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Shikarpur district
is a district in
Sindh province in
Pakistan with
capital Shikarpur.
It is spread over
2841 sq.km. with a
population of
880,438 of which
23.51% were urban in
1998.
Administrative
strata
Shikarpur district
in Sindh is divided
into 4
administrative
strata (taluka/tehsils),
namely: Shikarpur
city, Lakhi, Khan
Pur and Garhi Yaseen.
Chak, a town in
taluka Lakhi, has an
important place in
the district
politically,
socially and
economically besides
the main Shikarpur
city.
History
Sindh was divided
into provinces and
was assigned a
Zamindar's to
collect taxes for
British, Zamindar's
were also known as 'Wadara'.Wadara
of "Shikarpur" was
Lord Wadra
Bhagwandas Golani
(1861 - 1931) a
merchant born in the
royal family of the
Golani's . After his
death in his eldest
son Shobraj
Bhagwandas Golani
(1885 - 1978) took
over as the Landlord
of Shikarpur, Digri,
Jamrao, Kachhelo,
Tando Jan Mohammed,
Ratnabad, Roshanabad
and Khayrpur.
Shobraj Bhagwandas
Golani was also
invited to Great
Britain by the King
along with all the
Nawab's and Rajah's
of India in 1901 to
discuss the
participation of
their respective
provinces in
Expansion of British
Empire in Middle
East. Shobraj along
with his eldest son
Shri Hashmatrai S
Golani (1918 - 1979)
moved to Bombay in
1948 after Partition
of India and
Pakistan. Sindh was
later made part of
British India's
Bombay Presidency,
and became a
separate province in
1935. |
