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Hyderabad in 1951, lies across the Indus. Other education needs are served by numerous government colleges,
the Liaquat Medical College, and specialized vocational institutions.
Hyderabad district is a vast fertile alluvial plain, excepting the hilly region of Hyderabad
city, extending along the east bank of the Indus. Cultivation is dependent upon canal irrigation.
Millet, jowar (sorghum), rice, wheat, cotton, oilseeds, and mangoes are the chief crops.
Cottage handicrafts include leatherwork, glazed pottery and tiles, lacquer ware and susi (striped
cotton cloth) from Hala (north of Hyderabad city), khes (cotton blankets), susis and
anguchahs (cotton cloth) from Naseerpur (northeast of Hyderabad). Historic sites include Bhit Shah
(4 mi [6 km] east of Hala), containing the tomb of Shah 'Abd-ul-Latif (d. 1753), the poet and
Sufi saint, and an ancient Buddhist stupa. The picture that you see is the tomb of the famous
mystic poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhitaai.
Hyderabad division (area 34,257 sq mi) comprises Dadu, Hyderabad, Badin, Sanghar, Thar Parkar, and Tatta districts. The division includes the swampy
delta of the Indus river on the Arabian Sea (southwest), the fertile alluvial plain of the
Indus (north central), and part of the great Thar Desert (east). Pop. (1981 prelim.) city, 795,000;
metropolitan area, 1,045,000; district, 2,080,000; division, 7,103,000.
The battlefield at Miani is about ten kilometers
(six miles) north of Hyderabad and some five kilometers (three miles) off the National
Highway. The memorial is down a dusty narrow track in the forest and you'll need a local guide
to find it. Hyderabad's eighteenth-century fort was first the court of the Kalhora dynasty and
then that of the Talpur Amirs. According to contemporary British descriptions it must have
been splendid, but apart from the tower, main entrance, and a room in the harem, little remains
to be seen. Portraits of the Amirs and their weapons are exhibited in what passes as the Fort
Museum near the railway station. Their stove-pipe hats are on display in Hyderabad's
Sindh
Provincial Museum, near the Polytechnic College and opposite the Indus Gas Office.
Also worth a visit is the Institute of Sindhology's museum at the University of
Sindh. It has displays on all aspects of Sindhi history,
music and culture depicting the lifestyles of the desert tribes. Infrequent GTS buses go to the campus, otherwise take a mini-wagon to Jamshoro,
across the river from Hyderabad, and walk the 1-1/2 km to the university.
Updated: 2nd Largest City of Sindh and 3rd Largest City of
Pakistan.
Confirmed
by PTDC
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Hyderabad Famous Personalities
Dr.Ghulam Mustafa Khan
Akhund Latfullah Ishaq
Dr. Ishrat Hussain
Former Chief Justice Supreme Court Nazim-ud-din Siddique
Dr. Ilyaas Ashqui
Dr.Ibrahim Khalil
Allah Bachayo Akhund
S.K.Raheem
Haider Baksh Jatoi
Hasan Ali Afandi
Allama I.I Kazi
Qazi Abdul Qayum
Qazi Mohammad Akbar
Qazi Abdul Majeed Abid
Ghulam Mohammad Garami
Nawab Muzzaffar Hussain
Mir Ali Ahmed Talpur
Mir Rasool Baksh Talpur
Mubarak Ali Shah
Mohammad Usman Deplai
Dr.Ismail Nami
Mirza Qaleech Baig
Mirza Gul Hassan Ahsan Karbalai
Meeran Mohammad Shah
Syed Akhtar Ali Shah
Hakeem Shamsuddin |
Hyderabad divided into four Parts.
1. Hyderabad City.
2. Latifabad.
3. Qasimabad.
4. Taluka Hyderabad.
Hyderabad Statistics
Population : 1,411,000 (Fourteen Lacs and Eleven Thousand)
Men : 783,000 (Seven Lacs Eighty Three Thousand)
Women : 627,000 (Six Lacs Twenty Seven Thousand)
Literacy Rate : 60% - 70%
Middle School : 139
High School: 131
Colleges : 18
Universities : 2
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