RARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF HYDERABAD SIND

The following photographs, I received through the internet. 

Will be happy to give the credit to whoever it is due.

Sincerely,
Shakun Narain Kimatrai


Hyderabad, (Sind) founded in 1768 by Ghulam Shah, was the capital
of Sindh until it fell to the British in 1843 after the battle
of Miani six miles north of the city.

Photographs of the old city of Hyderabad are extremely rare.
The triangular structures on the rooftops are wind catchers
called ‘Manghas’

The funnel directs the breeze into the homes below.

THESE PHOTOS OF HYDERABAD SIND
WERE TAKEN IN 1889

Unveiling ceremony of statue of Rai Bahadur Udhadas Tarachand who built RBUT civil hospital in Shikarpur.

A great service for the mankind never done before by any Shikarpuri.

After completion of the hospital,this great man asked the mason to write his name on the stairs so that it comes under the shoes of the patients.

 His statue is now kept at Institute of Sindhology Hyderabad Sindh.We still salute Great Rai Bahadur and remember him as angel of Shikarpur.

A note

I would like to add more info on Rai Bahadur Udhavdas Tarachand a Shikarpuri, his surname was Chhabria.He had three sons and three daughters.Sons- Khushiram, ,Gobindram and Harilal Mr.Harilal was well known in the political circle. Mr. Harilal's wife ( maiden name vishan parmanand nagpal)Parmesri was my mother's elder sister,they were issueless.I don't have info on other two sons and three daughters of Rai Bahadur Udhavdas Tarachand.But,if any info required,I can ask my 90 yrs. old mother Janki Ramrattan Rohra (maiden name devan parmanand nagpal).Until a few years ago I had the bust of the Rai Bahadur,which I had it immersed in the sea at Juhu in Mumbai.I have a few photographs of the Rai Bahadur and his son Mr.Harilal. I will be pleased to share them with you to enable you to write history of our great race.I am Mumbai based, my phone no.26045738 Tks & Rgds

Sindhs youngest and two time Prime Minister Shaheed Allah Bux Soomro (19oo-1943) playing with his youngest son Abdul Samad Soomro(1938-1990) in a happy mood

Dear Shakun ji,                       
I am grandson of Shaheed Allah Bux Soomro-my father Abdul Samad Soomro was his youngest child. My father was only five years old when Allah Bux Soomro was martyred .   Regards Amir Soomro   /span>

Bhagat Kanwar Ram's wife is seen here sitting with late Sain Shiv Bhajan of Shikarpur

Hemu Kalani was a Sindhi Freedom Fighter. He was underage at the time of hanging but, despite that he was hanged which was deviation of law and an inhuman act by the British Empire. His mother insisted upon him to appeal for amnesty and disclose the names of his friends in order to save his life but this brave son of soil refused to do so and chose death to amnesty. When his last will was asked, he asked the duty staff to state slogans. Since it was his last will and it was mandatory to fulfill it therefore, they replied his slogans "Azaadi Zindabad"...
It is important that we remember from time to time the sacrifices made for our freedom...We were/are Indians, not Sindhis, Hindus, Muslims, Gujaratis, Marathis...

Above: Hemu Kalani's house in Sukkur sent by Dr Amir Soomro