About Sindhi Council of India

Dear Sindhi Council of india Members,

On the eve of our 26th Annual Convention on board the NewZealand-Australia Cruise Tour from February 24th, 2025 to March 15th, 2025. I wish to Welcome you all to our next Era of twenty fue years which begins with our this convention-SACHO SATRAM to you all.

I will not be coing justice to the enormous efforts of Sindhis to have converted themselves from Sharnarthis to Purusharthis to Parmarth is with the blessings of JHULELAL SAIN and their dedication & hard work to become the productive Assets of our beloved nation Bharat ie. India. We are also grateful to large number of cities & countries round the world, where so many of us have set up our productive enterprises, avocations, professions and trades. Our heart & our identity are however fastened to indus Valley Civilization, which is the Mukhya Dhara of Bharat that is India.

Let me at the same time refer to our basic discontent which arises out of a void created in our hearts by denial of our human rights & politico cultural existence & identity. May I elaborate on the issues of our discontent in following paragraphs on this occasion:

The Freedom Struggle and the resultant partition of the country on religious grounds in 1547 led to the acceptance of the exchange of populations between Pakistan & India. Under the scheme the immigrating Punjabi and Bengali Hindus could be re-settled in half portions of States of Purjab and Bengal that became part of India. There was no similar facility of homeland provided in incia for Sindhi Hircus, who lost their total state to Pakistan. Even the district of Tharparkar which was originally leased to the British by Maharaja of Jodhpur and where Sinchi Hindus were in majority was not demanded by Govt. of India due to lack of vision in our leaders.

Sindhis as a consequence were settled in 56 Refugee colonies set up all over India, the living conditions of which to say the least were pathetic, in a number of refugee camps the living concitions were unhygienic and even to this date they continue to be poor. Sindhis in the process lost all land related vocations like Agriculture etc. and had to seek jobs or pursue traces, profession and callings in the urban areas of the six states ie. Maharasthra, Gujarat, M.P, Rajasthan, U.P., Bihar, Bengal, Delhi anc Southere provinces where they came and occupied the refugee camps.

In 1957 linguistic reorganisation of the States of India did provide a chance to the Govt. of India to declare Adipur, Ganchidham Kancia area as Union Territory and provide homeland to Sinchis who had set up a city in this location by their own efforts under the inspiring leadership of the great Sinchi leader BHAI PARTAP who had received 16000 acres of the land from Maharaj of Kutch for rehabilitation of Sindhis. The Govt. of India however did not see the need to provide a homeland to the Sinchi speaking people though the Sinchi language was accepted in the eighth Schecule as an official language.

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Thus the main demand of the Sindhi hindus for a homeland is pending consideration of this demand by the nation. Sindhis were also prepared if a Development Corporation with adequate budget was to be announced by the Govt. of India which could answer the critical immediate problem of providing long denied basic civicamenities in the 96 refugee camps spread all over India. The responsibility for maintenance and upkeep of these was transferred from the Union Govt. to the State Governments since 1957 and which was being reglected by the states, because Sindhis were rot a vote bank.

(ii) The unrest of the Sinchis was also triggered by growing regionalism and castist tendencies lately being promoted by number of political parties in India. Sindhis were denied representation in state legislatures and Parliaments because they were thinly spread all over the country. They had ciscovered that Elective Merit was only a euphemism used by political parties for giving party tickets to the candicates drawn from the dominant caste combinations. It was also realised that ceteriorating economic management of number of States of various party Government had led to serious law and order problems and the nexus between the crime and politics had endangered not only the viability of Sindhis businesses is but had become a threat to the life and limb of Sinchis engaged in small and big businesses or professions and services all over the country.

(i) Sinchis were feeling politically neglected, in spite of they having achieved an economic miracle through cint of hard work, adventurous sprit and total dedication to their avocations. They had no political weight. Sindhis had begun to realise that they had greatly contributed to the National Capital Formation process and building of the Nation, through their incoming foreign exchange remittances yet, they had been cenied even their elementary demands of a Holiday of the Deity JHULELAL'S Chet Chanc cay/ Similarly the commitment for the development of their Sindhi language and literature was put on a political back-burner. In the process Sindhis were witnessing the slow demise of their 5000 years Oic Indus Valley Culture, Art and craft, music and folk dances and their rich heritage.

(iv) The language and literature, culture and heritage, ethnicity and the ethos are all connected with the soil, the shores, the mountains, the rivers and the valleys.

The human need for belonging is indescribable. It can only be experienced. The Sindhis of India having overcome the Economic disaster which the freedom struggle and the resultant partition of the country in 1947, brought upon them have now a dream to rebuile the edifice of their Culture with its more than 5000 years history. During next 50 years the Indus Valley Hincus will add their mystical colour to the multifaceted and multi-dimensional Indian fraternity, by becoming a major productive Asset of the Country through pursuit of Excellence their ethnic identity and to ensure their own safety and security is to constitute their own Governance machinery, something like a Government without the land, a replica of Vatican which rules over the hearts of Christianity the world over. To achieve this objectives SINDHI COUNCIL OF INDIA was formed and registered under the Societies Act-1860 with Head Quarters at Delhi. This was a unified efforts of all Sindhi individuals, associations & Panchayats.

