Sindh History (22nd December)

 

SINDH IN HISTORY TODAY (22nd DECEMBER)

22nd December

BIRTH DATES

1. Muzafar Hussain 'Josh' (Khairpur/Poet/ birth 22nd December 1920),

2. Abdul Aziz Chandio (Haji Hamzo/Folklore Poet/ birth 22nd December 1947),

3. Allah Rakhio Mugheri (Noor Muhammad Mugheri/Folklore Poet/ birth 22nd December 1949),

4. Syed Qutub Shah (Jacobabad/Journalist/ birth 22nd December 1958)

DEATH DATES

1. Syed Qutub Ali Shah Jahanyan (Saint/ death 22nd December 1910),

2. Moulvi Mian Ahmad Pirzado (Mad Pirzada/Religious Scholar/ death 22nd December 1988)

EVENTS

1839: Govt. decides to withdraw police posts from Upper Frontier and replace them with Baloch Horse (military) so as to check and curb activities of some tribes belonging to Baluchistan.

1847: The Collector of Shikarpur recommends Sindh Govt. that Jani Beg Jakhrani be settled at Jani Dero and Dara Khan Jakhrani, Jamal Khan Domki, Sultan Khan, Toork Ali his grandson Bural Jakhrani already settled at Jani Dero be granted Jageer. This is to be noted that one of them - Darya Khan Jakhrani later on in 1857 fought against the Govt. and was sent to Andman. He was earliest Freedom Fighter from Upper Sindh.

1848: Jam of Jokhias is given contract to carry Dawk between Karachi and Hyderabad and number of runners is increased to convey mails between Karachi to Multan via Rohri.

1856: Sindh Commissioner is asked by the Bombay Govt. to give more importance to the bridge over Indus between Sukkur and Rohri.

1952: The Basic Principles Committee Report is presented to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. It envisages a democratic Federal state with a popularly elected party. Parity is accorded to East and West in both Houses and weightage to smaller province is ensured.

1962: The first ever off - shore oil exploration in a six thousand square miles of the Indus delta area begins.

1993: Pakistan offers an additional 1,500 troops to the U.N.O peace - Keeping force for Somalia.