Sindh History (5th January)

 

SINDH IN HISTORY TODAY (5th JANUARY)

5th January

BIRTH DATES

Muhammad Khan ‘Majeedi’ (Poet/ birth 5th January 1918),

Karim Bux ‘Ghayal’ (Naudero/Poet/ birth 5th January 1919),

Abdul Karim Baloch, Maqbool Bhatti (Journalist & Writer/ birth 5th January 1927),

zulfkar Ali Bhutto ( Ex -First civilian Chief Martial law administer, President & Prime Minister/ birth 5 January 1928),

Meval Ahuja (Larkano > Baroda/Writer & Actor/ birth 5 January 1937),

(Karachi/ Artist & writer/ birth 5 January 1939),

Sarang Latifi (Karachi/Poet/ birth 5 January 1942),

Diwan Tilwani (Hyderabad > Ajmir/ Social Worker/ birth 5 January 1944),

Sundar ‘Mujrm’ (Bhirya > Ahmadabad /Poet/ birth 5 January 1945),

Zia _ul_ Haq Mahessar (Rahro/Writer/ birth 5 January 1947),

Khadim Abbasi (Faqir Nanik Yousif/Writer/ birth 5 January 1949),

Mahir –u-Nisa Larik (Bhit Shah/Writer/ birth 5 January 1950),

Abdul Sattar Bhatti (Larkano/ Writer & Social Worker/ birth 5 January 1952),

Hafiz Muhammad Esa Channo (Ibrahim Channo/Writer/ birth 5 January 1962),

Ahmad Solangi (poet/ birth 5 January 1968),

Anwar Ali Dayo (Khairpur/ Social Worker/ birth 5 January 1971),

Roshan Ali Bughio (Mehar/ Writer, social worker & Judge/ birth 5 January 1974),

Manzoor Ujan (Mushtaq Ujan/Poet/ birth 5 January 1975).

Mahboob Janwri (Kandi war/Writer/ birth 5 January 1974),

Sami Paras (Sukkur/Poet/ birth 5 January 1981),

Saba Shah (Poetess/ birth 5 January 1982).

DEATH DATES

Mirza Ghulam Hyder Beg ‘Qambar’ (Hyderabad/Poet/ death 5th January 1921)

EVENTS

1921: The Annual Report of the Sindh Khilafat Committee is published. It carries details about Branches, Political prisoners, Income and Expenditure of party and other subjects.

1922: A public meeting is arranged in Madressah Mahmoodiah of Shikarpur and is presided over by Moulana Taj Mahmood Amroti. The Non - Co - Movement launched against the Govt. remained dominating agenda of the event.

1923: It was difficult to collect and gather hundred people as the pressure of upper class was in the way, but more than three thousand people are attending the Khilafat meeting presided over by Hazarat Amroti. It is advocated in speeches to boycott foreign made goods and face high handedness of the Govt. and its loyal Sindh upper class.

1931: Action against Congress: all night raids, locking of offices and arrests at large scale in Sindh start.

1939: No - Confidence motion against Sindh Premier, K.B. Allah Bux Soomro is moved in Sindh Assembly by G.M.Syed.

1951: General Ayub is appointed Commander - in - Chief of Pakistan Army.

1953: Judgment in the Rawalpindi conspiracy case is announced: Sajjad Zaheer, Faiz Ahmad Faiz are convicted. Ex - Major General Akbar Khan is also declared guilty.

1989: Indian Premier Rajiv Gandhi denies helping Sindh Separatists.

1994: Larkana witnesses bloodshed on the eve of Z.A.Bhutto's death anniversary. One is killed many injured. Mir Murtaza Bhutto and Sister Benazir Bhutto opt for separate political line of action.