Sindh History (31st August)

SINDH IN HISTORY TODAY (31st AUGUST)

31st August

BIRTH DATES

Mir Ali Ahmad Talpur (Hyderabad/Freedom Fighter & Minister in Zia’s Government/1915),

Lok Notani (Bhirya > Baroda/Writer/1920).

DEATH DATES

Moulvi Abdul Qadir Chachar (Religious Scholar/1909),

Haji Pir Shah (Sakrand/Saint/1940),

Moulvi Abdul Ghafoor Mahar (Religious Scholar/1943),

Ramchand Bhorani (Freedom Fighter & Journalist/1971).

EVENTS

1939: Colonel Pottenger advises his Government for concentration of force at Sukkur. (Source: Letter No.635-A).

1844: The Sindh Governor asks the Government of India for permission to open a school at Hyderabad for teaching the English language to the children of Baloch chiefs. He request for approving annual grant of Rs.3,000 for the same purpose. (Sindh Governor’s letter No 213).

1920: Posters and Banners are visible on main spots of big cities. Sindh Khilafat has given call for strike on 1st August. Sindhi Muslims are advised to took part in the strike and prove wort as Muslim and lover of the Motherland. (Poster published by Sindh Khilafat).

1946: Liaquat Ali Khan, in statement asked Muslims throughout the India to observe ‘Black Day’ by hoisting black flags on houses and places of business on September 2, to register the Muslims’ silent contempt at the installation in office the Hindu Congress. (Source: The Indian Annual Register, Vol-11, 1946)

1947: Boundary Award is unjustified and has been imposed upon us, says the Governor-General of Pakistan (Source: Newspapers).

1949: The First ever Convocation of Sindh University is held. The Prime Minister of Pakistan presides over. (Source: ibid).

1972: We are ready to sit on opposition benches, if Mujeeb is ready to make modifications in his 6-points, says Z.A.Bhutto, Chairman of the PPP. (Source: ‘Source-Material on Bhutto family’, compiled by Gul Hayat Institute).

1991: Benazir Bhutto meets Chief of Army Staff Asif Nawaz Junjua. (Source: ibid).