(D) THE GOVERNING BODY OF Sindhi Council of india The National level Governing Body of Sindhi Council of India had Hon'ble Sh. Suresh Keswani ji, M.P. (Rajya Sabha) as its Founder President. We have a President & there are Five Vice Presidents looking after various divisions including Finance, Operations and Development etc. There are Five General Secretaries & Five Joint Secretaries to take care of day to day management and administration who are assisted by Full time salaried Assistant at the National level office ie. Delhi The National office in Delhi, in addition have a Regional Head Quarter with a President & his team. Finally there is also a Treasurer and a Public Relations Officer. All these elected office bearers plus National Office Assistant who is a full time paid employee run the day to day affairs of Sindhi Council of India at the National level.

Office Bearers

[E] REGIONAL LEVEL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES AND

Under the National level organisation there are Ten REGIONAL LEVEL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES one each for the below mentioned Regional level Sindhi Councils:

1. SINDHI COUNCIL OF NORTH INDIA: Delhi, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, J&K and Union Territory of Chandigarh-President Sh. Ashok Lalwani.
2. SINDHI COUNCIL OF UTTAR PRADESH: Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Nepal
3. SINDHI COUNCIL OF EAST INDIA: Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Bengal etc.
4. SINDHI COUNCIL OF MADHYA PRADESH: M.P. and Chhattisgarh
5. SINDHI COUNCIL OF RAJASTHAN
6. SINDHI COUNCIL OF GUJARAT
7. SINDHI COUNCIL OF MAHARASTHRA: Maharasthra excluding Mumbai and areas covered under Sindhi Council of Mumbai.
8. SINDHI COUNCIL OF MUMBAI: Mumbai, Thane, Ulhasnagar U.T. of Daman, Diu Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Goa
9. SINDHI COUNCIL OF SOUTH INDIA: Tamil Naidu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Pondichery and Kerala.
10. SINDHI COUNCIL OF N.R.IS: All NRI's Sindhis-President is Sh. Murli Adnaniji-Mumbai.

Each Regional Council consists of various groups of members plus the Ladies-Wing and Youth-Wing etc. Regional Presidents are assisted by two Regional Vice Presidents plus one Regional Treasurer Regional General Secretaries etc.

(F) CITY LEVEL CHAPTERS: In the cities falling in the geographic boundaries of above regions there are one or

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Incoming foreign exchange remittances yet, they had been cenied even their elementary demands of a Holiday of the Deity JHULELAL'S Cheti Chanc cay/ Similarly the commitment for the development of their Sindhi language and literature was put on a political back-burner, in the process Sindhis were witnessing the slow cemise of their 5000 years Oic Indus Valley Culture, Art and craft, music and folk dances and their rich heritage.

(iv) The language and literature, culture and heritage, ethnicity and the ethos are all connected with the soil, the shores, the mountains, the rivers and the valleys.

The human need for belonging is indescribable. It can anly be experienced. The Sindhis of India having overcome the Economic disaster which the freedom struggle and the resultant partition of the country in 1947, brought upon them have now a dream to rebuild the edifice of their Culture with its more than 5000 years history. During next 50 years the Indus Valley Hincus will add their mystical colour to the multifaceted and multi-dimensional Indian fraternity, by becoming a major productive Asset of the Country through pursuit of Excellence.

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More chapter committees in each city where Sindhi people are residing. The City level Chapter Committees or City Branches have membership of 50 or more members. The management of city branches of Sindhi Council of India by the elected office bearers namely Chapter President, Two Chapter Vice President, A Chapter Treasurer, A Chapter Secretary and Chapter Joint Secretary plus Eight Chapter Councillors. We expect SINDHI COUNCIL to be set up in every city of the World where 50 or more SINDHI FAMILIES INDIVIDUALS are residing.

AIMS AND OBJECTS: Loss of SINDHI HOMELAND AND SINDHI POLITICAL RIGHTS have been the root cause to give birth to the basic urge for Global Sindhi Unity. This has led to the formation of SINDHI COUNCIL. The real yearning has however been for the need to rediscover what we fondly call "SINDHYAT". This has been described as that thirst for adventure and enterprise which is mellowed by Socfi sublimity and sprit of Surrender to the diktats of Destiny under the Blessings of JHULELAL SAINT

(G) The Emerging Information age during the twenty first century is going to throw up new challenges for all those races who have to operate under multi product, multi locational and multi-cultural environment. The instruments of creation of wealth, all over the world are undergoing significant changes. The Geographical boundaries dividing nations may recede into relatively reduced relevance. The basic factors determining the relationship between the nations may not remain constant. All past assumptions in these respects may need to be scrutinized. The factors of production namely the Capital, the labour and the entrepreneurship etc, may relocate geographically to the locations which ensure their highest productivity. The Sindhi Council of India therefore aims to rekindle the sprits of Enterprise among Sindhi brother and sisters and provide every opportunity encouragement and assistance to Sindhis to achieve the coveted objective of Pursuit of Excellence not anly in the areas of commerce, trade, professions, enterprises, science and technology but also in all our endeavours including in the fields of Education, MEDICARE, SOCIAL CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS matters.

In conclusion you may want to set up a Sindhi Council Chapter in your city. You may be individuals or group or panchayat. You are all welcome. What you need to do is to write to SINDHI COUNCIL OF INDIA (HQ), 14-Golf Apartments, Golf Links, Maharishi Raman Marg, New Delhi-110003 (India) & express your identity, interest & intent. Also Sindhi Council of India has its own mouthpiece weekly Newspaper Sindhi Sansar for Sindhi community whose Managing Editor is Mr. Ashok Lalwani, Advisory Editor is Dr. Jagdish Jhuraney. Anyone can take annual membership to Sindhi community and give their views or news through articles free of cost

Thanks Yours in brotherhood, Ashok Lalwani President (North India)