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Founding of the Jeay Sindh Mahaz, 1972
G.M. Syed founded the movement for an independent Sindhudesh, inspired by Bangladesh's 1971 independence.
What happened
G.M. Syed, who had moved the resolution for Sindh's accession to Pakistan in 1947 but grew critical of post-independence centralization, founded the Jeay Sindh Mahaz in 1972 in the aftermath of Bangladesh's independence, and in his 1974 book "A Nation in Chains: Sindhudesh" argued for Sindhi independence.[1]
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Claim: G.M. Syed, who had moved the resolution for Sindh's accession to Pakistan in 1947 but grew critical of post-independence political centralization, founded the Jeay Sindh Mahaz in 1972 in the aftermath of Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan, interpreting Bengali nationalism's success as validation for Sindhi ethnic self-determination; in his 1974 book "A Nation in Chains: Sindhudesh," Syed argued that Sindh's distinct language, culture and history, and the exploitation of its resources, warranted independence as a separate state, "Sindhudesh."
- Sindhudesh movement (Wikipedia) link, Founding and ideology sections. Source record