HISTORY TODAY (21st March)

SINDH IN HISTORY TODAY (21^st March)

21^st March

 BIRTH DATES

Pirbhdas Birhamchari (Nawbshah > India/Freedom Fighter & Journalist/ Born 21^st march 1903),

 Haji Muhammad Ibrahim Hingoro (Ratodero/Politician/ Born 21^st march 1919),

 Rani ‘Nimani’ (Poetess/ Born 21^st march 1928),

 Abid Ansari (Bajara/Pot/ Born 21^st march 1936),

 Moula Bux ‘Moulai’ (Nabi Bux Jatoi/Poet/ Born 21^st march 1943),

 Bashir Ahmad Memon (Hala/Journalist/ Born 21^st march 1955),

 Abdul Karim Memon (Hala Old/Journalist/ Born 21^st march 1961),

 Khadim Hussain Shaikh (Kadhan/Writer/ Born 21^st march 1965).

DEATH DATES

Esardas Munskhani (Writer/ Death 21^st March 1934),

 Comrade Haji Muhammad Pirzado (Dodo Sanhri/Freedom Fighter/ Death 21^st March 1970)

EVENTS

1917: The Sindh Graduates Association arranges lecture program and R.D.Karmarkar delivers his lecture on the topic of ‘Indian Astronomy’. This may kindly be kept in mind that these NGOs arranged so many lecture programs and those were held on everyTuesday. Prof. Shahani gave his lecture on Gentanjali’ of Tagore and Prof. Dhopeshwarkar spoke on ‘Time and Free Will’. All lectures delivered in these programs arranged by NGOs during British Period, if collected and compiled, can surprise so many people. 

1932: Haji Abdullah Haroon and Shaikh Abdul Majeed participate in the All-India Muslim Conference held at Lahore. The Conference is presided over by AllamaIqbal. Audience is not calm and wants to disturb the function. Perhaps they want to show their resentment on AllamaIqbal’s political approach. The situation is deteriorating. Shaikh Abdul Majeed takes over mice. Audience start raising voices: LISTEN TO SINDHI. FRIENDS ! BE CALM AND QUITE. Every, body is seated and situation is under control and proceedings are started peacefully and accordingly. Shaikh Abdul Majeed earns name and later on he is called and known ‘SINDHI’.

1935: While speaking on the motion on the Karachi killings, Lalchand Nawalrai says in the Indian Legislative Assembly that in Sindh, Hindus and Muslims are two sides of one coin and it was due to policy of ‘Divide & Rule’ that another Third party is pushing them in battle with each other.

1951: Liaquat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan discloses the name of key- leader of the Rawalpindi Conspiracy. He is Major General Akbar.

1955: The Federal Court headed by Chief Justice Muhammad Munir set aside judgment of the Sindh Chief Court in Moulvi Tamizuddin Khan’s petition.

1966: Z.A.Bhutto says that India is violating Tashkent Declaration.

1971: Yahya-Mujeeb talks fail, Z.A.Bhutto is invited by Yahya Khan to reach Dhaka for playing his role in the situation.