LIST OF SINDHI HEROES
JANUARY
1 January 1957 – Birthday of Shaheed Shafee Muhammad Karnani, Chairman of Jeay Sindh Tehreek
3 January 2003 – Death anniversary of National Poet Niaz Humayuni
3 January 1922 – Birth anniversary of Dada Kirt Babani, founder of the Sindhi identity movement in India
7 January 2012 – Death of JSMM leader Ahmed Khan Chandio
10 January 2004 – Death of nationalist leader Abdul Hameed Khan Jatoi
12 January 2007 – Death of National Artist Zafar Kazmi
17 January 1904 – Birth anniversary of Leader of Sindh, Saeen G. M. Syed
21 January 1943 – Martyrdom (execution) of Shaheed Hemu Kalani
FEBRUARY
5 February 2015 – Martyrdom of JSMM leader Haleem Channa
6 February 2012 – Death of national intellectual Jabbar Khehar
7 February 1980 – Death of renowned writer Muhammad Usman Deplai
10 February 2001 – Death anniversary of Gobind Malhi, leader of Sindhi identity movement in Sindh (India)
10 February 2011 – Martyrdom of JSSF leader Babar Sandilo
11 February 2013 – Death of national poet Atish Sindhi
16 February 1989 – Martyrdom of JSSF leader Babu Sodhai (Sujawal)
18 February 2014 – Martyrdom of JSMM leader Sahib Khan Ghotto
24 February 2018 – Death of National Artist Haji Arif alias Dada Hosh Sheedi (Tando Jam)
MARCH
2 March 1923 – Birth anniversary of National Poet Sheikh Ayaz
4 March 626 – Martyrdom day of Shaheed Rai Sahiras (also the beginning of the Sindhi calendar year)
4 March 1967 – Sindhi Students’ Struggle Day
5 March 2005 – Martyrdom of JSMM leader Samiullah Kalhoro
5 March 2011 – Martyrdom of JSMM leader Zulfiqar Kolachi
5 March 2012 – Death of national poet Sarkash Sindhi
7 March 2012 – Martyrdom of Sindh University student leader Deen Muhammad Dil
9 March 2015 – Death of Jeay Sindh Hyderabad leader Khan Muhammad Chandio
13 March 2016 – Death of national intellectual Dr. Arbab Khahawar
16 March 1985 – Martyrdom of JSSF LMC leader Dr. Kamal Rahmoon
16 March 2010 – Death of national thinker and Jeay Sindh leader Sarang Machhi
19 March 1923 – Death of early Sindh parliamentarian Rais Ghulam Muhammad Bhurgri
20 March 1943 – Execution of Shaheed Pir Pagaro (Sibghatullah Shah Rashdi – Soorhiya Badshah)
21 March 2014 – Martyrdom of JSQM leaders Maqsood Qureshi and Salman Wadhio
21 March 2014 – Death of JSQM worker Manzoor Channa
23 March 2013 – Martyrdom of JSQM workers Muhammad Musa Jamali and Muhammad Rashid Jamali
24 March 1843 – Martyrdom day of Shaheed General Hosh Muhammad Sheedi
24 March 1924 – Birth anniversary of Shaheed Hemu Kalani
24 March 1992 – Death of Saeen G. M. Syed’s close associate Kaka Allan Khan Thebo
26 March 2008 – Martyrdom of Shaheed Parcham Lyari (Karachi) Ahsan Ansari
29 March 2013 – Death of JSQM Kotri leader Ashiq Khoso (Kotri)
29 March 2015 – Martyrdom of JSMM worker Singar Chandio (Kotri)
31 March 1973 – Sindhudesh Day (On this day Saeen G. M. Syed announced the freedom struggle at Sindh University Jamshoro)
APRIL
1 April 1935 – Separation of Sindh from Bombay and recognition as a province
6 April 2016 – Martyrdom day of Shaheed Shafee Muhammad Karnani
7 April 2012 – Martyrdom of JSQM Chairman Shaheed Bashir Khan Qureshi
8 April 2011 – Death of Jeay Sindh leader and national artist Abdul Hussain Sariyo
10 April 2005 – Death of national poet Muhammad Khan Majidi
11 April 2012 – Martyrdom of JSQM Lyari Karachi worker Ghulam Hussain Kachhi
13 April 1968 – Death of national philosopher Allama I.I. Qazi
16 April 2011 – Death of eminent Sindhologist Dr. Nabi Bakhsh Baloch
16 April 2013 – Death of Syed’s associate and peasant leader Comrade Mir Muhammad Talpur
17 April 2011 – Martyrdom of JSMM leader Professor Ejaz Solangi (Dadu)
