The Morning Show 5th Jan 2017

  • 7 years ago
THE MORNING SHOW

Topic: Culture of Tharparkar

Guest : Kawal .

Host : Sanam Baloch

It was in 1843 when Sir Charles Napier became victor of Sindh and this part was merged into Katchh political agency in Hyderabad collect-orate, later on in 1858 the entire area became part of Hyderabad. Subsequently, in 1860 it was renamed as “Eastern Sindh frontier” with its Headquarters Umerkot, controlled by Political Superintendent. In 1882 it was renamed as district and its administrative head was Deputy Commissioner. Lastly in 1906 Headquarters of the district was shifted from Umerkot to Mirpurkhas. Until 1990 the present district of Tharparkar, Umerkot and Mirpurkhas comprised one separate district in 1990 i.e. Mirpurkhas and Thar established the town on Mithi as the new headquarters of the Tharparkar district, while Umerkot was bifurcated on 17 April 1993.