Sunder Mal Mahajan

HE WAS KNOWN AS LALLAJI IN THE FAMILY. BORN RICH, HAD SOPHISTICATED TASTE. HE ENJOYED FOOD AND DRINKS AND HAD PASSION FOR CONSTRUCTING BUILDINGS. HE WAS SENSITIVE AND  CARING PERSON.OUR HOME IN DALHOUSIE WAS BUILT BY HIM.HE WAS AVID HORSE RIDER AND GOOD AT LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, 

LAIQ SHAH AS A TEENAGER ,Left home on a tiff with family and ended up in the newly emerging settlement in the hills and settled in Dalhousie Cantt.AFTER WORKING ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE FOR A FEW DAYS, HE STARTED PROVISION SHOP, WHICH CONTINUED UNTIL LATE 1970'S UNTIL LALA PURAN CHAND DIED.IT WAS KNOWN AS LAIQ SHAH BRIJ LAL & SONS.

WE BELONG TO LAMME SUBCSTE OF MAHAJAN CASTE. WE ARE VAISHYAS. OUR ANCESTORS MIGRATED TO PUNJAB, JAMMU ,H.P. FROM RAJASTHAN ALONG WITH RAJPUT WARRIORS IN 500-1OO0A.D.SIALKOT ,JAMMU, GURDASPUR, KANGRA, AMRITSAR DISTRICTS IN PRE-PARTITION INDIA HAD THE MAXIMUM CONCENTRTION . THEY WERE VILLAGE SHAHUKARS (BANKERS) BY TRADITION.

OUR FAMILY ANCESTORS WEREIN SUKHOCHUK IN PAKISTAN, THEY MIGRATED TO DERA BABA NANAK, BAHRAMPUR AND THEN JHABKARA. ALL IN GURDASPUR DISTRICT, IN 186O LAIQ SHAH MIGRATED TO DALHOUSIE CANTT.H.P. WHICH WAS NEWLY ESTABLISHED AS BRITISH TROOPS RETREAT IN 1854.