The Man Who Earned Like Hero, And Spent Like Saint : The Biography of Sir Ganga Ram of Lahore
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Saboo
Prime Minister (20k+ posts)
Inspired by Sir Ganga Ram, our own Nawaz Sharif has now decided not to give a single penny to Ik government, instead he is planning to build a much bigger hospital than Ganga Ram for the poor. For this he is asking IK to let him go to England to convince Bubblo and Dubblo to give his money back to get his hospital built.
Cyclops
Minister (2k+ posts)
dont equate ganga ram with them
Saboo
Prime Minister (20k+ posts)
I can if I want to? Ab is mein kia
Anyway it was just a joke. ?
Eyeaan
Chief Minister (5k+ posts)
How many time times this propaganda video has to be posted?
Most of the "FaCT " of this video are exaggeration OR outright lies. The Wikipedia article on Ganga ram and a list of his achievements circulated in social media are full oflies.
Sir Ganga Ram was a water supply diploma holder (3- year course rather less at that time) from Roorki - not an architect or Maher-e-Tameerat in any manner. Lahore was developed by the best "english" engineers and architects - not by ganga ram.
He was a young intern in Darbaar project (first job at 19 yr. age) -- not the supervisor . or superintendent or Incharge of the project. His first real job at water department at Lahore. The department was headed by one of the best Angrez SE and engineers. Wikipedia claims that he set up the water supply/sewerage network in Lahore while he he was not be no more than a low level engineer in the project.
Model Town. lahore was developed by cooperative society and Ganga ram was in that cooperative society (rather was requested to join to give credence to the society since he was a very well known and respected person of the city).. I may go in the details of his real role in in the society. There is no point to make him a City Planner out of nothing.
He became rich by real estate business and by purchasing urban/agricultural lands when Punjab cities were expanding.
Sir Ganga Ram was a rich and noble philanthropist and Lahore's prominent person but there is no need to make up facts or "take the credits for architectural and construction gems of Lahore from one of best engineers and architects of the times - they were Englishmen.
