Sind, sometimes spelled Scinde, was a province of Pakistan from 1947 till its amalgamation into West Pakistan in 1955; and prior, a province of British India from being granted provincial status in 1936 till Pakistan's independence in 1947. Karachi was the capital of the province till 1948, succeeded by Hyderabad.
Under the British, it encompassed the current territorial limits excluding the princely state of Khairpur. In 1948, Karachi was separated from the province to form the Federal Capital Territory and serve as the federal capital of Pakistan; this resulted in the provincial capital being shifted to Hyderabad. The province was dissolved alongside Baluchistan, the North-West Frontier Province, West Punjab, and a number of Pakistani princely states to form a unified province of West Pakistan in 1955, upon implementation of the One Unit Scheme.
Administrative divisions
On 1 April 1936 Sind division was separated from Bombay Presidency and restored its status as a State . BjS
At that time the Province's Administration division are listed below:
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| Hyderabad Division ||
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| Total area, Sind ||
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Geography
The province was bordered by Karachi (within the Federal Capital Territory after 1948) and the princely states of Las Bela and Kalat on the west. To the north were the provinces of Baluchistan and West Punjab. The province bordered the princely state of Bahawalpur on the northeast and it enclosed on three sides the princely state of Khairpur. The Indian states of Rajasthan and Gujarat were beyond its borders to the east and south. On the southwest lay the Arabian Sea, with the Sind's coastline consisting entirely of river deltas, including the Indus River Delta up to Sind's border with the city of Karachi, now the capital of present-day Sindh.
History
Sindh was first settled by the Indus Valley Civilization and Mohenjo-Daro, as early as 1750 BC. It had Greek influence during its history after the expansion of the Macedonian Empire, and developed trade with surrounding regions. Several Sunni Muslim and Rajput kingdoms were set up there, beginning with the Rai dynasty and ending with the Arghuns. The Mughal Empire conquered Sindh under the rule of Akbar in the year 1591. Soon after the coming of European companies, in particular the East India Company, the Mughal hold on the area loosened, and in 1843 Sindh became part of the British India and its Bombay Presidency on 1 October 1848. Later it became Sindh province on 1 April 1936 under All India Act of 1935.
1936–1947
thumb|Map of Bombay, Sind, Baroda, and states of Western India (northern section), published in the 'Imperial Gazetteer of India' (Vol. XXVI, Atlas; 1931 revised edition; plate no. 38)
On 1 April 1936, Sind was separated from the Bombay Presidency and given the status of a province, with Karachi as the provincial capital.
1947–1955
Following a resolution in the Sindh Legislative Assembly about joining Pakistan, with the independence and Partition of India in August 1947 Sindh became part of Pakistan.
On 11 December 1954, the Sindh Legislative Assembly voted by 100 to 4 in favour of the One Unit policy announced by Prime Minister Chaudhry Mohammad Ali, and Sindh was merged into the new province of West Pakistan on 14 October 1955.
Government
thumb|Map of the province post-partition
The offices of Governor of Sindh and Premier (later Chief Minister) of Sindh were established in 1936 when Sindh became a province. This system continued until 1955 when Sindh was dissolved.
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! scope="col" | Tenure
! scope="col" | Governor of Sindh
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! style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" scope="row" | 1 April 1936
| style="font-style: italic;" | Province of Sindh established
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! style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" scope="row" | 1 April 1936 – 1 August 1938
| Sir Lancelot Graham (first time)
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! style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" scope="row" | 1 August 1938 – 1 December 1938
| Joseph Garrett (acting)
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! style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" scope="row" | 1 December 1938 – 1 April 1941
| Sir Lancelot Graham (2nd time)
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! style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" scope="row" | 1 April 1941 – 15 January 1946
| Sir Hugh Dow
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! style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" scope="row" | 15 January 1946 – 14 August 1947
| Sir Robert Francis Mudie
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! style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" scope="row" | 14 August 1947
| style="font-style: italic;" | Independence of Pakistan
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! style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" scope="row" | 14 August 1947 – 4 October 1948
| Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah
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! style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" scope="row" | 4 October 1948 – 19 November 1952
| Sheikh Din Muhammad
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! style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" scope="row" | 19 November 1952 – 1 May 1953
| Mian Aminuddin
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! style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" scope="row" | 1 May 1953 – 12 August 1953
| George Baxandall Constantine
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! style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" scope="row" | 12 August 1953 – 23 June 1954
| Habib Ibrahim Rahmatullah
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! style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" scope="row" | 23 June 1954 – 14 October 1955
| Iftikhar Hussain Khan
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! style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal;" scope="row" | 14 October 1955
| style="font-style: italic;" | Province of Sindh dissolved
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!align=center|Name of Premier (pre-partition)
!align=center|Entered Office
!align=center|Left Office
!align=center|Political Party/Notes
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|Ghulam Hussain Hidayat Ullah (1st time)
|28 April 1937
|23 March 1938
|Muslim People's Party
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|Allah Bux Soomro (1st time)
|23 March 1938
|18 April 1940
|Ittehad Party
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|Mir Bandeh Ali Khan Talpur
|18 April 1940
|7 March 1941
|All-India Muslim League
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|Allah Bux Soomro (2nd time)
|7 March 1941
|14 October 1942
|Ittehad Party
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|Ghulam Hussain Hidayat Ullah (2nd time)
|14 October 1942
|14 August 1947
| Muslim People's Party
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! scope="col" | Tenure
! scope="col" | Chief Minister of Sind