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Thatta Thatta ( sd, ٺٽو; ) is a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh. Thatta was the medieval capital of Sindh, and served as the seat of power for three successive dynasties. Thatta's historic significance has yielded several monuments in and ...

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Education

Shaikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi matriculated (completed 10th Grade in school) (Sindhi: ست درجه فائنل) from

, Sindh in

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Conversion to Islam

He born in a

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family in

. Since childhood he was in the search of mystic approach and in this regard on 10 February 1908, he converted to Islam on the hands of Shaikh Abdul Rahim at Hyderabad, Sindh.Profile of Shaikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi on Sindh Adabi Board website (in Sindhi language)
Retrieved 6 March 2019

Professional career

Shaikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi became Munshi ( sd, منشي) at a senior advocate Mr. Deechand Ojha. Afterwards he lived at Hyderabad where Rais

Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri ( sd, غلام محمد خان ڀرڳڙي) (Barrister),(1878-1924) was a Sindhi statesman. Raees Ghulam Mohammad Bhurgri was one of the earliest leaders of Sindh during the colonial period. He was contemporary and ...

made him editor of his own newspaper Al Amen sd, الامين. Having been inspired from his intellect Bhurgri made him his political adviser.

Political career

He was an active participant of Silk Letter Movement (Reshmi Rumal Tahrik) ( sd, ريشمي رومال تحريڪ), by Molana Ubeduallah Sindhi, in which he was imprisoned in 1919 for three years. Later, he addressed a campaign against the

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in a procession in 1920 at

Larkana Larkana ( ur, , translit=lāṛkāna; sd, لاڙڪاڻو, translit=lāṛkāṇo) is a city located in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the 15th largest city of Pakistan by population. It is home to the Indus Valley civilization site M ...

and was again imprisoned for two years. In 1924, he became editor of Daily Al Waheed, Sindh's only daily newspaper at the time. Through this platform, he incited the Muslim population. On 16 November 1929, he participated in

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session at Allahabad, All India Khilafat Conference at

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, All Parties Muslim Unity Conference and Azad Sindh Conference at

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(1930). His efforts for the separation of Sindh from

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were to be cherished. Sindh was separated from Bombay in 1936, he took part in the first election of

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(1937) from his own party and defeating Sir Shahnawaz, he became member of the Sindh assembly. In 1940, under the ministry of Mir Bunda Ali Khan, he was made a Minister in Sindh. In 1943, he left

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and joined All Pakistan Awami Tahreek which was led by

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Abdul Ghaffār Khān (; 6 February 1890 – 20 January 1988), also known as Bacha Khan () or Badshah Khan (), and honourably addressed as Fakhr-e-Afghan (), was a Pakistani Pashtun, independence activist, and founder of the Khudai Khidmatgar ...

in 1949.

Publications

Shaikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi had written some books, which are: Fathe Spain ( sd, فتح اسپين), Hazrat Umer Bin Abdul Aziz (R.A) ( sd, حضرت عمر بن عبدالعزيزرضي الله تعاليٰ عنه) Karachi Sindh Khe Milan Ghurje ( sd, ڪراچي سنڌ کي ملڻ گهرجي), All Murtaza ( sd, المرتضيٰ), Tareekh Jawahir ( sd, تحريڪ جواهر), Hazrat Ali & Hazrat Umer (R.A) ( sd, حضرت علي ۽ حضرت عمر رضي الله تعاليٰ عنه)

Death

Shaikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi died 24 May 1978 at Hyderabad, Sindh and was buried at historical Graveyard

Makli Makli Necropolis ( ur, ; sd, مڪلي جو مقام) is one of the largest funerary sites in the world, spread over an area of 10 kilometres near the city of Thatta, in the Pakistani province of Sindh. The site houses approximately 500,000 to ...

near the grave of writer Makhdoom Mohammad Hashim Thatvi according to his will.

References

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