Hyderabad is a city and capital of Hyderabad Division in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the second-largest city in Sindh and 8th largest in Pakistan. Founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro of the Kalhora Dynasty, Hyderabad served as a provincial capital until the British transferred the capital to Bombay presidency in 1847. It is about 150 kilometres (93 mi) inland of Karachi, the largest city of Pakistan to which it is connected by a direct railway and motorway.
Sindhis are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group who speak the Sindhi language and are native to the Sindh region in Pakistan, located along the lower course of the Indus River as it flows on its journey from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea. Modern Sindhis are descendants of the many peoples who have settled in the area from earliest times. After the partition of India in 1947, most Sindhi Hindus and Sindhi Sikhs migrated to the newly independent Dominion of India and other parts of the world. Today, ethnic Sindhis are found predominantly in Pakistan while a minority resides in India. Many Sindhis including Balochi Sindhis are a Iranian ethnic group.
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.
Nabi Bakhsh Khan Baloch was a research scholar and writer. He was termed as a 'moving library' on the province of Sindh, Pakistan.
Pramathalal Sen was a philosopher of Keshub Chunder Sen’s New Dispensation, who along with Benoyendranath Sen and Mohit Chandra Sen, devoted himself to update the organisation and doctrine of the new religious congregation and improve relations with other Brahmo groups.
Imdad Ali Imam Ali Kazi, also known as Imdad Ali Kazi, the son of Kazi Imam Ali Ansari, 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 and history. Along with his wife Elsa, he wrote a book on comparative religion, The Adventures of the Brown Girl in her Search for God, which was published by Arthur H Stockwell Ltd., England, in 1933. They also worked on a translation of the verses of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai.
Adipur is a town in Kutch District in the state of Gujarat, India. The town is situated approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) from Gandhidham.
Dr Fahmida Hussain was born in a literary family on July 5, 1948 in Tando Jam in district Hyderabad Sindh, Pakistan. Her father Mohammad Yakoon "Niaz" was also a scholar who had translated poetry of Hafiz Shirazi from Persian to Sindhi language. Her brother Sirajul Haq Memon was also a well-known author and researcher. She is a well-known author, scholar, linguist and intellectual of Pakistan. Her fields of work have been: Literature, Linguistics, Woman studies and Anthropology. Her specialization is in the study of the great classical mystic poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai. Dr Fahmida was the Chairperson of Sindhi Language Authority from May 2008 to March 2015. Before that she had served as Director of Shah Abdul Latif Chair, University of Karachi for ten years. Prior to that she had also served as Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Sindhi in the same university. Dr Fahmida Hussain is a prolific writer who has more than 15 books to her credit along with several research articles on the subjects of Literary Criticism, Linguistics with special reference to different aspects of Sindhi language, poetry of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai and gender issues. She started writing short stories and poetry from a very young age and has to her credit one book of short stories as well. She has been writing columns, articles and critiques in various newspapers and magazines from the last 40 years. She is married to Abdul Hussain and they have 3 children. Dr Sunita Hussain, Aruna Hussain and a son Shahmir Hussain.
Muhammad Usman Diplai, popularly known as Diplai, was a figure of Sindhi literature and journalism. He was awarded Pride of Performance for his works by President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf on 23 March 2004.
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 Sindhi: साधू थांवरदास लीलाराम वास्वाणीSādhū Thāṃvaradās Līlārām Vāsvāṇī Sadhu T. L. 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.
Ghulam Rabbani Agro is a prominent name of Sindhi literature. He is the pioneer of revised-era of Sindhi short story in post-partition era. His literary career though started with Sindhi short story took many turns whereby he contributed a number of literary and scholarly articles on varied topics including history of Sindhi language, culture, religion, biographies of prominent personalities, and many more.
Dayaram Gidumal Shahani or Rishi Dayaram, was a social reformer, judge, poet, and scholar in British India.
Zeenat Abdullah Channa was an educationist and writer of Sehwan, Sindh, Pakistan. She was one of the first female writers who wrote Sindhi stories after the partition of India in 1947. She served as an editor of Monthly Magazine Marvi. She motivated parents of rural Sindh to educate their girls. She was a teacher and a story writer. She also wrote literary articles.
Khan Bahadur Muhammad Siddique Memon was an educationist, writer and social leader of Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. He established "Madrasatul Banat" the first school of Sindhi Muslim girls in Hyderabad. He was founder of Sindhi Muslim Literary Society and Sindhi Muslim Printing Press. He authored more than 15 books including some text books. He served as Principal of Training College for Men, Hyderabad from 1940 to 1947. He was bestowed upon with the title of Khan Sahib and Khan Bahadur by the Viceroy of British India.
Bherumal Meharchand Advani was an Indian poet and prose writer who wrote in Sindhi. He was also a scholar, educationist, novelist, linguist and historian who authored more than 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 masterpiece Shakuntala in Sindhi. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award by the Government of India in 1968.
Hotchand Molchand Gurbakhshani was a leading academician, an educationist and scholar who is well known for his annotated translation of the Sufi poetic compendium Shah Jo Risalo. He served as Principal of D.J. Sindh College Karachi. He also served as the first president of Sindh Historical Society.
