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INDIAN HISTORY and that is why their story is immortal. 4. Mirza and Sahiba This is another love story in Indian history which stands for love and passion. Mirza and Sahiba are from families of unbalanced status. Sahiba was a daughter of the chief of Sial tribal and Mirza was a son of Kharal Jat. But both of them grew together and fell in love with each other. Later Mirza had to return back to his hometown. In this time of Mirza’s absence, Sahiba’s family forced her to marry someone else. Then she wrote and send a letter 102 to her love, Mirza. Mirza went on to save Sahiba from the going to be married even after warnings and getting threatened. He took her away from the Mehndi ceremony. They both were caught by Sahiba’s brother and Mirza was killed in front of Sahiba’s eyes. Then she killed herself with Mirza’s sword. This end made them lovers in life and death. And their story is everlasting in Indian history. 5. Heer and Ranjha This is a Punjabi mythical love story which became a legendary love saga. Ranjha was a great flute player and he had to visit Heer’s village. WWW.WISHESH.NET | SEPTEMBER 2019 There he fell in love with Heer and she gave him the job of taking care of her father. Once, Heer saw Ranjha playing the flute and she fell in love with him. The lovers started meeting secretly and one fine day, they were caught. Ranjha was forced to leave Heer’s village. While Heer was married to someone else. Few years passed and again Ranjha met Heer in her village. Their love was undying even after separating for years. They both planned to get married to each other. On the marriage day, Heer’s jealous uncle gave her poisoned food and killed her. Ranjha then knowingly ate the poisoned food kill himself along with Heer. 6. Sohni Mahiwal Sohni Mahiwal is an epic Punjabi love story. Sohni was a daughter of potter and Mahiwal was a buffalo herder. Like in many famous love stories, their love was buried with caste feeling and status. So, Sohni was forced to marry another potter. But Sohni dint stops her love for Mahiwal. She started swimming the rive to meet Mahiwal and she was swimming with the help of an earthen pot. Her sister in law witnessed it and replaced an unbaked earthen pot in place of the baked pot. When Sohni was still swimming to meet her