Re: ‘All Sindh residents should write Sindhi in language column of census form’
Yes. Though Hindus dominated being highly educated and rich people. Not only Karachi but for whole of Sindh. Sindh was than most peaceful and most prosperous province of India. Karachi then was the most cleaned city better than the most cities of developed countries now.
Sindhi (سِنڌِي, Sindhī, [sɪndʱiː])[d] is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is primarily spoken by the Sindhi people native to the Pakistani province of Sindh, where the language has official status. It constitutes the mother tongue of over 34 million people in Pakistan, primarily concentrated in Sindh; with historic communities in neighbouring Balochistan as well. It is also spoken by 1.7 million people in India, mostly by the Wi...
When Sindh was occupied by British army and was annexed with Bombay, governor of the province Sir George Clerk ordered to make Sindhi the official language in the province in 1848. Sir Bartle Frere, the then commissioner of Sindh, issued orders on August 29, 1857 advising civil servants in Sindh to qualify examination in Sindhi. He also ordered Sindhi to be used in all official communication. Seven-grade education system commonly known as Sindhi-Final was introduced in Sindh. Sindhi Final was made a prerequisite for employment in revenue, police and education departments.
Sindhi was the first language of subcontinent in translation of Holy Qura’an.
Sindhi (سِنڌِي, Sindhī, [sɪndʱiː])[d] is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is primarily spoken by the Sindhi people native to the Pakistani province of Sindh, where the language has official status. It constitutes the mother tongue of over 34 million people in Pakistan, primarily concentrated in Sindh; with historic communities in neighbouring Balochistan as well. It is also spoken by 1.7 million people in India, mostly by the Wi...