Chachro Taluka
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Chachro(Urdu:چھاچھرو) is a Tehsil in the Tharparkar District of Sindh, Pakistan. It is located in the southeast corner of Pakistan, in the Thar Desert, along the Indo-Pakistani border, Pakistan-India border. It has a population of 351,263.


Geography

Chachro is divided into three areas: Khahor, Kantho and Parkar. Residents speak the Dhatki language, as well as Sindhi language, Sindhi, Urdu language, Urdu and Gujarati language, Gujarati. The majority of the population is Muslim, the Hindu migrated to India after the Partition of India, independence of Pakistan in 1947.


History

Chachro was under the administration of the Indian Army in 1965 for eleven months. Afterwards, due to political tensions, Thakur Laxman Singh Sodha who was a ruling figure, left for India along with his allies in 1970. Rajput, Rajputs and the entire Charan community of Chachro who were in alliance with Laxman Singh, left for India leaving the city of Chachro emptied out. They crossed the then porous India–Pakistan border, Indo-Pak border leading to the Indian state of Rajasthan.


References

Tharparkar District {{Sindh-geo-stub