Nawabshah District

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Nawabshah District (or Nawab Shah) is one of the districts in the province of Sindh, Pakistan, named after Syed Nawab Shah. The Syed family is a political power In Nawabshah politics. The airport of Nawabshah one of the largest runways in Pakistan. The climate is dry and hot but sometimes reaches to 0 degrees Celsius in winter. The district had a population of 1,071,533 of which 25.56% were urban in 1998. [1]

After 1853's invasion of General Charles Napier, Sindh was divided into provinces and was assigned to Zamindars (or landlords) to collect taxes for British. Zamindars are also known as 'Waderas'. The wadera of "Shikarpur" was Lord Wadera 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 nawabs and rajahs of India in 1901 to discuss the participation of their respective provinces in expansion of British Empire in Middle East. Sindh was later made part of British India's Bombay Presidency and became a separate province in 1935. After partition of Indian subcontinent into India and Pakistan, Shobraj along with his eldest son Shri Hashmatrai S Golani (1918–1979) moved to Bombay in 1948.

Nawabshah (Urdu: نوابشاہ) city (established in 1912) is located in the centre of Sindh, Pakistan, and is therefore often known as the Heart of Sindh.

Administrative Divisions of Sindh
Capital	Karachi
Districts	Badin | Dadu | Ghutki | Jacobabad | Jamshoro | Hyderabad | Karachi | Kashmor | Khairpur | Larkano | Matyari | Mirpurkhas | Nawabshah | Noushehro Feroz | Qamber Shahdakot | Sanghar | Shikarpur | Sukkur | Tando Allah Yaar | Tando Muhammad Khan | Tharparker | Thatto | Umerkot