Sanghar District

Sanghar District
ضلعو سانگھڙ
District

Sanghar is located in the centre of Sindh.
Country Pakistan
Province Sindh
Headquarters Sanghar
Population (2015)
 • Total 2,988,210[1]
Time zone PST (UTC+5)
Number of Tehsils 6 Khipro, Niabad, Tando Adam, Sinjhoro, Shahdadpur, Sanghar.
Website www.sanghar.gov.pk

Sanghar District (Sindhi: ضلعو سانگھڙ‎ : Urdu: ضلع سانگھڑ‎) is one of the largest districts of Sindh province, Pakistan. It has an area of 9874 square kilometres. It is located in the centre of Sindh and is bounded to the east by India. The district capital, |Sanghar, is itself a small city roughly 35 miles (56 km) east-south-east of the city of |Nawabshah and the same distance north of |Mirpur Khas. Its primary industry is agriculture. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the district had a population of 1,453,028, of which 22.13% were located urban areas.[2]

The following cities are located in Sanghar District: Sanghar, Tando Adam, Jam Nawaz Ali, Shahdadpur, Shahpur Chakar, Sinjhoro, Jhol, among others.

sanghar district is also known as the district of hur mujhaid they are follower of muslim saint Syed Shah Mardan Shah-II

They also fought against british government under the command of pir syed sibghatullah shah rashdi also known as سورهيه بادشاه.

Administrative divisions

The district of Sanghar is administratively subdivided into 6 talukas:[3]

History

The town of Sanghar, the district headquarters, was formerly a small village that has been populated since the 18th century. It was named after a pious fisher-woman, Mai Singhar; for more than a century, it remained a small village with a population of few hundreds.

After the 1853 invasion by Charles Napier, Sindh was divided into provinces and was assigned zamindars, also known as "Wadera", to collect taxes for the British. Sindh was later made part of British India's Bombay Presidency, and became a separate province in 1935. During this period Sanghar obtained the status of Taluka, an administrative subdivision, and was alternatively included in districts of Nawabshah and Tharparkar. In 1954 it was given the status of District-Headquarters.

The people of the district, specifically the Hurs, played a vital role in independence of Pakistan. The Hurs were an organised military rebel group led by Pir Syed Sabghatullah Shah Pagaro Shaheed, popularly known as Pir Pagara, that sought independence from the British Raj. They fought a guerrilla warfare campaign against the British military, and were always a thorn in the side of British Raj. It has been said that this warfare was one of the major nails in the coffin of British Raj in India.

According to legend, the bodies of Sohni Mahiwal, the titular heroes of one of the four popular tragic romances of Sindh, were recovered from the Indus River near Shahdadpur city and are buried there. The Tomb of Sohni is situated in Shahdadpur, which is 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Sanghar and 75 kilometres (47 mi) from Hyderabad.

Places

The Hameer Faqeer Dargah is Situated In Khadro Sindh.In Sanghar District also.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sindh population surges by 81.5 pc, households by 83.9 pc". Thenews.com.pk. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
  2. ↑ Urban Resource Centre (1998 Census Figures)
  3. ↑ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT - Sanghar

Coordinates: 26°00′N 69°15′E / 26.000°N 69.250°E / 26.000; 69.250

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