Sindh History (12th June)

SINDH IN HISTORY TODAY (12th JUNE)

12th June
BIRTH DATES

1. Shaikh Muhammad Qadir (Khairpur State Minister/ birth 12th June 1876),

2. Muhammad Tayab Nasrpuri (Writer/ birth 12th June 1920),

3. Utam Hingorani (Writer/ birth 12th June 1923),

4. Nari Padam (Naudero > Nagpur/Writer/ birth 12th June 1938),

5. Kanayo Roopani (Tharo Shah > Ahmadabad/Artist/ birth 12th June 1942),

6. Balam Brohi (Jacobabad/Journalist/ birth 12th June 1947),

7. Manthar Manzoorabadi (Poet/ birth 12th June 1960),

8. Badar Jagirani (Writer/ birth 12th June 1981)

12th June
DEATH DATES

1. Mir Abdul Hussain ‘Sangi’ (Hyderabad/Poet/ death 12th June 1924)

12th June

EVENTS

1856: Lieutenant Chapman prepares plan for a project connecting River Indus with Karachi by a navigable canal. (Source: Superintending Engineer’s office letter No 1555).

1928: Sindh observes ‘Bardoli Day’. Sindh Congress and its branches organized meetings and took out processions and highlighted the role of Gandhi in violation of Salt law.
1934: Sindh Peoples Party is formed with following office-bearers: Shahnawaz Khan Bhutto (President), Allah Bux Khan Soomro (V.President), Miran Muhammad Shah (President), Hatim Alvi (General Secretary),G.M.Syed (Joint Secretary)- (Source: Minutes of the first meeting, available with Gul Hayat)
1947: The Partition Committee meets and discuss the terms of reference of various Expert Sub-Committees and Boundary Commission. (Source: Documents on Freedom Movement)
1963: President Ayub proposes federation consisting of Pakistan, Iran , Afghanistan and Turkey. (Source: Newspapers)
1973: CENTO urges India for release of Pakistani Prisoners of War (POWs) without further delay.(Source: Ibd).
1974: Thirty-nine Sindhi writers and poets disassociate themselves from Pakistan Writers’ Guild. (Source: Biographies and Interviews of concerned Writers And Poets)
1979: PNA demands general elections before local bodies polls. (Source: Newspapers)