Sindh General Knowledge

●​​Sindh is situated on Indian Plate.

●Total Area of Sindh 140,914 Sq Km

● Rank in Pakistan 3rd.

● Rural Area 56.63%

● Urban Area 43.37%

● Forest Covered Area 1.25%.

● Total Divisions 06.

● Total Districts 29.

● Total Tehsil 138.

● Total Union Councils 1108.

● Total Rivers flow in Sindh 04.

● Provincial Bird - Black Partridge.

● Provincial Animal - Sindh Ibex.

● Provincial Tree - Neem.

● Provincial flower - Water hyacinth.

● Provincial Game - Malakhro.

●Ibn-e-hawqal Baghdadi prepared 1st map of Sindh

●Thar Ranks #9 globally in deserts.

●Sindh has a 350 KM of coastline.

●Indus River starts from Kailash Mountains.

●Age of Indus river is 6.5 million years old.

●Indus ranks 21st Lengthwise with a length of 3180
KM
● Indus River also known as The Father of Rivers.

● Indus River also Called Nile of Sindh.

●Indus dried up in 1819 due to a massive earthquake

●Sukkur Barrage is also known as Lloyd Bridge, it has 66 gates and 4725 feet long

●Sukkur barrage was inaugurated by lord Wellington on 13th jan 1932

●Kotri Barrage is also known as Ghulam Muhammad Barrage named after then Governor
General. It is 2984 Feet Long and started in 1955 13th March

●Guddu Barrage is located in Kashmore with a length of 4445 feet and 64 gates.
Guddu barrage was inaugurated on 1st March 1965.

●There are total of 3 barrages in Sindh.

●Kirthar Range is situated in Sindh.

●Kirthar Mountain Range is 315 K.M in distance

●Highest Point of kirthar range is Gorakh Hill at 5688 feet, located near Dadu.

●Bado Hill Station is located near sehwan

●Height of Bado Hill Station is 3000 feet.

●Karoonjhar Mountain range is located in tharparkar with a length of 19 KM

●Hondal shah Mausoleum lies in Keenjhar Lake

●Keenjhar lake lies near thatta being 2nd largest freshwater lake in pakistan

●Dilyar Lake is situated in Sanghar district

●Approx there are 1200 lakes in Sindh.

●Mangroves forest are located in thatta and karachi

Unarkot was built by Jam unar in taluka Golarchi
●Dalilkot belongs was Mir Dalil talpur , located near nawabshah

●Hyderabad fort was built by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro in 1772

●Janki Bandar Kot is situated near thatta district

●Umar Kot is named after the Ruler umar soomro, located in thar

●Ratokot is situated near Bhambor approx built around 9th century

●Rano-kot was built during Kalhoro Dynasty, its located near Mirpur Sakro

●Ranikot is the largest fort with an area of 32 Km, its origins are disputed, located near Sann
city,
Ranikot has two forts in it namely, Meerikot and Shergarh

●Kot Diji was built by Mir Sohrab Talpur, started in 1803 and completed in 1830, it is located
near Khairpur district, Kot Diji fort is also known as fort Ahmedabad.

●Fort of Manora was built by Mir Karam Khan Talpur in 1797, its situated near manora.
Port Qasim Authority was established through an act of parliament on June 29, 1973

●Bhambore Port is 54 KM away from Karachi

●Debal port was destroyed by a storm

●Jakhi port was situated in Thatta

●Shah port was built by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro, located in thatta district.

●Keti Bandar is originally known as lehri port.

●Karachi harbor works was established to maintain Lehri Port

●Karachi harbour works was established in 1880,

Karachi harbour works was renamed to Karachi Port Trust in 1886, Thar covers over 21000 sq
miles

●British captured Nagarparkar in 1834

●Moen-jo-Daro was excavated by Sir John Marsal in 1922

●Kaho-jo-Daro is located in MirpurKhas district, found by Sir John Jacob

●Chanw jo Daro is situated in Nawabshah

●Jhukar Jo Daro is located in Larkana District found in 1921

●Amri Jo Daro is located about 28 km near sehwan

●Sindh Produces 54755 Barrel Oil Daily

●Sindh Produces 75% of Natural Gas.

● ​List of Pir Pagara's

1-Syed Sibghatullah Shah I Death: 1831

2-Syed Ali Gohar Shah Awwal Death: 1847

3-Syed Hizbullah Shah Death: 1890

4-Syed Ali Gohar Shah Sani Death: 1896

5-Syed Shah Mardan Shah I Death: 1921

6-Syed Sibghatullah Shah II Death: 1943

7-Syed Shah Mardan Shah II Death: 2012

8-Syed Sibghatullah Shah III Alive.

●Regards:
Ghulam Abbas Abbasi.