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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Anarkali''' (meaning [[Pomegranate]] blossom) was the name of a [[legend]]ary dancing girl.<ref>Murrays Handbook of the Punjab 1884</ref> She is said to have lived in [[Lahore]] (now in [[Pakistan]]) in the time of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Emperor [[Akbar]]. She fell in love with prince Selim (who later became the Emperor [[Jahangir]]) but was punished by his father, Akbar. She is supposed to have died in Lahore and it is said her grave is also there. The famous [[Anarkali Bazaar]] in Lahore was named after her. <br />
[[Image:Anarkali.jpg|thumb|right|A painting of Anarkali from the cover of the 1922 play by Imtiaz Ali Taj]]<br />
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==In literature and film==<br />
* The famous [[Urdu]] play ''Anarkali'' (1922) by writer [[Imtiaz Ali Taj]] is about the love story of Anarkali and Selim.<br />
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* A number of movies or films have been made about her, in both [[Bollywood]] (in [[India]]) and [[Lollywood]] (in Pakistan). The most famous is probably ''[[Mughal-i-Azam]]'' (1960).<br />
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