Sindh was separated from the Bombay Presidency on 1 April 1936, under Government of India Act 1935. Province of Sindh, formally knows as Sind in British India, was officially inaugurate, Sir Lancelot Graham was appointed first Governor General of the newly created province by the British Government.
Elections
First elections of the Legislative assembly of Sindh were held on 7 February 1937 with 60 seats allocated to the newly established assembly. On 15 April 1937, H.E. the Governor Sir Lancelot Graham, issued a notification to summon the first session of the first Sindh Legislative Assembly to meet on Tuesday 27 April 1937 at 11.00 a.m. in the Assembly Hall of the Sindh Chief Court Karachi pursuant to Section 62(3) of the Government of India Act 1935. +SerialDescription Number of Seats1General Seats182Muhammaddan Seats333European Seats024Seats reserved for the representative of Commerce, Industry, Mining & Planting025Seats reserved for Landlords026Seats reserved for the representative of Labour017Seat reserved for the women's Constituency (General)018Seat reserved for the women's Constituency (Muhammadan)01Total60
List of Members of the Assembly Complete list of members of the first provincial assembly of Sindh, 1937 - 1945. +SerialName Constituency1Mr. Abdul Majid Lilram ShaikhLarkana2Mr. Abdul Sattar Abdul Rahman PirzadaSukkur3Mr. Akhji Ratansing SodhoTharparkar4Khan Sahab Allah Bux Khudadad Khan GabolKarachi5Khan Bahadur Allah Bux Muhammad Umar Soomro, O.B.E.Sukkur6Sahab Bahadur Mir Allahdad Khan Imam Bux Khan TalpurTharparkar7Khan Bahadur Haji Amir Ali Tharo Khan LahoriLarkana8Mr. Arbab Togachi Mir Muhammad NohriTharparkar9Mr. Bhojsing Gurdinomal PahalajaniSukkur10Mr. Dialmal DoulatramLandload Seat11Mr. Doulatram MohandasSukkur12Mr. Ghanshyam Jethanand ShivdasaniHyderabad13Mr. Ghanumal TarachandHyderabad14Mir Ghulam Ali Bandehali TalpurHyderabad15Mir Ghulam Allah Khan Mir Haji Hussain Bux Khan TalpurHyderabad16Makhdoom Ghulam Haider Makhdoom ZaheeruddinHyderabad17Pir Ghulam Haider Shah Sahib Dino ShahTharparkar18Khan Bahadur Ghulam Muhammad Abdullah Khan IsranLarkana19Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Shah Muhammad Shah, SyedDadu20Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Shah Muhammad Shah, SyedTharparkar21R.S Gokaldas MewaldasLarkana22Mr. Hassaram Sunderdas Pamnani (General Rural)Sukkur East23Dr. Hemandas Rupchand WadhwaniUpper Sindh, Frontier District24Mr. Hotchand Hiranand Rai BahadurNawabshah25Pir Illahi Bux Nawaz AliDadu26Mr. Issardas VarindmalCommerce & Industry (Indian Commerce)27Khan Sahab Jaffer Khan Gul Muhammad Khan Burdi Upper Sindh, Frontier District28Mr. Jamshed Nusserwanji MehtaDadu29Jam Jan Muhammad Khan Muhammad Sharif JunejoNawabshah30Mrs. Jenubai Ghulam Ali AllanaWomen Constituency Muhammadan31Miss. Jethibai Tulsidas SipahimalaniWomen Constituency General32Khan Bhahadur Kaisar Khan Ghulam Mohammad Khan BozdarSukkur33Mr. Khair Shah Imam Ali Shah, Syed (Oath 3/8/1937)Nawabshah34Col. H.J. MahonEuropean Sindh35Syed Miran Muhammad Shah Zainul-ab-din ShahHyderabad36Mr. Muhammad Ali Shah Allahando Shah, SyedNawabshah37K.B Muhammad Ayub Shah Muhammad Khan KhuhroLarkana38Muhammad Hashim Faiz Mohammad Alias Fabji GazdarKarachi39Mr. Mir Muhammad Khan Nawab Ghaibi Khan ChandioLarkana40Mr. Muhammad Usman Muhammad Khan SoomroKarachi41Mr. Muhammad Yousif Khan Bahadur Khair Mohammad Khan ChandioKarachi42Mr. Naraindas Anandji BecharKarachi43Mr. Newandram VishindasNawabshah44Mr. Nichaldas Chatomal VaziraniKarachi45Mr. Nur Muhammad Shah Murad Ali Shah, SyedNawabshah46Dr. D.N.O SullivanKarachi47Mr. Partabrai Kaisukhdas (General Rural West)Tharparkar48Dr. Popatlal A. BhoopatkarKarachi49Mr. G.H Raschen (Chamber of Commerce)Karachi50Mr. Rasool Bux Khan Muhammad Bux Khan UnarNawabshah51Khan Sahab Rasool Bux Shah Mahboob Shah, SyedSukkur52Mr. Rustomji Khurshedji SidhwaKarachi53Mir. Bandehali Khan Mir Haji Mohammad Hussain Khan TalpurHyderabad54Mr. Shamsuddin Khan Abdul Kabir Khan Barikzai (Durani) PathanSukkur55Mr. Sitaldas PerumalTharparkar56Mir Zain-ul-din Khan Mir Sunder Khan SundraniUpper Sindh, Frontier District57Khan Sahab Sohrab Khan Sahib Dino Khan SarkiUpper Sindh, Frontier District58Mukhi Gobindram PritamdasUpper Sindh, Frontier District59Dewan Bahadur Hiranand Khemsing Hyderabad60Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah Shaikh, Kt. K.C.S.IKarachi61Mr. Flockhart, J.J. (9 August 1937 Oath)Landlord seat62Mr. Muhammad Amin Abdul Aziz Khoso (29/3/1938 Oath)Upper Sindh, Frontier District63MR. Hossack William Bartlet Lt. Col. (31/3/1938 Oath) Karachi64Mr. Choithram T.Valecha (19/5/1938 Oath) Karachi65Mr. Fraser J. (19/5/1938 Oath)Karachi66Dr. Choithram P. Gidwani (4/1/1939 Oath) Hyderabad67Lollumal Rewachand Motiwani (27/11/1940 Oath)Sukkur68Mr. Lalla Menghraj Beherumal (18/3/1941 Oath)Sukkur69Rais Ali Gohar Khan Mahar (1/3/1943 Oath)Sukkur70Mr. Tarachand Dharamdas (24/6/1943 Oath)Tharparkar71Mr. Ahmad Khan Sadhayo Khan Bahadur (23/2/1944 Oath)Sukkur72Mir Hussain Bux Talpur Sian Bahadur (21/2/1945 Oath)Hyderabad73Mr. Haji Moula Bux Muhammad Umer Soomro Khan Bahadur (21/2/1945 Oath)Sukkur
See also Pakistan British India Sindh Provincial Assembly of Sindh Pakistan Movement Fourteen Points of Jinnah List of members of the 2nd Provincial Assembly of Sindh
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