{"id":11384,"date":"2021-04-08T11:31:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T11:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=11384"},"modified":"2021-04-08T11:31:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T11:31:36","slug":"a-deputy-commissioner-of-lahore-major-john-clarke-and-mian-raheem-baksh-mimar-links-all-new-in-work-a-story-of-change-and-the-coming-of-the-new-aesthetics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=11384","title":{"rendered":"A DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF LAHORE MAJOR JOHN CLARKE &#8211; AND MIAN RAHEEM BAKSH MIMAR, LINKS ALL NEW IN WORK &#8211;  A STORY OF CHANGE AND THE COMING OF THE NEW AESTHETICS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF LAHORE MAJOR JOHN CLARKE &#8211; AND MIAN RAHEEM BAKSH MIMAR, LINKS ALL NEW IN WORK &#8211; <br>A STORY OF CHANGE AND THE COMING OF THE NEW AESTHETICS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1851-card-Sheikhupura.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"660\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1851-card-Sheikhupura-1024x660.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11385\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1851-card-Sheikhupura.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?attachment_id=11385\" class=\"wp-image-11385\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1851-card-Sheikhupura-1024x660.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1851-card-Sheikhupura-300x194.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1851-card-Sheikhupura-768x495.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1851-card-Sheikhupura-1536x991.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1851-card-Sheikhupura.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">1851 card Sheikhupura<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1855-card-Gujaranwala.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"566\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1855-card-Gujaranwala-1024x566.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11386\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1855-card-Gujaranwala.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?attachment_id=11386\" class=\"wp-image-11386\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1855-card-Gujaranwala-1024x566.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1855-card-Gujaranwala-300x166.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1855-card-Gujaranwala-768x425.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1855-card-Gujaranwala-672x372.jpg 672w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1855-card-Gujaranwala.jpg 1235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">1855 card Gujaranwala<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1856-card-Lahore.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"625\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1856-card-Lahore-1024x625.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11387\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1856-card-Lahore.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?attachment_id=11387\" class=\"wp-image-11387\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1856-card-Lahore-1024x625.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1856-card-Lahore-300x183.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1856-card-Lahore-768x468.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1856-card-Lahore.jpg 1164w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">1856 card Lahore<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Somebody was in possession of three letters. Major John Clarke. Deputy Commissioner of Sheikhupura in 1851, Deputy Commissioner of Gujranwala in 1855, and DC of Lahore in 1856. And it goes further when n 1862, he is Engineer in Chief, of Lahore Railway Station Works. He is getting the Railway construction work done, and in that respect, he is giving a certificate to Mian Raheem Baksh Mimar, alias Haemoo, related to his supervision of construction of the Railway Station. He says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>&#8220;<strong>I have pleasure in testifying to the detailed knowledge possessed by Haemoo of Masonry and Bricklaying. He has acted as Foreman of Mistrees at the Lahore Passenger Station and other buildings, understand a Plan thoroughly and is a very valuable person to have about building operations.&#8221; Dated 1st November, 1862.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lahore-Railway-Station.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lahore-Railway-Station-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11388\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lahore-Railway-Station.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?attachment_id=11388\" class=\"wp-image-11388\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lahore-Railway-Station-1024x732.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lahore-Railway-Station-300x214.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lahore-Railway-Station-768x549.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lahore-Railway-Station.jpg 1192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Lahore Railway Station<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mian-Raheem-Baksh-Mimar-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"974\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mian-Raheem-Baksh-Mimar-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11389\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mian-Raheem-Baksh-Mimar-2.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?attachment_id=11389\" class=\"wp-image-11389\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mian-Raheem-Baksh-Mimar-2.jpg 700w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mian-Raheem-Baksh-Mimar-2-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Mian Raheem Baksh Mimar<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A chance reference revealing a valuable truth. All envelopes had the original letters in them but now in some worldly collection. The most interesting fact is that Punjab is under the Bombay residency, as the address clarifies in depth. A different era of Lahore. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF LAHORE MAJOR JOHN CLARKE &#8211; AND MIAN RAHEEM BAKSH MIMAR, LINKS ALL NEW IN WORK &#8211; A STORY OF CHANGE AND THE COMING OF THE NEW AESTHETICS Somebody was in possession of three letters. Major John Clarke. 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