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Umarkot Fort (Urdu: قِلعہ عُمَرکوٹ; Sindhi: عمر ڪوٽ جو قلعو), also called Amarkot (Urdu: امَرکوٹ), is a fort in Umerkot, Sindh (Sindhi: امرڪوٽ). Emperor Akbar was born in Umarkot Fort when his father Humayun fled from the military defeats at the hands of Sher Shah Suri on 15 October 1542. [ 2 ]
Umerkot and its fort was traded to the British in 1843 by the Maharaja of Jodhpur in return for a Rs.10,000 reduction in the tribute imposed on Jodhpur State. [9] The British appointed Syed Mohammad Ali governor of the province. In 1847, Rana Ratan Singh was hanged at the fort by the British, for killing Syed Mohammad Ali in a tax protest. [10]
Archaeological Museum Umerkot, or Umerkot Museum, is an archaeological museum situated inside the Umerkot Fort which is located in Umerkot District, Sindh Province, Pakistan. It was inaugurated on 24 February 1968, and was relocated to its current building in July 2006. [1] It consists of three galleries and two lobbies. [2]
Umerkot is the only Hindu majority district in Pakistan. Hindus form around 55% and Muslims form around 45% of Umerkot's population. [9] The Umarkot Shiv Mandir in Umerkot is one of the oldest and most sacred Hindu temples in the Sindh. The annual Maha Shivratri celebration of the temple is one of the biggest religious festivals in Pakistan and ...
The Sodhas of Amarkot were a Rajput [2] dynasty who ruled Amarkot, which is now located in the Sindh province of Pakistan.The Sodha Rajput clan are a branch of the Parmar clan of Rajputs, as they are an off-shoot of Parmara Rajputs, who once controlled regions of Malwa and later North-West parts of Rajasthan.
1. Govt. Girls Degree College Umerkot 2. Govt. Mono technic College Umerkot 3. Govt. Girls High School Sadhar Palli 4. Govt. Girls High School Dhoronaro 5. Govt. Middle School Ghulam Nabi Shah 6. Govt. Girls Middle School Bandhio Soomro 7. Govt. Primary School Bhano Ranjit Oad Gharibabad 8. Govt. Primary School Mandhal Lakhmir Oad 9. Govt.
Umerkote, also known as Umarkot and Amarkot, is a town of Nabarangpur district, Odisha, in eastern India.Umerkote is an urban area and the name of a Municipality declared on 3 March 2014 (earlier Notified Area Council) and a Subdivision declared by State Cabinet on 3 November 2015.
Amarkot was the only area with a Hindu majority population of Sodha Rajputs and including the ruling family that acceded to Pakistan. Rana Chandra Singh, a federal minister and the chieftain of the Hindu Sodha Rajput clan and the Amarkot Jagir, was one of the founder members of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Umarkot, seven times with PPP ...