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Islamia High School, Ludhiana

Islamia High School is one of the oldest schools in the Ludhiana city. While before Partition it was run on religious lines, after Partition the government started a high school for girls in the building. The area is still known as Islamia College Road. It was supposed to be one of the best maintained and a posh locality in the city inhabited by influential Muslims.

While no exact records are available as to when the building of the school was constructed, some old-timers say that the building was constructed much before Partition. It was one of the most spacious buildings constructed with liberal donations by affluent and influential Muslims of Ludhiana. Most of the Muslims would prefer to admit their wards to this school only, although there were several other schools including the government and missionary run schools. Besides imparting secular education, religion was also taught here.

Partition changed the fate of the school. With almost all Muslims of the area migrating to Pakistan, the school also became a victim of neglect. The school remained under the Custodian Department. In the early sixties the school was handed over to the Waqf Board. The Board rented the building to the Punjab Government at a meager rent of Rs 250 per month. Currently a girl’s high school is being run from the building.

The building has already been declared unsafe. Despite remaining in a state of utter neglect, the imposing structure still speaks volumes of its pristine grace. Quranic verses are inscribed on the front with the kalima on the top. The apathy towards the monument and the ignorance about its past appears to be encyclopaedic. In fact no one knows about the exact date of the construction of the building. Everyone had only one information to offer that the date of the construction was inscribed on a stone at the front and that stone was covered by dirt that had accumulated on it since ages, besides so many stickers. Nothing could be deciphered.