Sukkur District

Infobox Pakistan district
district = Sukkur District
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nazim = Syed Nasir Hussain Shah
naib_nazim = Abdullah Ghumro
tehsils=4
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website = www.sukkur.gov.pk

Sukkur district ("talqa") in Sindh Province in Pakistan is divided into 5 administrative strata ("tehsils"), namely; Sukkur City, New Sukkur,Rohri, Saleh Pat and Pano Akil. Among them Sukkur city and new Sukkur are urban centre while Pano Akil is famous for having one of largest military cantonment of the country. Rohri is the smallest tehsil of the Sukkur district, both in area and population but is has one of ancient and important railway junction.

History

After 1853's invasion of Charles Napier, Sindh was divided into provinces and was assigned a Zamindar's to collect taxes for British, Zamindar's were also known as 'Wadero'.Wadero- of "Shikarpur" was Lord Wadero Bhagwandas Golani (1861 - 1931) a merchant born in the royal family of the Golani's . After his death in his eldest son Shobraj Bhagwandas Golani (1885 - 1978) took over as the Landlord of Shikarpur, Digri, Jamrao, Kachhelo, Tando Jan Mohammed, Ratnabad, Roshanabad and Khayrpur. Shobraj Bhagwandas Golani was also invited to Great Britain by the King along with all the Nawab's and Rajah's of India in 1901 to discuss the participation of their respective provinces in Expansion of British Empire in Middle East. Shobraj along with his eldest son Shri Hashmatrai S Golani (1918 - 1979) moved to Bombay in 1948 after Partition of India and Pakistan. Sindh was made part of British Indias Bombay Presidency, and became a separate province in 1935.

Administration

According to the 1988 census of Pakistan, at least 49.76% of the population of Sukkur district were urban, making it the third-most advanced district in Sindh. [ [http://www.urckarachi.org/Population%20Table-5.htm Urban Resource Centre (1998 Census)] ]

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