Sindh History (27th November)

SINDH IN HISTORY TODAY (27th NOVEMBER)

27th November

 BIRTH DATES

Govardhan Chaudhri (Tando Allahyar - Ajmir/Stage Director/ birth 27th November 1922),

2. Naranjan Khalnani (Writer/ birth 27th November 1923),

3. Chamandas Tulsidas (Thatto - Dubai/Singer/ birth 27th November 1927),

4. Habibullah Memon (Shikarpur/Journalist/ birth 27th November 1950),

5. Dr. Mahmood -ul- Hassan Mughul (Sehwan/Writer/ birth 27th November 1961)

 

DEATH DATES

1. Moulana Noor Muhammad (Shahdadkot/Religious Scholar/ death 27th November 1879)

 

EVENTS

 

1838: Col. Pottenger welcomes and congratulates Major General Wiltshire, Commanding British Troops in Sindh on his arrival in Sindh and offers his opinion on several points connected with the disembarkation of the force.

1848: The salary of Commissioner in Sindh is fixed at Rs 52,000 per annum with a traveling allowance at Rs 10 per diem.

1947: Eighty - four thousand Indian Muslims migrates to Pakistan.

1949: Two - day Session of the General Council of the Sindh Hari Committee starts at Hyderabad. The major issue of the Jagerdari system in Sindh dominates the agenda. The Ministry of Yousif Haroon is demanded to take necessary action about the abolition of that system.

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1952: Jacobabad - Kashmore - Dera Ghazi Khan - Mahmudkot raily project is approved.

1971: Chinese Dy.Foreign Minister, in his address to the U.N General Assembly condemns India for its armed aggression against Pakistan.

1981: Pakistan shows willingness to sign the nuclear non - proliferation treaty if India also agrees to do so.

1992: Ban on Benazir's entry into Rawalpindi and Islamabad is lifted.

1994: Lahore High Court orders release of Gul Masih in blasphemy case. He was sentenced to death by the District & Session Judge, Sargodha.

1996: PML (J) splits into Hamid Nasir Chattha and Abdul Ghafoor Hoti factions.