History of Sindh

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Re: History of Sindh

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Sindh would have flourished as an independent state allied with India. Instead it became part of the failed experiment i.e. dysfunctional country Pakistan despite the fact that neither the average Sindhi nor Sindhi intelligentsia shared any enthusiasm for Pakistan. Even the legislators in colonial Sindh Assembly where a bill endorsing Pakistan was passed were mostly feudal lords. Wary of liberal leanings of Nehru, they made common cause with UP gentry, Bengali nawabs and Punjabi intellectuals behind the Pakistan movement only because they were apprehensive of losing their vast land holdings under impending land reforms in India.

The person who introduced that bill, however, didn’t hail from feudal background but not long after Pakistan came into being even he became completely disillusioned with Pakistan after witnessing the repression of Sindhi nation, exodus of Sindhi Hindus and the demographic disaster for Sindh that were all unleashed by the creation of Pakistan. Yet when he spoke against Punjabi and mohajir imperialism in Pakistan, calling for independence of Sindh, he soon became a persona non grata for Pakistanis. Meanwhile the predatory Pakistani establishment co-opted the feudal lords to help maintain Pakistani stranglehold over Sindh and so continues the post-1947 horror story of Sindh.

Also Sindhi Hindus comprised a peaceful, constructive minority in Sindh. They posed no problem whatsoever for other Sindhis. On the contrary, Sindhi Hindus made enormous contributions for the cultural, economic and pedagogical enrichment of Sindh just as Sindhis like Aansoo Kohli and Deepwak Perwani continue to do so today in their own right in spite of the obstacles they face in the apartheid state of Pakistan. Sindh would have been infinitely better off if Pakistan was not created so that instead of millions of MQM-wallahs and equally toxic jamaatis and mullahs there were actually more Sindhi Hindus in Sindh.

Its a post full of sweeping statements. One can’t be that much sure for the matters which never happened.

Though Sindhi Hindus were cream of the society and there is no doubt that they did contributed a lot and developed areas they lived in, but Sindhi Muslims were not rich (except few families). Their views towards issues like female education were not different than overall Muslim society. Hindus were forward looking, they owned properties, educated their females, but this was not prevalent in Sindhi Muslims.

As they say, there are no free lunches, Sindhi Muslims had to struggle, even if Sindh became part of India. They might have been in same position as are Indian Muslims today (though the situation is not better even Pakistan considering the planted and corrupt politicians).