Sindh History (4th February)

SINDH IN HISTORY TODAY (4^{th February})

4^th February

 BIRTH DATES

Pir Bux ‘Farooqi’ (Farooqabad/Poet/1897),

Dr.Ali Akbar Dhakan (Panhwar/Economist/1940),

Akbar Addeb (Writer/1946), Hajan ‘Hubdar’ Mahar (Panhwari/Poet/1946),

 Zahid Malah (Poet/1949), Ashfaq Ansari (Larkano/Writer/1953),

 Gurdas ‘Ajay’ (Rajkot/Writer/1954),

Kausar Memon (khairpur/Writer/1956),

Muhammad Hussain Suhail (Larkano/Journalist/1959),

 Muhammad Qasim Memon (Writer/1959),

Gul Hassan Lakho (Haji Ahmad Lakho/Poet/1961),

Akhtar Rind (Mir Rind/Poet/1966),

Nalini Mitho Mahesar (Gahi Mahesar/Poet/1968),

 Mumtaz Channo(Wad Bhagia/Poet/1973),

 ‘Bewas’ Riaz Jalbani (Dital Jalbani/Poet/1975),

Qurban Khushk (Muhammad Khan Khushk /Journalist/1977),

 ‘Mazloom’ Mangrio (Muhammad Amin Mangrio/Poet/1977),

Abdullah ‘Shuja’ Tigar (Larkano/Poet/1977),

Sanaullah ‘Atiq’ Chinjni (Chijni/Poet/1981), Amar Ayaz Mahar (Sukkur/Poet/1983).

DEATH DATES

  Muhammad Faqir Khatyan (Suleman Khatyan/Saint & Poet/1941),

Pir Muhammad ‘Piyasi’ (Mirpur Sakro/Poet/1982),

Mirza Akmal Beg (Hyderabad/Poet/1982),

Jam Sanaullah Mahessar (Rafiq Mahesar/Politician/2005).

EVENTS

  1843: sir Charles Napier in his letter, dispatched to Major Outram writes that:’ Sobdar (Mie) has joined the others, (and I have told his Vakeel that) if I found him and his 5,000 men in the field, I would treat them as enemies. He is afraid of the vaunting chiefs prancing round him…. I respect (Mir) Ali Murad, and (Mir) Roostam’s son and nephew, more than the rest,
they have all taken decided part.’
1927: Shapurji Saklatwalla, the famous Parsi Communist and sitting member of the British House of Commons reaches Karachi from England.
1933: Reviewing the Indian problem, Sir Samuel Hoare says: ‘ We have no intention of abdicating responsibilities and we are certainly shall not report the Irish precedent. While we are prepared to support the cause of Indian Self-Government we are certainly not going to sacrifice British or Imperial interests’.
1934: Bazim-i-Adab, Karachi, organizes poetic sitting at Karachi.
1935: Sir Cowasjee and Diwan Lalchand Nawalrai move their amendments, while participating in debate on the Joint Select Committee’s Report on Indian Constitutional Reforms, in Indian Legislative Assembly. 
1948: In UNO Security Council, USA and Argentina support Pakistan’s demand for a neutral administration and impartial plebiscite in Kashmir. 
1965: All Parties Students’ Action Committee reiterates its stand that province-wise students’ strike will continue till the acceptance of their demands.
1969: West wing of DCA (Opposition parties) in its extraordinary session at Lahore, decides to continue the struggle till the acceptance of their 8-point demand in Tokyo.
1971: PIA to operate inter-wing flights via Sri Lanka due to Indian’s ban on over flights of Pakistan’s aircrafts.
1978: Eighty- Nine references against PPP ex-MNA’s including Begum Nusrat Bhutto are filled in tribunal.
1990: MQM blames PPP Government for Hyderabad riots.
1995: Twenty people die in Karachi.