29 Facts About Sindh Province

Economy of Sindh is the second-largest in Pakistan after the province of Punjab; its provincial capital of Karachi is the most populous city in the country as well as its main financial hub.

Sindh Province is home to a large portion of Pakistan's industrial sector and contains two of the country's busiest commercial seaports: Port Qasim and the Port of Karachi.

Sindh Province is prominent for its history during the Bronze Age under the Indus Valley civilization, and is home to two UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites: the Makli Necropolis and Mohenjo-daro.

Sindh Province's first known village settlements date as far back as 7000 BC.

Sindh Province was the centre of the Indus Valley civilisation, which rivaled the contemporary civilizations of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in size and scope, numbering nearly half a million inhabitants at its height with well-planned grid cities and sewer systems.

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Sindh Province finds mention in the Indian epic Mahabharata as being part of Bharatvarsha.

Sindh Province was conquered by the Persian Achaemenid Empire in the sixth century BC.

The new governor of Sindh Province was to create a better, stronger and stable government.

Some parts of Sindh Province still remained under the Sultans of Delhi and the ruthless Arghuns and the Tarkhans sacked Thatta during the rule of Jam Ferozudin.

Sindh Province was home to several wealthy merchant-rulers such as Mir Bejar of Sindh Province, whose great wealth had attracted the close ties with the Sultan bin Ahmad of Oman.

From 1752 to 1762, Marathas collected Chauth or tributes from Sindh Province, and was administered by 10,000 marathas Maratha power was decimated in the entire region after the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761.

In 1762, Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro brought stability in Sindh Province, he reorganized and killed all the Marathas and their prominent vassal the Rao of Kuch in the Thar Desert with the help of Durrani empire.

In 1783 a firman which designated Mir Fateh Ali Khan Talpur as the new Nawab of Sindh Province, and mediated peace particularly after the Battle of Halani and the defeat of the ruling Kalhora by the Talpur Baloch tribes.

When Sindh joined Pakistan in 1947 it comprised three polities: Karachi, Sind Province and Khairpur, in 1955 when One Unit Policy was implemented all of these 3 polities merged to form West Pakistan however in 1970 when One Unit Policy was abolished a single, united province of Sindh came into being with Karachi as its capital.

Islam in Sindh Province has a long history, starting with the capture of Sindh Province by Muhammad Bin Qasim in 712 CE.

Islam in Sindh Province has a strong Sufi ethos with numerous Muslim saints and mystics, such as the Sufi poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, having lived in Sindh Province historically.

One popular legend which highlights the strong Sufi presence in Sindh Province is that 125,000 Sufi saints and mystics are buried on Makli Hill near Thatta.

The development of Sufism in Sindh Province was similar to the development of Sufism in other parts of the Muslim world.

Sindh Province has Pakistan's highest percentage of Hindu overall, which accounts 8.

Sindh Province is in the western corner of South Asia, bordering the Iranian plateau in the west.

Sindh Province is bounded by the Thar Desert to the east, the Kirthar Mountains to the west and the Arabian Sea and Rann of Kutch to the south.

Sindh Province is mostly arid with scant vegetation except for the irrigated Indus Valley.

Sindh Province is divided into three climatic regions: Siro, Wicholo, and Lar.

Lower Sindh Province has a damper and humid maritime climate affected by the southwestern winds in summer and northeastern winds in winter, with lower rainfall than Central Sindh Province.

Currently the Sindh Province government is planning to divide the Tharparkar district into Tharparkar and Chhachro district.

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Economy of Sindh is the 2nd largest of all the provinces in Pakistan.

Much of Sindh Province's economy is influenced by the economy of Karachi, the largest city and economic capital of the country.

Sindh Province remarkably has a high GDP per capita was $1,400 in 2010 which is three times that of the rest of the nation or 1.

Sindh Province has a rich heritage of traditional handicraft that has evolved over the centuries.