Sindh History (12th August)

 

SINDH IN HISTORY TODAY (12th AUGUST)

BIRTH DATES Dr. Gobindram ‘Hardil Aziz’ (Khairpur Nathan Shah >Raipur/Poet & Journalist/1912), Dr. Abdul Salam Khurshid (India > Lahore/Writer/1919), Jasomal ‘Azad’ (Tando Muhammad Khan > Mumbai/Poet/1926), Jamil Malik (Rawalpindi/Poet/1928), Fida Hydri (Karampur/Singer/1936), Shahnawaz ‘Shad; Dayo (Tayab/Poet/1942), Muhammad Ismail Siddiqui (Rawalpindi/Writer/1947), Ghulam Rasool ‘Souz’ Samo (Karachi/Poet/1943), Ashok Kumar Wadhvani (Shikarpur/Journalist/1949), Ajiz Shoro (Poet/1954), Fazul Faizi (Panjgor/Balochi Poet/1956), Abid Niaz Memon (Shikarpur/Journalist/1956), Nawaz Kumbhar (Kot Nawab/Writer/1965), Inaml Takhrai (Poet/1966), Sikandar Mehran (Kandhkot/Writer/1969), Sattar Channo (Bado Sharif/Poet/1970),Nasir Shah ‘Nasir’ (Dabi/Poet/1971), Abbas Sarang (Jacobabad/Writer/1972), Rukhsana Pirzado (Nandhi Sita/Writer/1975),

DEATH DATES Shaikh Essa Sindhi (Burhanpur/Religious Scholar/1622), Chhato Fakir Sangi (Folklore Poet/1892), Mir Ghous Bux Bezinjo (Politician/1989), Aseer Malah (Poet/2009).

EVENTS 1848: Sindh Commissioner directs all Collectors of districts to furnish his office information about Antiquities and ancient of their respective districts.(Source: Circular letter No.2199). 1939: The Daily Al-Wahid of Karachi in course of its editorial deplores the policy of Jamiat-i-Ulema Sindh regarding agitation for restoration of the Masjid Manzilgah. This may kindly be noted that Moulana Muhammad Sadik of Khada and Hakim Fatih Muhammad Sehwani were not in favour of agitation and wanted to resolve the issue through deliberations and politically. However, they were demanding the restoration of Mosque as and like other Muslims. 1943: K.B.Muhammad Ayub Khuhro presides over Muslim League Conference at Matiari (Source: ‘Source-Material on Sindh Muslim League’, compiled by Gul Hayat Institute). 1946: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress President is invited by the Viceroy to form an interim Government at the Center. Criticizing the Congress Committee’s resolution, M.A.Jinnah says that the resolution of the 10th August is only a repeatation of the Congress stand taken by them from the very beginning only put in a different language and phraseology. (Source: The Indian Annual Register, Vol-11, 1946). 1948: Several followers of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan are killed in firing by police in Bhabhra on orders of the NWFP Chief Minister Khan Abdul Qayoon Khan. (Source: Newspapers). 1960: The First Housing Census of Pakistan starts (Source: Newspapers). 1965: China offers 30,000 tons of steel, 1,00,000 tons of coal and 15,000 tons of cement to Pakistan (Source: Newspapers). 1969: Pakistan Democratic Movement is dissolved. (Source: ibd). 1990: People’s Work Program is disbanding. Government charges PPP regime for giving their henchmen billion of rupees. (Source: Newspapers) 1991: APC attended by 23 opposition groups demands immediate fresh, free and fair election under a caretaker Government of national consensus. (Source: ibid)