Hamida Khuhro (August 13, 1936 – February 12, 2017) was a Pakistani politician and historian who twice served as Sindh's Minister for Education and also served as a professor of history at the

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Early life and education

Khuhro is the daughter of

Muhammad Ayub Khuhro Muhammad Ayub Khuhro () (14 August 1901 – 1980) was a Pakistani politician who served as the Chief Minister of Sindh for three terms, and as the Defence Minister in the Feroz Khan Noon Ministry. In 1946, Khuhro was elected by the Sindh P ...

, a former chief minister of Sindh. She has a

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in South Asian History from the

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and also attended the Universities of

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and

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Career

As an academic historian, Khuhro taught at Karachi and Oxford universities before becoming a professor at

Sindh University The University of Sindh ( ur, ; sd, سنڌ يونيورسٽي; informally known as Sindh University) is a public research university in Pakistan located in the city of Jamshoro. It is one of the oldest universities in Pakistan and was certifi ...

. In 1971, when military action was launched in East Pakistan, she was a student at Oxford University. She was one of the few Pakistanis who openly condemned it, saying: "I am ashamed to be a Pakistani." A section of the press in West Pakistan denounced her for condemning the military action. She left Sindh University to concentrate on politics and writing. She joined the

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in 1987 and in 1993 became a member of the

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. She had also served as Sindh's minister for education and literacy in 1990. In 2004, she was again appointed as minister for education.

Personal life

She was a

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and was married. Khuhro died in

after a brief illness on February 12, 2017, aged 80.

Books

* Sind Through the Centuries Karachi: OUP 1994 * The Making of Modern Sindh: British Policy and Social Change in the Nineteenth Century OUP 1999 * Khuhro, Hamida, ''Mohammed Ayub Khuhro: a life of courage in politics''. Lahore: Ferozsons, 1998 * Karachi Megacity of Our Times. edited by Hamida Khuhro and Anwer Mooraj. Karachi: OUP 2010 (2nd edition) * Documents of Separation of Sindh from the Bombay Presidency Vol-I, 1982, Islamabad: NIHCR * Documents of Separation of Sindh from the Bombay Presidency Vol-II, 1997, Islamabad: NIHCR

References

1936 births 2017 deaths 20th-century Pakistani historians Provincial ministers of Sindh Women provincial ministers of Sindh Alumni of the University of London University of Sindh faculty Pakistani women historians St Joseph's Convent School, Karachi alumni {{Pakistan-historian-stub

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Career

Personal life

Books

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