Sindhis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who speak the Sindhi language and are native to the Sindh province of Pakistan. The historical homeland of Sindhis is bordered by the southeastern part of Balochistan, the Bahawalpur region of Punjab and the Kutch region of Gujarat. Having been isolated throughout history, unlike its neighbours, Sindhi culture has preserved its own uniqueness.
Dadu, is a city and the capital of Dadu District located in Sindh, Pakistan. The city is located on the western bank of River Indus and is administratively subdivided into three Union councils.
Pir Ilahi Bux or Pir Ilahi Buksh was a Pakistani politician and activist who was a prominent member of the Pakistan Movement and who served as the Chief Minister of Sindh from 1948 to 1949.
Sindhi literature is the collection of oral and written literature in the Sindhi language in prose and poetry. The Sindhi language of the province of Sindh in Pakistan is considered one of the oldest languages of ancient India, and influenced the language of Indus Valley inhabitants. Sindhi literature has developed over a thousand years.
Nabi Bakhsh Khan Baloch was a Baloch research scholar, historian, sindhologist, educationist, linguist and writer. He predominantly wrote in Sindhi, but sometimes in Urdu, English, Persian and Arabic. He has been described as the "moving library" of the Pakistani province of Sindh.
Rasool Bux Palijo was a Pakistani leftist, Marxist leader, scholar and writer. He was a leading human-rights lawyer and the leader and founder of Awami Tahreek, a progressive and leftist party.
Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo was a Pakistani teacher, writer, scholar and Sindhi nationalist.
Sindhi Adabi Board is a government sponsored institution in Pakistan for the promotion of Sindhi literature. It was established in 1955 in Jamshoro, Sindh. It is under the Education Department of the Government of Sindh.
Allah Bux Muhammad Umar Soomro, or Allah Baksh Soomro, was a zamindar, government contractor, Indian independence activist and politician from the province of Sindh in colonial India. He is considered to be amongst the best premiers of the province, known for promoting Hindu-Muslim unity and campaigning for an independent, united India. He was referred to as Shaheed or "martyr".
Hyder Bux Jatoi, 7 October 1901 – 21 May 1970) was a revolutionary, leftist, peasant leader in Sindh, Pakistan. He is known as "Baba-e-Sindh". He was also a Sindhi writer and poet. He was for many years the president of the Sindh Hari Committee, a constituent member of the National Awami Party.
Pir Ilahi Buksh Colony or Pir Elahi Bux Colony or PIB Colony is a neighborhood in the Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan. It was previously administered as part of the Gulshan Town borough, which was disbanded in 2011. Pir Ilahi Buksh Colony was named after Pir Ilahi Bux a prominent member of Pakistan Movement and Chief Minister of Sindh.
Faqir Qadir Bux Bedil (1814–1873) better known by his pen name Bedil was a Sufi poet and scholar of great stature. After Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai and Sachal Sarmast, two stars that shone on the firmament of Sindhi poetry and who could measure up to them in excellence were the father and son – Bedil and Bekas. They wrote poetry in Saraiki Sindhi and Persian.
Haji Amir Bux Junejo was a Pakistani politician who was elected four times member in Provisional Assembly, Sindh. He was famously known as "Otaqi Wadero" of Sindh whose guest house was open to all and sundry where they were fed round the clock.
Sajjad Shar, is the current Secretary General of banned Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz; A political organization working for freedom of Sindhudesh from Pakistan and was first president of JSMM's student wing Jeay Sindh Students' Federation (JSSF) & was former youngest president of Jeay Sindh Qoumi Mahaz's student wing. currently state had nominated him in several cases of treason and he is one of the underground leader of JSMM.he is now in england reason of BAGHi.
Ustad Bukhari Urdu born on 16 January 1930 and died on 9 October 1992 in Karachi was a prominent progressive Sindhi-language poet of Sindh, Pakistan. His creative contributions in the field of poetry changed the thoughts of millions of people and he got familiarity in whole Sindh and abroad. He was well known as poet of people and undoubtedly, he was, because he expressed his emotions in the language of common people. The Institute of Sindhology has opened a corner in its museum in his memory and honour.
Mumtaz Mirza Mumtaz Mirza was an expert in Sindhi literature, Culture of Sindh, music of Sindh, and a broadcaster of Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation, Pakistan Television Corporation and stage. He died on 6 January 1997.
Tariq Alam Abro was a Sindhi novelist, short story author and playwright. He was born on 10 April 1958, in Qambar, Sindh. According to Rasool Bux Dars, he was one of the three greatest living Sindhi poets at the time of his death. He died on 11 June 2011, due to kidney and liver failures.
Hassan Dars was a poet of the Sindhi language’s modern generation. He was born on 5 September 1966 in Village Hoothee Mashaekh, Tando Allahyar District, Sindh. He died in road accident on 16 June 2011.
Popularly known as Sarmad Sindhi for his work on Sindhi Folk Music was a Sindhi folk singer, songwriter of Sindhi language. Considered one of the great singers of Golden era of Sindhi literature and Sindhi music
