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The Federal Advisory Board was created in 1940 to fill the need for an organisation which could initiate, supervise and promote the publication of material in Sindhi language. In 1950, a more powerful executive committee was constituted, and in March 1955 the Sindhi Adabi Board was brought into being. [citation needed]
The British conquest of Sindh was a successful British military campaign and conquest of Sindh into the British India from the rule of the Talpurs.The East India Company, supported by the British Army and Royal Navy, in India oversaw the campaign between February and March of 1843—two major battles were fought namely Battle of Hyderabad and Battle of Miani.
Sindh came to be at the forefront of the Khilafat Movement. [109] Although Sindh had a cleaner record of communal harmony than other parts of India, the province's Muslim elite and emerging Muslim middle class demanded separation of Sindh from Bombay Presidency as a safeguard for their own interests.
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Chach Nama (Sindhi: چچ نامو; Urdu: چچ نامہ; "Story of the Chach"), also known as the Fateh nama Sindh (Sindhi: فتح نامه سنڌ; "Story of the Conquest of Sindh"), and as Tareekh al-Hind wa a's-Sind (Arabic: تاريخ الهند والسند; "History of Hind and Sind"), is one of the historical sources for the history of Sindh.
During the caliphate of Ali, many Hindus of Sindh had come under the influence of Shi'ism [35] and some even participated in the Battle of Camel and died fighting for Ali. [32] Under the Umayyads (661–750 AD), many Shias sought asylum in the region of Sindh, to live in relative peace in the remote area. Ziyad Hindi was one of those refugees.
Raja Dahir of Sindh had refused to return Arab rebels from Sindh [6] [7] and Meds and others. [8] Med pirates shipping from their bases at Kutch , Debal and Kathiawar [ 8 ] during one of their raids had kidnapped Muslim women traveling from Sri Lanka to Arabia , thus providing a casus belli [ 8 ] [ 9 ] against Sindhi King Dahir . [ 10 ]
On 14 August 1947, Pakistan was created out of the Muslim majority provinces of British India, Sindh, the western parts of Punjab, Balochistan and the North West Frontier Province, and in the eastern parts of Bengal. Communal violence broke out and millions of people were forced to flee their homes and many died.