20 April 2012 – Martyrdom of JSQM Khokhrapar Karachi worker Tariq Kachhi
21 April 2011 – Martyrdom of JSMM leader Sarai Qurban Khahawar, Ruplo Choliaani, and Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti
21 April 2007 – Death of national intellectual, scientist, and historian M. H. Panhwar
21 April 2012 – Martyrdom of JSQM Khyber worker Ameen Sangrasi
22 April 2011 – Death of national intellectual and Jeay Sindh leader Syed Ahmed Mujtaba Rashdi (Pir Jo Goth)
23 April 2011 – Death of Jeay Sindh leader Sikandar Soomro (Jamshoro)
25 April 2005 – Death of Leader-e-Azam Saeen G. M. Syed
28 April 2013 – Martyrdom of JSMM workers Sajjad Markhand and Aamir Khahawar
28 April 1973 – Sindhi students’ protest against Pakistan’s constitution (Ismail Wassan slapped Hafeez Pirzada)
29 April 2012 – Martyrdom of JSQM Khokhrapar Karachi worker Ghani Baloch
30 April 2011 – Martyrdom of JSMM leader Ghazi Noorullah Tanio
MAY
3 May 2015 – Death of JSQM Chairman Abdul Wahid Arisar
3 May 1986 – Martyrdom of JSSF Mirpurkhas leader Raza Muhammad Banglani
3 May 1920 – Birth anniversary of leftist Sindhi leader Sobho Gianchandani
6 May 1521 – Shaheed Makhdoom Bilawal crushed in oil press
7 May 2015 – Death of Dada Kirt Babani, ambassador of Sindhi identity in India
14 May 1943 – Martyrdom of former Sindh Chief Minister Shaheed Allah Bakhsh Soomro
14 May 1978 – Death of renowned politician Sheikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi
14 May 2014 – Martyrdom of JSMM worker Waqar Dahoach
18 May 2022 – Martyrdom of national workers Shaheed Alhadno Rahmoon and Shaheed Nawab Rahmoon in Karachi
21 May 1970 – Death of Baba-e-Sindh Comrade Haider Bakhsh Jatoi
22 May 2012 – Martyrdom of JSMM leader Shaheed Muzaffar Bhutto
26 May 1983 – Martyrdom of JSSF Mehran University leader Shaheed Ahsan Memon
27 May 2000 – Death of social reformer Dr. Khan Muhammad Panhwar
JUNE
1 June 2003 – Martyrdom of Jeay Sindh leader Dr. Azeem Kondhar
3 June 2020 – Death of national intellectual Saeen Atta Muhammad Bhambhro
7 June 2006 – Martyrdom of JSQM Karachi leader Hakeem Notiar
10 June 1972 – Martyrdom of Sindhi language martyrs Abdul Qadir Halepoto and Bashir Ahmed Tanio (Tando Jam)
13 June 1987 – Martyrdom of JSSF leader Lala Faheem Memon (Khairpur)
15 June 1992 – Martyrdom of founding Jeay Sindh leader Shaheed Yousuf Jakrani (Kandhkot)
15 June 1919 – Birth anniversary of guerrilla leader against British rule Parcho Vidhyarthi
16 June 2020 – Martyrdom of JSQM Arisar leader Shaheed Niaz Lashari
18 June 1972 – Formation day of Jeay Sindh Mahaz
21 June – Martyrdom of JSSF leader Jadal Mangi (Khairpur)
22 June 1998 – Martyrdom of JSQM leader Qayyum Mangi (Shikarpur)
23 June 2014 – Martyrdom of JSMM leader Anees Soomro (Karachi)
27 June 2005 – Death of national poet Mujrim Laghari (Mirpurkhas)
27 June 2012 – Martyrdom of Jeay Sindh Tehreek Karachi leader Lal Bakhsh Bhatti
29 June 2014 – Martyrdom of JSMM leader Munir Khan Choliaani
30 June 2004 – Death of renowned writer Jamal Abro
June 2012 – Martyrdom of JSQM Hyderabad worker Mujahid Tanio
JULY
1 July 2009 – Death of Syed’s Urdu-speaking associate Syed Rasheed Haider Rizvi
2 July 712 – Martyrdom day of Shaheed-e-Azam Raja Dahir
2 July 2009 – Martyrdom of JSMM leader Mumtaz Bhutto
4 July 2014 – Martyrdom of JSMM leaders Fatah Dahri and Suleman alias Saleem Panhwar in Karachi
4 July 2015 – Martyrdom of JSMM leader Raja Dahir Bhambhro (Khairpur)
16 July 1994 – Death of national philosopher Dr. Al-Hidad Bohio
18 July 2012 – Martyrdom of JSQM Khokhrapar Karachi worker Muhammad Arsalan
21 July 1969 – One-Unit abolition day
