The Hyderabad (Sind) National Collegiate Board or HSNC Board is an Indian non-profit organisation founded in 1922 in the British India province of Sind and moved to Bombay, India after the 1947 Partition. It is one of the oldest educational trusts of India and currently administers 27 institutes under its umbrella including the HSNC University, Mumbai.
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.
Imdad Ali Imam Ali Kazi, also known as Imdad Ali Kazi, was a scholar, philosopher, jurist, and educationist. He is considered to be a founding father of the University of Sindh at its present location at Jamshoro. He published works of Sindhi art, literature, mysticism, education, religion and history.
Dr Fahmida Hussain is a Sindhi author, scholar, linguist and intellectual.
Muhammad Usman Diplai, popularly known as Diplai, was a figure of Sindhi literature and journalism.
Allah Baksh Sarshar 'Uqaili was a Sufi poet from the Sindh province of Pakistan.
Sundri Uttamchandani was a noted Indian writer. She wrote mostly in Sindhi language. She was married to progressive writer A. J. Uttam.
Sindh Sudhar Sindhi: سنڌ سڌ ار, the first publication in Sindhi language was started in 1884. Initially published by Education department of Sindh was taken out later by Sindh Saba. Sadhu Hiranand was its first editor from 1884-87.
Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani was an Indian educationist who started the Mira Movement In Education and set up St. Mira's School in Hyderabad, Sindh, and later moved to Pune after 1949. A museum, Darshan Museum dedicated to his life and teaching was opened in Pune, in 2011.
Sindhi Hindus are Sindhis who follow Hinduism. They are spread across modern-day Sindh, Pakistan, and India. After the partition of India in 1947, many Sindhi Hindus were among those who fled from Pakistan to the dominion of India, in what was a wholesale exchange of Hindu and Muslim populations in some areas. Some later emigrated from the Indian subcontinent and settled in other parts of the world.
Dayaram Gidumal Shahani or Rishi Dayaram, was an Indian social reformer, judge, poet, and scholar. He was known as the godfather of Sindhi Hindus.
Zeenat Abdullah Channah was an educationist and writer from Sehwan, Sindh, Pakistan. She was one of the first female writers to write Sindhi stories after the partition of India in 1947. Zeenat Channah served as the editor of the Monthly Magazine Marvi. She motivated parents in rural Sindh to educate their girls. In addition to being a teacher and a storyteller, she also wrote literary articles.
Bherumal Meharchand Advani was a poet and prose writer who wrote in the Sindhi language. In addition, he was a scholar, educationist, novelist, linguist, and historian, having authored over 40 books.
Kalyan Bulchand Advani was an Indian poet, critic, and scholar of Sindhi literature. He compiled an edition of the Shah Jo Risalo in 1958 and translated Kalidas's work Shakuntala in Sindhi. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award by the Government of India in 1968.
Hotchand Molchand Gurbakhshani was an educationist and scholar, renowned for his annotated translation of the Sufi poetic compendium Shah Jo Risalo. He held the position of Principal at D.J. Sindh College Karachi and served as the first president of the Sindh Historical Society.
Hotchand Gopaldas Advani was an Indian lawyer, educationist, social reformist and a businessman. He was one of the founders of K.C. College, K.C. Law College and Jai Hind Cooperative Bank of India. He served as founding president of Hyderabad (Sindh) National Collegiate Board, and chairman of the Sindhu Resettlement Corporation Gandhidham, India.
Lalchand Amardinomal Jagtiani was a story writer, novelist and essayist healing from Hyderabad, Sindh, British India. Throughout his prolific career, he penned a remarkable total of 62 books, encompassing diverse genres such as one-act plays, short stories, literary criticism, and scholarly articles.
Khushiram Motiram Kundnani, popularly known as Principal K.M. Kundnani, was an eminent educationist of India. Born in Hyderabad, Sindh, he was the founder secretary of the Hyderabad (Sind) National Collegiate Board and founder principal of Kishinchand Chellaram (K.C.) College, Churchgate and R.D. National College & S.W.A. Science College, Bandra.
Jethmal Parsram Gulrajani was a journalist, publisher, and writer from Sindh, British India. He authored 60 books, launched several newspapers and literary magazines, and co-founded the Sindhi Sahtya Society.
