Sindh History ( 31st May)

SINDH IN HISTORY TODAY (31^st MAY)

31^st May  BIRTH DATES

1. Syed Pir Ali Gohar ‘Asghar’ Bangulay Dhani (Pir Goth/Saint & Poet/ birth 31^thMay 1816),

2. Ahmad Ghulam Ali Chagla (Karachi/Music composer of National Anthum of Pakistan/ birth 31^th May 1902),

3. Abdul Ali Qalbani (Rohri/Journalist/ birth 31^th May 1909),

4. Surat Hingorani (Writer/ birth 31^th May 1921),

5. Kishan Punjabi (Shikarpur> Ulhasnagar/Writer/ birth 31^th May 1937),

6. Rahim BuxJamali (Shikarpur/Journalism/ birth 31^th May 1968)

7. Fayaz Chand Kaleri (Nawabshah/Poet/ birth 31^th May 1972)

31^st MayDEATH DATES

1. Qadirdad Khan (Minister Khairpur State/ death 31^th May 1903),

2. Devi Naraindas Motwani (Larkano/Social worker/ death 31^th May 1935)

3. Moulvi HidayatullahArfani (Kandyaro/Religious Scholar/ death 31^th May 1950),

4. Ustad Raichand (Chelhyar/Historian/ death 31^th May 1968),

5. Arif-ul-Moula (PiaSajan Shah/Poet/ death 31^th May 1978)

6. Syed Shahbaz Ali Shah Jahanyan (Mandham/Saint/ death 31^th May 2005)

31^st May

EVENTS

1916: Swami Dayanand delivers his lecture on the topic of the ‘Yoga Practice’. The event is organized by the ‘Young Amils’ Association of Karachi.
1927: The Sindh Natural History Society is formed at Karachi.38 are enrolled as members on the first day. Later on the Society published ‘The Journal of Sindh Natural History Society’ and it became the basic source material on the Natural History of Sindh.
1931: The weekly ‘Al-Amin’ edited by Shaikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi gives account of sorrows and longings of Khilafat activists of Jacobabad. The paper reports that Sardar Rasool Bux has been awarded 12 months imprisonment, Sepoy Muhammad Daud has been beaten bu S.P, Jacobabad and Government offices have refused to accept applications written by Munshi Khuda Bux. They all played vital role in the Khilafat Conference of Jacoabad.
1932: Conviction figures about Congress leaders through out India is made public. It reveals that in the month of January 14800, in February 17800,in March 6900, in April 5200 and in the month of May 1932, total 3800 leaders and workers were convicted.
1943: Sindhi Sudhar Society and Bazm Mushara of Larkano jointly arrange Poetic Sitting. The selection from the poetry presented in the Mushera was published in Adeeb Sindh, literary Journal of Larkano.
1951: Gold and other valuable minerals are found/discovered in Baluchistan.
1961; Soviet experts are in Pakistan so as to help the country in oil exploring.
1964: President of Pakistan, General Ayub declares that Pakistan would never agree to a federation or confederation with India as a solution of the Kashmir dispute.
1965: Muhammad Khan Junijo and Jam Mir Ghulam Qadir are inducted in the ministry of the West Pakistan.
1968: Consequent upon closer of Suez Canal, U.S.S.R opts for diplomatic methods to get trade route through Afghanistan and Pakistan. The present war like situation of that trade route area indicates the fight for control over the trade route.
1972: President Bhutto and King Hussain discuss situation in Middle East and the South East Asia.

1973: The PPP Government has hatched conspiracy to kill me and my family, claims Pir Pagaro. The editor of Daily paper ‘Mehran’, and eminent poet Syed Sardar Ali Shah ‘Zakir’ is arrested under DPR>
1985: NWFP Assembly adopts unanimous resolution on the lifting of Martial Law.
1989: Punjab Chief Minister is happy on talks with MQM. PNA and MQM to support each other in side and outside assemblies.
1992: Pakistan has informed U.N.O of massive Indian infiltration in Sindh, says Nawaz Sharif. But nobody had informed any one including U.N.O of massive and unending migration in Sindh from India!!!