23 July 2021 – Death of senior Jeay Sindh leader Lal Bakhsh Chandio (Badin)
24 July 2004 – Martyrdom of JSQM leader Gul Muhammad Bhatti (Hyderabad)
29 July 1997 – Death of Syed’s associate Hafeez Qureshi Senior
31 July 2007 – Death of national poet Ibrahim Munshi (Tando Muhammad Khan)
24 July 2009 – Martyrdom of JSQM District Thatta President Mushtaq Khasakheli
AUGUST
4 August 2022 – Martyrdom day of Shaheed Allah Bakhsh Khokhar (JSQM Arisar)
4 August 1991 – Death of Jeay Sindh leader Irfan Mehdi (Hala)
5 August 1921 – Birth of Gobind Malhi, leader of Sindhi identity movement in India and founder of Sindhi Adabi Sangat
8 August 2009 – Martyrdom of JSSF leader Asad Abbasi
10 August 2018 – Birth anniversary of Shaheed Bashir Khan Qureshi
11 August 2018 – Death of JSQM leader Sagar Hanif Burdi
12 August 1972 – Martyrdom of first Jeay Sindh martyr and Syed’s associate Dost Muhammad Pracha
10 August 2011 – Death of national poet Shamshir-ul-Haideri
12 August 2014 – Martyrdom of JSMM leader Jani Bhatti and JSQM leader Hanif Soomro (Gulshan-e-Hadeed)
13 August 1915 – Birth anniversary of renowned intellectual Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo
15 August 2013 – Martyrdom of JSMM leaders Syed Zamin Shah, Yameen alias Ameer Bakhsh Chachar, and Jeay Sindh leader Umeed Ali alias Sobhal Dahar
15 August 2013 – Martyrdom of JSSF/JSMM leader Afzal Panhwar
17 August 1972 – Martyrdom of Sindhi language martyr Professor Abdul Razzaq Soomro
18 August 2014 – Martyrdom of JSQM worker Hakeem Chohan (Karachi)
22 August 1943 – Death of Imam-e-Inqilab Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi
23 August 1859 – Martyrdom of Amar Shaheed Rooplo Kolhi
23 August 2010 – Martyrdom of flood-affected people Qambar Soomro and Ayaz Panhwar in Chipl Sun City Karachi
31 August 2012 – Martyrdom of JSQM Khokhrapar Karachi workers Haji Aslam Kachhi and Anwar Kachhi
SEPTEMBER
1 September 1974 – Birth anniversary of JSMM leader Shaheed Rooplo Choliaani
3 September 2012 – Martyrdom of JSQM worker Imtiaz Khasakheli (Paddaiden)
3 September 2014 – Martyrdom of national worker Jameel Bubbar (Kotri)
9 September 2000 – Death of Jeay Sindh leader Razzaq Ansari (Paddaiden)
12 September 1520 – Martyrdom of Sindh’s army commander General Shaheed Dullah Darya Khan
14 September 2012 – Death of Syed’s lawyer and intellectual Abdul Waheed Katpar
15 September 1976 – Death of renowned writer Maulana Ghulam Muhammad Grami
22 September 1938 – Birth anniversary of national poet Tajal Beos
22 September 2020 – Death of founding Jeay Sindh leader Mir Mola Bakhsh Laghari
29 September 2022 – Death of national ambassador Mir Saleem Sanai (Germany)
29 September 2022 – Death of national leader and Syed’s son Syed Imdad Muhammad Shah
OCTOBER
1 October 2012 – Martyrdom of JSQM worker Ali Raza Khasakheli (Nawabshah)
2 October 1978 – Day of Honour (Shireen Soomro incident)
3 October 2012 – Martyrdom of JSQM Khokhrapar Karachi worker Razzaq Katihar
7 October 1901 – Birth of Baba-e-Sindh Comrade Haider Bakhsh Jatoi
11 October 2014 – Martyrdom of JSSF/JSMM leader Shakeel Kunhar
12 October 2013 – Martyrdom of JSMM leader Dewan Prem Chandio (Qambar)
13 October 1982 – Death of Syed’s associate Qazi Faiz Muhammad (Nawabshah)
17 October 1984 – Martyrdom of Jeay Sindh workers Abdul Malik Khushk, Zakaria Memon, Amanullah Wasti, Anwar Abbasi, and Mitho Baloch at Torhi Phatak
19 October 1984 – Martyrdom of JSSF worker Ameer Ali Shah (Larkana)
19 October 2022 – Death of national poet Jaman Darbadar
20 October 1992 – Death of national poet Ustad Bukhari
