Sindh History (21st January)

 

SINDH IN HISTORY TODAY (21st JANUARY)

21st January

BIRTH DATES

Karamchand Higorani (Educationist & Writer/ birth 21st January 1885),

Allah Bux ‘Sarshar’ Uqeli (Thatto/Dy.Collector & Poet/ birth 21st January 1907),

Haji Ghulam Nabi (Muhammadpur/Poet/ birth 21st January 1928),

Abdul Ghafoor Sindhi Alasti (Writer/ birth 21st January 1931),

Muhammad Qasim Soomro (Writer/ birth 21st January 1938),

Qamar Bhatti (Faiz Muhammad Khokhar/Nationalist/ birth 21st January 1957),

Amir –u- Nisa Magsi (Gul Muhammad Magsi/Writer/ birth 21st January 1961),

Gulshan Lashari (Phulpota/Folklore Poet/ birth 21st January 1962),

Ashraf Jarwar (Sahib Khan Jarwar/Journalist/ birth 21st January 1964),

Paromal Premi (Mirpurkhas/Writer/ birth 21st January 1971).

DEATH DATES

Hafiz Muhammad Sidiq Bharchondi (Bharchondi/Saint/ death 21th January 1891),

Hemoon Kalani (Sukkur/Freedom Fighter/ death 21th January 1943),

Comrade Abdul Qadir Khokhar (Politician & Hari leader/ death 21th January 1956),

Ghalib Malkani (Malkani/Poet/ death 21th January 2008).

EVENTS

1832: Mir Murad Ali Khan Talpur is dead and claims of several rival candidates for Masnad are emerging. Syed zainuddin is apprising Colonel Pottenger of day to day development and Pottenger is informing his Government accordingly. He is advised to keep the eye, but remain away from all candidates.

1858: Regular Educational Inspector is still not appointed in Sindh. Therefore task is given to the Assistant Commissioner for Jageers. Today, he requests Collectors to supply him with a statement of receipts on account of School & Road Fund, as he can move plan for the maintenance of schools.

1946: Election results of the Sindh Legislative Assembly are announced. Party Position emerged as : Muslim League (27), Congress (21), G.M.Syed Group (4), Nationalist Muslims (4), Europeans (3) and Labour (1).

1952: The Neo Dastur Party of Tunisia appeals Pakistan to intervene in the crisis between Tunisia & France.

1953: Ulema Committee expresses dissatisfaction with the Constitutional proposals.

1969: Five persons receive bullet injuries in Dhaka and six in Rawalpindi, during demonstration against Government.

1973: NAP accepts PPP’s offer of talks on Constitution making.

1978: CMLA remits sentence awarded by a military court to the editor and photographer of the Sun, Lahore.

1992: ‘If the Kalabagh Dam is constructed, we will blast it with bomb’, say Wali Khan while addressing public meeting on the eve of 5th death anniversary of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.

1994: ‘I am the Chairperson of the Party’, says ousted chairperson Begum Nusrat Bhutto. The House is divided and will be ruled and ruined very soon.