List Of Members Of The 1st Provincial Assembly Of Sindh
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Sindh was separated from the Bombay Presidency on 1 April 1936, under Government of India Act, 1935. Province of Sindh , formally knows as
Sind Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
in
British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...
, was officially inaugurate, Sir Lancelot Graham was appointed first
Governor General Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy ...
of the newly created province by the British Government.


Elections

First elections of the Legislative assembly of Sindh were held on 7 February 1937 with 60 seats allocated to the newly established assembly. On the of 15 April 1937, H.E. the Governor Sir Lancelot Graham, issued a notification to summon the first session of the first Sindh Legislative Assembly to meet on Tuesday the 27th April, 1937 at 11.00 a.m. in the Assembly Hall of the Sindh Chief Court Karachi pursuant to Section 62(3) of the Government of India Act, 1935.


List of Members of the Assembly

Complete list of members of the first provincial assembly of Sindh, 1937 - 1945.


See also

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Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
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British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...
* Sindh * Provincial Assembly of Sindh *
Pakistan Movement The Pakistan Movement ( ur, , translit=Teḥrīk-e-Pākistān) was a political movement in the first half of the 20th century that aimed for the creation of Pakistan from the Muslim-majority areas of British India. It was connected to the per ...
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Fourteen Points of Jinnah The Fourteen Points of Jinnah were proposed by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in response to the Nehru report. It basically consisted of four Delhi proposals, the three Calcutta amendments, and demands for the continuation of separate electorates and reser ...
* List of members of the 2nd Provincial Assembly of Sindh


References

{{reflist Sindh MPAs 1937–1945 Provincial Assembly of Sindh