21 October 2009 – Death of Nadeem Soomro, former JSSF President Agriculture University
22 October 2007 – Death of national poet Sarvech Sujawali
24 October 2000 – Martyrdom of national poet Zakhmi Chandio
25 October – Death of national artist Gigi Zarina Baloch
30 October 2014 – Death of social reformer Abdul Ghafoor Alasti (Daro)
NOVEMBER
1 November 1939 – Martyrdom of Amar Shaheed Bhagat Kanwar Ram
2 November 2021 – Death of national leader Maulana Azizullah Bohio
7 November 2014 – Martyrdom of JSMM leader Pareel Shah
12 November 2012 – Martyrdom of JSQM Shahdadkot leader Farman Mastoi
12 November 1996 – Death of Syed’s associate Hakeem Muhammad Saleh Kandhro (Sun)
12 November 2014 – Martyrdom of JSMM leader Roshan Ali Brohi (Larkana)
19 November 2002 – Martyrdom of JSQM leader Aziz Phul (Khairpur)
19 November 2015 – Martyrdom of national leader Dr. Anwar Laghari
22 November 1958 – Death of national intellectual Allama Umar bin Muhammad Daudpotto
25 November 1999 – Death of national poet Tanvir Abbasi
26 November 2015 – Martyrdom of JSSF/JSMM leader Aasif Panhwar
27 November 1993 – Death of Jeay Sindh leader Khakan Andhari, creator of the slogan “Jeay Sindh”
27 November 2014 – Martyrdom of JSMM leaders Sarvech Pirzado and Wajid Langah (Karachi)
27 November 1994 – Martyrdom of JSSF leader Saif-ur-Rehman Jatoi (Khairpur)
DECEMBER
3 December 2014 – Martyrdom of JSMM worker Faheem Bhutto (Karachi)
3 December 2014 – JSMM worker Allah Wadhayo Mehr (Karachi) recovered injured and then disappeared again
4 December 2011 – Death of Jeay Sindh leader Yaqoob Chandio (Paddaiden)
4 December 2020 – Death of Sindh Hari Committee President Comrade Azhar Jatoi
4 December 2020 – Death of Syed’s associate Allama Dar Muhammad Palari (Kohistan)
5 December 1973 – Death of Syed’s associate Mian Muhammad Ameen Khoso
8 December 2014 – Death anniversary of leftist leader Sobho Gianchandani
11 December 2011 – Martyrdom of JSMM leader Aftab Solangi (Mirpurkhas)
12 December 2008 – Death of national poet Tajal Beos
14 December 1987 – Martyrdom of national poet and activist Ghulam Rasool Brahmani alias Mastano Sindhi
16 December 1916 – Birth anniversary of intellectual Dr. Nabi Bakhsh Baloch
20 December 1914 – Birth anniversary of modern Sindhi thought pioneer Hashu Kevalramani
21 December 2007 – Death of national leader Qasim Pathar
24 December 1995 – Death of Sufi poet Jaanan Chan
24 December 1995 – Death of national poet Hafiz Muhammad Bakhsh Khasakheli
26 December 1997 – Death of Syed’s daughter Gigi Darshawar
26 December 2010 – Martyrdom of JSMM leader Majid Memon (Golarchi)
27 December 1996 – Death of national singer Sarmad Sindhi
27 December 2010 – Death of Jeay Sindh Porhiat Sangat President Atta Muhammad Bhatti (Thatta)
28 December 1997 – Death anniversary of great Sindhi poet Sheikh Ayaz
31 December 1982 – Death of Baba-e-Culture Sindh Rais Karim Bakhsh Nizamani
31 December 2007 – Death of JSMM Central Committee honorary leader Saeen Ghulam Mustafa Shah
17 October 2023 – Death of senior Jeay Sindh leader Bashir Shahani in the USA
SINDHI (ISLAMIC CALENDAR) DATES
5 Rabi-ul-Awwal – Urs of Syed Rakhel Shah
5 Zul-Qadah – Urs of Shah Abdul Karim of Bulri
6 Shawwal – Urs of Rohal Faqeer of Kandro
7 Zul-Hijjah – Urs of Mian Naseer Muhammad Kalhoro
9 Jamadi-ul-Awwal – Urs of Nanak Yousuf
14 Safar – Urs of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai
14 Zul-Qadah – Urs of Shaheed Jiyo Jung
14 Zul-Qadah – Urs of Qadir Bakhsh Bedil (Rohri)
14 Ramzan – Urs of Sachal Sarmast
28 Rabi-ul-Awwal – Urs of Naseer Faqeer Jalalani
28 Rajab – Urs of Syed Ahmed Shah Lakiari
17 Safar – Urs of Shah Inayat Shaheed (Jhok)