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 880,438 of which 23.51% were urban in 1998. [1]
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[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,Beechangi a town in taluka Lakhi, has an important place in the district politically, socially and economically besides the main Shikarpur city.
[edit] The Golani Family
After 1853 Sindh was divided into provinces, each of them being assigned a Zamindar to collect taxes for British. In Sindh, Zamindars were also known as 'Wadara' or Landlord.
The Wadara of Shikarpur was Bhagwandas Golani (1841 - 1899), a merchant born of the royal family of the Golanis . After his death, his eldest son Shobraj Bhagwandas Golani (1878 - 1919) took over as the Wadara of Shikarpur, Digri, Jamrao, Kachhelo, Tando Jan Mohammed, Ratnabad, Roshanabad and Khayrpur.
In 1901 Shobraj Bhagwandas Golani was invited to Great Britain by the newly-enthroned King Edward VII, along with all the Nawabs and Rajahs of India to discuss the participation of their respective provinces in the Expansion of the British Empire in the Middle East.
Shobraj along with his eldest son Shri Hashmatrai S. Golani (1918 - 1979) moved to Bombay in 1948 after the Partition of India.
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| Administrative Divisions of Sindh |  |
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| 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 |
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