Hinduism: Details about 'Sind'
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The Sind is a former province of Pakistan and British India which existed from 1936 to 1955. The province covered an area of 123,080 km² including much of the current Sindh province but excluding the Federal Capital Territory and the former princely state of Khairpur. The capital was the city of Hyderabad and the province was bordered by the Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan to south and east, the princely states of Bahawalpur and Khairpur to the northeast and the Federal Capital Territory and the princely states of Kalat and Las Bela to the west. On the southwest lay the Arabian Sea but the coast was mostly composed of the Indus delta.
HistoryThe Partition of India in 1947 led to the province of Sind becoming part of Pakistan. The province was merged into the province of West Pakistan in 1955 under the One Unit policy announced by Prime Minister Chaudhry Mohammad Ali. In 1970, the province of West Pakistan was dissolved and four new provinces were established including a new expanded Sind province which took in the former Federal Capital Territory and the princely state of Khairpur. The provincial name was slightly modified in 1990 to Sindh. DemographicsAt Partition there was a Muslim majority in Sind but with significant minorities of Hindus who left for India, to be replaced by large numbers of Muslims fleeing in the opposite direction. The official language of Sind was Urdu but Sindhi was the main language of the general population. GovernmentThe offices of Governor of Sind and Chief Minister of Sind were established in 1936 when Sind became a province. This system would continue until 1955 when Sind was dissolved. Governors
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