Sindh History (15th November)

 

SINDH IN HISTORY TODAY (15th NOVEMBER)

15th November

BIRTH DATES

Moulana Abdul Rahman Memom (Religious Scholar/birth 15th November 1881),

Moulchand Thakur (Writer/ birth 15th November 1899)

Hakim Atta Muhammad Bhatti (Sukkur/ Journalist & Freedom Fighter/ birth 15th November 1908),

Naraindas Bhambhani (Writer & Politician/ birth 15th November 1912),

D.K.Musharamani (Rohri > Ahmadabad/Scholar/ birth 15th November 1920),

Moulana Sultan Ahmed Sethar (Mureed Sethar/Religious Scholar/ birth 15th November 1934),

Manohar Chagh (Shikarpur > Mumbai/Stage Director & Actor/ birth 15th November 1936)

Verho “Rafiq” ( Sukkur > Ahmadabad/Poet/1941)

Laldin “ Bismil” (Poet/ birth 15th November 1945

Dr. Muhammad Ismail Rind (Kari Bhar/ Agricultural scientist/ birth 15th November 1953),

Azad Qazi (Qazi Dara/ Writer/ birth 15th November 1956)

Anjum Soomro (Poet/ birth 15th November 1957)

Zulf Pirzado (Balhreji/Journalist/ birth 15th November 1960),

Dr. Raza Muhammad Jikhio ( Konkar/Social Worker/ birth 15th November 1960)

Agha Saeed (Shikarpur/Artist/ birth 15th November 1963)

Dilawar Chandio (Fareed Khan Chandio/Journalist/ birth 15th November 1963),

Ghulam Hyder “Ghayal” (Bachal Laghari/Poet).

EVENTS

1838: Captain Burns, assigned duty to negotiate with Khairpur Ruler, is directed by his Government of India that the task of finalizing treaty with ruler be taken with seriousness, but with utmost care. It must be avoided to call up him to contribute any some for maintenance of subsidiary force and make him believe that Bukhar fort is required to be used by the Government of India as a depot for treasure only.

1932: Second Sindh Azad conference is held at Hyderabad. It is a big show of political strength of Sindh Muslim politicians to popularize the case of the separation of Sindh from Bombay Presidency and for this purpose a religious scholar from Punjab is brought to preside over the conference. On this occasion a political party is also formed with Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto as its president.

1936: Jamshed Mehta presides over the Hari Conference at Tando Jam. The Sindh Congress is cooperating with Hari leaders and activists also. Jeramdas Doulatram, Prof. Ghanshyamdas, Naraindas Anand, Santdas Mangharam; Shaikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi; Comrade Abdul Qadir Khokhar; Dr. Chamandas; Jethmal Parsram; Gopaldas; Haji Jamal –u- ddin attend this conference .

1947: An Inter – Dominon Minority Board is set up by India and Pakistan so as to protect the interests and rights of the minorities.

1951: Khowaja Nazimuddin replaces Nawabzado Liaquat Ali Khan as the president of Pakistan Muslim League.

1953: The constitution of Pakistan is medieval and totally opposed to democratic conceptions, says Indian Prime Minister Nehru.

1961: The U.N.O general Assembly adopts resolution moved by Pakistan asking the French Government to recognize the political status of Algerian prisoners in France.

1968: Lawyers and students take out separate processions in Karachi, Multan; Lahore and Rawalpindi. Most of them are arrested for violating Section 144.

1981: Atmosphere in the country is not congenial for holding elections. Restrictions on political activities will continue in order to restore the situation to normalcy, says Gen. Zia.