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Revision as of 16:18, 8 August 2010
Sindhudesh (Proposed state) | |
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 Location of Sindh | |
| Capital and | Karachi |
| Official languages | Sindhi |
| Widely known | English,Urdu |
| Ethnic groups | Sindhi people |
| Demonym(s) | Sindhi |
| Government | Provincial Government of Sindh |
| Area | |
• | 140,914 km2 (54,407 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 35470648 |
• Density | 251.7/km2 (651.9/sq mi) |
Sindhudesh (Sindhi: سنڌو ديش, literally Sindhi word meaning 'Sindhi Nation') is a concept floated around by Sindhi nationalists in Pakistan, for the creation of a Sindhi state. It was conceived by senior Sindhi political leader G. M. Syed. A Sindhi literary movement emerged in 1967 under the leadership of Syed and Pir Ali Mohammed Rashdi, in opposition to the One Unit policy, the imposition of Urdu by the central government and to the presence of a large number of Mohajir (Indian Muslim refugees) settled in their province. During the 1970 national election campaign, Syed proposed the formation of an autonomous Sindhudesh within a loosely federated Pakistan. The movement for Sindhi language and identity led by Syed drew inspiration from the Bengali language movement, but the emerging Sindhi nationalism was marginalized as the populist agenda of pro-Pakistan Sindhi politicians such as Zulfikar Ali Bhutto with his Islamic socialism,which drew mass support amongst Sindhi people opposed to the previous regimes.To this day,not a single party provoking Sindhi nationalism has been voted into power in Sindh.[1][2]
With his political base largely weakened, Syed later advanced his position, towards openly demanding separation from Pakistan and build-up of an independent Sindhudesh in his books Heenyar Pakistan khey tuttan khappey (Now Pakistan Should Disintegrate) and Sindhu Desh - A Nation in Chains.[3]
The idea of Sindhudesh is also supported by Hindu Sindhis, most of whom had to be relocated out of Sindh after the Partition, leaving behind their property; however it is not known whether Sindhudesh would be open to Hindus or not. Sindh was a relative peaceful province,with communal violence only errupting once in a while and during partition.
Sindhudesh was also ancient name of Pakistani lands bordering the Indus.The lands are collectively mentioned in the epic of Mahabharata by this name only.
"One should always avoid the Vahikas, those impure people that are out of the pale of virtue, and that live away from the Himavat and the Ganga and Saraswati and Yamuna and Kurukshetra and the Sindhu and its five tributary rivers" (8:44)
The mention of five tributary rivers means that Punjab and Sindh were both part of the kingdom.For more information refer to Sindhu Kingdom.
Resurgence of Sindhudesh Movement
After the death of former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto,a Sindhi, the Sindhudesh movement has seen an increase in popularity. Politicians and ethnic-nationalists have used her death as a political platform to popularize the movement,blaming other ethnic groups for her death.
See also
References
- ^ Wright, Theodore P., Jr. Center-Periphery Relations and Ethnic Conflict in Pakistan: Sindhis, Muhajirs, and Punjabis, in Comparative Politics, Vol. 23, No. 3. (Apr., 1991), pp. 299-312.
- ^ Rahman, Tariq. Language and Ethnicity in Pakistan, in Asian Survey, Vol. 37, No. 9. (Sep., 1997), pp. 833-839.
- ^ Jalal, Ayesha. Conjuring Pakistan: History as Official Imagining, in International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 27, No. 1. (Feb., 1995), pp. 73-89.
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