DEPPT. PUNJAB UNIVERSITY A DEPARTMENT MUST BE NAMED TO HIM
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