Friday, April 22, 2011
my family history
both of my family side is originally from India. my father side of family is from south India from the place called Bangalore. some of his uncles and second cousins still lives there. my grand mother and grand dad move to Pakistan after 1947 when Pakistan and India were separated. i don't know exactly but my dad always told me that we belong to a warrior family that where our last name "KHAN" had came from. he often say when i asks him about our family legend that our great grand father was the leader of tribe in Afghanistan from where he migrated to India and had family there. Then after my grand father was moved to Pakistan he joined military in Pakistan. my grand father passed away when my father was very young and my grand mother passed away when i was in first grade so i don not know much more than any thing that my dad had told me. on the other side my mother family migrated to Pakistan at the same time of partition of India and Pakistan. my mother side of family were situated in northern part of India in city called "Delhi" which is also the capital of India. my mother side of family belong to a royal family. there past generations were the ruler of India when there was monarchy in it and that's why my mother side of family carries the name "TEMURI" or "SHAH" which were the family name of former Indian kings and rulers. i often asked my grand mother of my mother side how was the time like during the partition of India and Pakistan. and she always have told me that the time were very tough and there were massive killings were going on both sides. the train who will bring Pakistanis from India will have raped women and killed men and babies and then same reaction was from Pakistani side towards the train who left for India. Both of my family have left huge amount of property in Indian just to be in Pakistan and did not claimed it even after Pakistani government was offering it to them because they knew Pakistan needed that money. my mother father passed away when she was 4 and was raised by her mother along with 4 other sister and 1 brother my grand mother was a teacher at school and they went through very tough time. but in the end it all turns out good all of my aunt and my mother have college degree and respectable jobs.