House of Abdus Salam, Jhang

House of Abdus Salam, Jhang
Location of House of Abdus Salam, Jhang in Pakistan
Location	Jhang, Punjab, Pakistan.
Coordinates	31°18′20.72″N 72°19′34.92″E / 31.3057556°N 72.3263667°E / 31.3057556; 72.3263667Coordinates: 31°18′20.72″N 72°19′34.92″E / 31.3057556°N 72.3263667°E / 31.3057556; 72.3263667
Governing body	Punjab Archaeology Department

House of Abdus Salam, Jhang is a Pakistani national monument. It housed Pakistani Professor Abdus Salam, a theoretical physicist who became the first Muslim and Pakistani to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979.^[1]^[2]

Location

The monument is located in Jhang, Punjab, Pakistan.

Protection

After the Pakistani 18th Constitutional Amendment, most of the archaeological sites and national monuments were devolved to the provinces. The monuments transferred to the Punjab Archaeology Department included Abdus Salam's house, and funding and conservation initiatives were taken by the archaeology department.^[3]

References

↑ "1979 Nobel Prize in Physics". Nobel Prize. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014.
↑ (Ghani 1982, pp. i–xi)
↑ "Work in progress". Dawn (newspaper). 5 February 2012. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.

Sources

Ghani, Abdul (1982). "Science Advisor to the President (1960–1974)". Abdus Salam: a Nobel laureate from a Muslim country : a biographical sketch. p. 234.

List of cultural heritage sites in Punjab, Pakistan

UNESCO World Heritage Sites	Lahore Fort Rohtas Fort Shalimar Gardens Taxila

Monuments	Chauburji Cypress Tomb Hakimon ka Maqbara House of Abdus Salam, Jhang Nicholson's Obelisk Minar-e-Pakistan Shrine of Baha'al-Halim Shrine of Jalaluddin Bukhari Shrine of Nuriya Islamic Summit Minar Tomb of Ali Mardan Khan Tomb of Anarkali Tomb of Bibi Jawindi Tomb of Dai Anga Tomb of Jahangir Tomb of Jani Khan Tomb of Lala Rukh Tomb of Muhammad Iqbal Tomb of Nadira Begum Tomb of Nur Jahan Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam

Forts	Derawar Fort Lahore Fort Rohtas Fort

Gardens	Bagh-e-Jinnah Hazuri Bagh Kamran's Baradari Shalimar Gardens

Government buildings	Governor's House Lahore High Court building National College of Arts Quaid-e-Azam Library

Religious monuments	Badshahi Mosque Dai Anga Mosque Data Durbar Complex Gurdwara Janam Asthan Katasraj temple Mariyam Zamani Mosque Sacred Heart Cathedral St. John's Church Sialkot Cathedral Sunehri Mosque Wazir Khan Mosque

Museums	Javed Manzil Lahore Museum

Other buildings	Shahi Hammam Well of Dina Nath

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