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ARTICLES RELATED TO Sindh - After Independence | | | |  Sindh - After Independence: Encyclopedia II - Sindh - History
Sindh - Ancient history.
The first known village settlements date as far back as 7000 BCE. Permanent settlements at Mehrgarh to the west expanded into Sindh. The original inhabitants of ancient Sindh, and other regions of Pakistan, were the aborigine tribes speaking languages related to Munda languages. The Dravidians invaded from the Iranian plateau and settled in the Indus valley around 4000 BCE. The Dravidian culture blossomed over the centuries and gave rise to the Indus Valley Civilization of Pakistan around ...
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| | | | Sindh - After Independence: Encyclopedia II - Sindh - Wildlife Among the wild animals, the Sindh Ibex (Sareh), Wild Sheep (Urial or gadh) and Black Bear are found in the western rocky range, where the Leopard is now rare. The Pirrang (large tiger cat or fishing Cat) of the eastern desert region is also disappearing. Deer occur in the lower rocky plains and in the eastern region, as do the Striped Hyena (Charakh), Jackal, Fox, Porcupine, common gray Mongoose, and Hedgehog. The Sindhi phekari, Ped Lynx or Ca ...
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| | | | Sindh - After Independence: Encyclopedia II - Sindh - Education Education in the province is quite widespread and the province has a high literacy rate compared to other parts of Pakistan, mainly due to the importance of Karachi as it attracts Pakistan's best and brightest. The Aga Khan University, University of Karachi, Sindh University, IBA, Dow University of Health Sciences, Chandka Medical College and Indus Valley Institute of Art and Architecture are world renowned academic institutions.
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| | | | Sindh - After Independence: Encyclopedia II - Sindh - Personalities There are many popular figures from Sind. The following is brief list:
Pre-Independence (pre-1947)
Emperor Akbar the Great
Sufi Sahah Innayat (The 1st Socialist Sufi)
Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (the national poet)
Sachal Sarmast (the sufi poet)
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (father of the nation)
Sir S.M.S Agha Khan III
Fatima Jinnah
Post-Independence (post-1947)
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto
Allama I.I.Qazi
G.M.Syed
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| | | | Sindh - After Independence: Encyclopedia II - Sindh - Vegetation Except fot the irrigated Indus Valley, the province is arid and has scant vegetation. The dwarf Palm, Acacia Rupestris (Kher), and Tecoma Undulata (Lohirro) trees are typical of the western hill region. In the central valley, the Acacia Nilotica (Babul) is the most dominant and occurs in thick forests along the Indus banks. The Azadirachta Indica (Neem), Zizyphys vulgaris (Bir), Tamarix Orientalis (Jujuba Lai) and Capparis Aphylla (Kir ...
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| | | | Sindh - After Independence: Encyclopedia II - Sindh - Economy Sindh is the backbone of Pakistan economy as it generates approximately 70% of the total national revenue whereas in return federal government pays back just 23% from financial divisible pool. Sindh government considers that the formula of financial resource distribution i.e NFC award is unjust and solely population denominated.
Sindh is in many ways the main province of economic activity in Pakistan and has a highly diversified economy with heavy industry and finance centered in and around Karachi to a substantial agricultural base a ...
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| | | | Sindh - After Independence: Encyclopedia II - Sindh - Climate A subtropical region, Sindh is hot in the summer and cold in winter. Temperatures frequently rise above 46 celsius (115 fahrenheit ) between May and August, and the minimum average temperature of 2 celsius (36 fahrenheit) occurs during December and January. The annual rainfall averages about seven inches, falling mainly during July and August.The southwesterly monsoon wind begins to blow in mid-February and continues until the end of Semptember, whereas the cool northerly wind blows during te winte ...
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| | | | Sindh - After Independence: Encyclopedia II - Sindh - Demographics and Society The population is approximately 35 million while official source (1998 census) estimated 30.439 million, with over half being urban dwellers, mainly found in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Larkana. A large section of the population speak Sindhi and Urdu languages. Other languages spoken include Siraiki, Balochi, Brohi, Punjabi, Pakhtu, Rajasthani and Gujarati. Urban areas of Sindh are multi-ethnic c ...
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| | | | Sindh - After Independence: Encyclopedia II - Sindh - Geography Sindh is located at the northeastern corner of South Asia just before the Iranian plateau in the west. It is the third largest province geographically. Its size is about 579 km north-south and 442 km (extreme) or 281 km (average) east-west, with an area of 140,915 km². Sindh is bounded by the Thar Desert to the east, the Kirthar Mountains to the west, and the Arabian Sea in the south. In the center is the fertile plain where the Indus river runs through. Largely irrigated, the Indus' devast ...
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