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5 unusual facts about Multani


20th Lancers

The 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis) was formed at Lahore in 1858 by Captain C Cureton from six risallahs of Multani Pathans originally raised in 1857 by Ghulam Hasan Khan as The Multani Regiment of Cavalry.

Afternoon Ragas

Afternoon Ragas is a 1970 studio album by Nikhil Banerjee and includes performances of the ragas Bhimpalasi (or Bhimpalasri) and Multani.

Multani

Multani dialect, a dialect of Lahnda/Punjabi spoken in southern Punjab, Pakistan

Labana, a popular surname among the Labana community of the Sikhs

Pathans of Punjab

These non-frontier Pathans are usually known by the town or locality in which they are settled, e.g., Kasuri Pathans or Multani Pathans.


Malik caste

They have two large territorial groupings, the Deswale who originate in what is East Punjab and the Multani, who are said to originate in from the city of Multan.

Multani Lohar

The Multani Lohar are Muslim community found in the state of Gujarat in India.

Like other Gujarati Muslim groups, they have a caste council, the Multani Lohar Jamat, which is responsible for the welfare of the community.


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