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During the period 1969-74, the years of Richard Nixon's presidency, many significant events took place that both shaped the modern history of the world, and in a more traumatic way reshaped the contours within the Indian subcontinent. Following President Nixon's visit to Pakistan in August 1969, a number of channels were used by the White House to establish contact with the People's Republic of China, culminating in Dr Kissinger's secret visit to Beijing in July ...
Anyone intending to write the history of Lahore requires the tenacity of a mountaineer" claims F.S. Aijazuddin, who, in researching this book, followed the route opened by T.H. Thornton and J. Lockwood Kipling in 1876. But working from a bedrock of literary sources did not lead to an easily accessible collection of engravings, prints and illustrations. Many of the original watercolours, drawings and other works by amateur and professional artists in this ...