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Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah is one of the rare personalities of human history who is credited with the creation of a new country on the map of the world. He led the Muslim community of the subcontinent to crave out for themselves the largest, independent and free Muslim state in the world. The creation of Pakistan at his hands in 1947 set into motion the liberation movements all over the world to shun off the yoke of colonialism. And within next ten to fifteen years, more than thirty new Muslim states appeared on the map of the world. Besides, Jinnah was one of the India’s leading legislators and constitutionalist. He was also one of the most remarkable legal practitioners of undivided India. Above all, he was a great man who set an example by bequeathing most of his personal property to various educational institutions including Sindh Madressah through his last will.

Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto

The most outstanding accomplishment of Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto is the separation of Sindh from Bombay Presidency in 1936, providing the Muslims of the subcontinent the essential launching ground from where the movement for an independent and free Muslim State was later launched. The next decade saw that it was the ‘autonomous province of Sindh’ which played the most crucial role in the creation of Pakistan. It was in this background that Stanley Wolpert wrote that the separation of Sindh from Bombay Presidency through the efforts and leadership of Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto, was ‘the single-most important economic political coup won by an Indian Muslim, … eclipsed only by Quaid-e-Azam Jinnah’s subsequent victory more than a decade later in winning his suit for a separate nation statehood for Pakistan.’ In addition to that Sir Bhutto played pivotal role in the construction of Sukkur Barrage, which brought an agricultural revolution in the province. As the Divan (Premier) of Junagadh State, he was instrumental in getting signed the instrument of accession of that state in favour of Pakistan in 1947.

Sir Abdullah Haroon

Sir Abdullah Haroon was a great philanthropist and a front ranking leader of the Pakistan movement. He was one of the closest confidants of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah during the most turbulent periods of united India’s history. To him is owed the credit for successful organization of Sindh Provincial Muslim League Conference in 1938, which proved to be the precursor for 1940 Lahore Resolution of Pakistan. His services for the cause of Indian Muslims were to the extent that Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah cited him as “one of the greatest pillars of the Muslim League”. In addition to that, Sir Haroon was a pre-eminent philanthropist, and founder of several educational, religious and social welfare institutions. He was a successful businessman who took pleasure in spending his money for the betterment of the people.

Shaikh Abdul Majid Sindhi

Shaikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi was a great leader of Sindh’s Muslims in the pre-partition era. He was the man who organized anew the Sindh branch of All India Muslim League in 1936, which later played the pivotal role in the creation of Pakistan. Besides politics, the main contribution of Shaikh Sindhi was in the field of Muslim journalism, wherein he remained editor of the most popular newspapers of those times, Al-Waheed, Al-Amin and Al-Haq. His writings inspired the people of Sindh to great extent and infused in them the spirit to stand up for the cause of the Muslims of the subcontinent. A newly convert to Islam, Shaikh Sindhi devoted whole of his life to his mission. He was sent to various prisons of India a number of times, but these trials and tribulations could never dampen his spirits.

Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayattullah

Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah has the distinction of being the first Governor of Sindh after creation of Pakistan. He was the only ‘native’ Governor of any province in the newly created Pakistan in 1947 as all the rest were Britons. Besides, Sir Hidayatullah has another distinction of being the first Chief Minister of Sindh after the province was separated from Bombay Presidency.

Kazi Khuda Baksh

Kazi Khuda Bukhsh was the first Muslim who rose to the position of the Mayor of Karachi. He was one of the prominent leaders of the Muslim Community of Sindh. He belonged to the legal profession and was considered as one of the top ranking lawyer of the region. He was a social reformer and rendered outstanding services for the cause of education. He also remained associated with his Alma Mater and served as Secretary to its management board. It was during his tenure as the Secretary, that Sindh Madressah was upgraded to the level of college at the hands of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah.

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