Sindh History (4th February)

 

SINDH IN HISTORY TODAY (4^{th FEBRUARY})

4th February
 BIRTH DATES

1. Pir Bux ‘Farooqi’ (Farooqabad/Poet/ birth 4th February 1897),

2. Dr.Ali Akbar Dhakan (Panhwar/Economist/ birth 4th February 1940),

3.  Akbar Addeb (Writer/ birth 4th February 1946),

4. Hajan ‘Hubdar’ Mahar (Panhwari/Poet/ birth 4th February 1946),

5. Zahid Malah (Poet/ birth 4th February 1949),

6. Ashfaq Ansari (Larkano/Writer/ birth 4th February 1953),

7. Gurdas ‘Ajay’ (Rajkot/Writer/ birth 4th February 1954),

8. Kausar Memon (khairpur/Writer/1956),

9. Muhammad Hussain Suhail (Larkano/Journalist/ birth 4th February 1959),

10. Muhammad Qasim Memon (Writer/ birth 4th February 1959),

11. Gul Hassan Lakho (Haji Ahmad Lakho/Poet/ birth 4th February 1961),

12.  Akhtar Rind (Mir Rind/Poet/ birth 4th February 1966),

13. Nalini Mitho Mahesar (Gahi Mahesar/Poet/1968),

14. Mumtaz Channo(Wad Bhagia/Poet/1973),

15. ‘Bewas’ Riaz Jalbani (Dital Jalbani/Poet/1975),

16. Qurban Khushk (Muhammad Khan Khushk /Journalist/1977),

17. ‘Mazloom’ Mangrio (Muhammad Amin Mangrio/Poet/1977),

18. Abdullah ‘Shuja’ Tigar (Larkano/Poet/1977),

19. Sanaullah ‘Atiq’ Chinjni (Chijni/Poet/1981),

 20. Amar Ayaz Mahar (Sukkur/Poet/1983).

 

 

 

4th February

DEATH DATES

1. Muhammad Faqir Khatyan (Suleman Khatyan/Saint & Poet/ death 4th February 1941),

2. Pir Muhammad ‘Piyasi’ (Mirpur Sakro/Poet/ death 4th February 1982),

3. Mirza Akmal Beg (Hyderabad/Poet/ death 4th February 1982),

4. Jam Sanaullah Mahessar (Rafiq Mahesar/Politician/ death 4th February 2005).

 

 

 

EVENT

 

4th February

1843: sir Charles Napier in his letter, dispatched to Major Outram writes that:’ Sobdar (Mie) has joined the others, (and I have told his Vakeel that) if I found him and his 5,000 men in the field, I would treat them as enemies. He is afraid of the vaunting chiefs prancing round him…. I respect (Mir) Ali Murad, and (Mir) Roostam’s son and nephew, more than the rest,
; they have all taken decided part.’
1927: Shapurji Saklatwalla, the famous Parsi Communist and sitting member of the British House of Commons reaches Karachi from England.
1933: Reviewing the Indian problem, Sir Samuel Hoare says: ‘ We have no intention of abdicating responsibilities and we are certainly shall not report the Irish precedent. While we are prepared to support the cause of Indian Self-Government we are certainly not going to sacrifice British or Imperial interests’.
1934: Bazim-i-Adab, Karachi, organizes poetic sitting at Karachi.
1935: Sir Cowasjee and Diwan Lalchand Nawalrai move their amendments, while participating in debate on the Joint Select Committee’s Report on Indian Constitutional Reforms, in Indian Legislative Assembly. 
1948: In UNO Security Council, USA and Argentina support Pakistan’s demand for a neutral administration and impartial plebiscite in Kashmir. 
1965: All Parties Students’ Action Committee reiterates its stand that province-wise students’ strike will continue till the acceptance of their demands.
1969: West wing of DCA (Opposition parties) in its extraordinary session at Lahore, decides to continue the struggle till the acceptance of their 8-point demand in toto.
1971: PIA to operate inter-wing flights via Sri Lanka due to Indian’s ban on over flights of Pakistan’s aircrafts.
1978: Eighty- Nine references against PPP ex-MNA’s including Begum Nusrat Bhutto are filled in tribunal.
1990: MQM blames PPP Government for Hyderabad riots.
1995: Twenty people die in Karachi.