Sindh History (18th April)

SINDH IN HISTORY TODAY (18th APRIL)

18th April
 BIRTH DATES

Moulvi Muhammad Halai (Religious Scholar/ Born 18th April 1860),

 R.B. KalomalPohomal (Hyderabad/Educationist/ Born 18th April 1877),

 AllamaI.I.Kazi (Paat/Philospher/ Born 18th April 1886),

 Haji HaqeerIbnMangan (Writer & Publisher/ Born 18th April 1901),

 PirGhulamHydera Shah (Politician/ Born 18th April 1910),

 LadharamGotam (Shikarpur> Ulhasnagar/Poet/ Born 18th April 1917),

Rashed Ahmad Lashari (Poet/ Born 18th April 1922),

 ParpatiAdvani (Hyderabad >Mombai/Writer/ Born 18th April 1024),

 GhulamHussainRangrez (MirpurBathoro/Ex-Secretary General Sindhi AdabiSangay& Poet/ Born 18th April 1945),

 Mir Azam Ali Talpur (Tando Jam/Writer/ Born 18th April 1954),

 BarkatJeho (Chanbh/Poet/ Born 18th April 1967),

Umed Sindhi (Dadu/Writer/ Born 18th April 1968)

, NiazJani (Shahdadpur/Artist/ Born 18th April 1970),

SaqiJatoi (Saudi Arabia/Poet/ Born 18th April 1984)

DEATH DATES

Lalchand Amardinomal Jagtiani (Hyderabad/Writer, Journalist & Freedom Fighter/ Death 18th April 1954),

Moulana Hamadullah Halejvi (Religious Scholar/ Death 18th April 1962),

Habibullah Bhutto (Shikarpur/Writer/ Death 18th April 1980).

EVENTS

1839: Charles Napier is asked by the Governor-General of India to prepare a sketch of the last battle with Talpurs of Sindh.
1919: The 6th Sindh Provincial Conference is held at Jacobabad. It is presided over by Jamshed Mehta. Details of this Conference are available on the website of the Gulh Hayat.
1932: Shaikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi presides over ‘Sindh Azad Conference’ at Karachi. It is participated by Seth Haji Abdullah Haroon, Mir Muhammad Baloch; G.M.Syed; Muhammad Ayub Khuhro and others.
1938: On the call of 32 Muslim Religious Scholars, made through pamphlets published for the occasion, a big public meeting is held by Larkano Muslim League with Moulana Mir Muhammad Naurangi as its president. The gathering is addressed by local leaders of the party.
1939: M.A.Jinnah in a Press Statement criticized Gandhi’s attitude regarding Muslim representation on the Rajkot Reforms Committee and advise Muslims in State to boycott the Committee.
1951: The Refugees Tax Committee meeting presided over by the Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan decides to set up a House Building Finance Corporation to build refugees’ town in each unit of the Pakistan.
1968: Pakistan Shows willingness to serve as the venue for talks between the U.S and North Vietnam.
1978: Former Pakistani Foreign Minister Aziz Ahmad denies Vajpaee’s statement in LokSabha that Bhutto and Indra had secret understanding on Kashmir before Simla Accord.
1993: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolves the National Assembly and dismissed the Nawaz Sharif cabinet.Balakhsher Mazari is sworn in as Caretaker Prime Minister.