Sind province (1936–1955)

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Original provinces Baluchistan East Bengal Federal Capital Territory NWFP Sind West Punjab Princely states Baluchistan States Union Amb Bahawalpur Chitral Dir Hunza Kalat Khairpur Kharan Las Bela Makran Nagar Phulra Swat Minor states Jhalawan Phulra Sarawan One-unit provinces East Pakistan West Pakistan Other subdivisions Gilgit Agency    Trans-Karakoram Tract Marri-Bugti Country Divisions of Pakistan

Sind

Capital Karachi, Hyderabad Area 123,080 km² Languages Sindhi Established  1st April 1936 Abolished 14th October 1955

Government of Sindh

Sind is a former province of British India from 1936 to 1947 and Pakistan from 1947 to 1955.

[edit] Area and Capital

Under the British, it comprised of the current territorial limits excluding the princely state of Khairpur. The capital remained at Karachi.

After Pakistan's creation, the province lost the city of Karachi, as it became the capital of the newly created country.

[edit] Location

The province was bordered by the Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan to south and east, the princely states of Bahawalpur and Khairpur to the northeast and Karachi and the princely states of Kalat and Las Bela to the west. On the southwest lay the Arabian Sea but the coast was mostly composed of the Indus delta.

[edit] History

[edit] 1936-1947

On 1936-04-01 the Sind Division of Bombay Presidency reverted back to being a province.

[edit] 1947-1955

The Partition of India in 1947 led to the province of Sind becoming part of Pakistan. The province was merged into the province of West Pakistan in 1955 under the One Unit policy announced by Prime Minister Chaudhry Mohammad Ali.

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[edit] Demographics

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At Partition there was a Muslim majority in Sind but with significant minorities of Hindus who were forced to leave for India, after continued massacre jointly by large numbers of muslim immigrants who spoke Urdu and military of Pakistan. The official language of Sind was Sindhi (and only Sindhi), but later, the military govt. of Pakistan closed down Sindhi schools in big cities of Sindh and replaced those with Urdu schools. Later, with the verbal orders of the military rulers, compulsory exam of written and spoken Sindhi was discontinued that was obligatory to get through for public service in Sind.

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[edit] Government

The offices of Governor of Sind and Chief Minister of Sind were established in 1936 when Sind became a province. This system would continue until 1955 when Sind was dissolved.

[edit] See also

• Sindh
• Khairpur
• Karachi

[edit] References