Shikarpur District

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Shikarpur district (Urdu: شڪارپور ) is a district in Sindh province in Pakistan with capital Shikarpur. It is spread over 2841 sq.km. with a population of 880,437 of which 23.5% were urban in 1998. [1]

1 Administrative strata
2 History
3 See also
4 External link

[edit] Administrative strata

Shikarpur district in Sindh is divided into 4 administrative strata (taluka/tehsils), namely: Shikarpur city, Lakhi, Khan Pur and Garhi Yaseen. Chak, a town in taluka Lakhi, has an important place in the district politically, socially and economically besides the main Shikarpur city.

[edit] History

Sindh was divided into provinces and was assigned a Zamindar's to collect taxes for British, Zamindar's were also known as 'Wadara'.Wadara of "Shikarpur" was Lord Wadra Bhagwandas Golani (1861 - 1931) a merchant born in the royal family of the Golani's . After his death in his eldest son Shobraj Bhagwandas Golani (1885 - 1978) took over as the Landlord of Shikarpur, Digri, Jamrao, Kachhelo, Tando Jan Mohammed, Ratnabad, Roshanabad and Khayrpur. Shobraj Bhagwandas Golani was also invited to Great Britain by the King along with all the Nawab's and Rajah's of India in 1900 to discuss the participation of their respective provinces in Expansion of British Empire in Middle East. Shobraj along with his eldest son Shri Hashmatrai S Golani (1918 - 1979) moved to Bombay in 1948 after Partition of India and Pakistan. Sindh was later made part of British India's Bombay Presidency, and became a separate province in 1935.