Sibghatullah Shah Rashidi - Freedom Struggle

Freedom Struggle

According to Lutaf Mangrio and Nadeem Wagan, "The Hur movement began with Sibghtullah Shah Badshah I. and reached its peak in the days Sibghtullah Shah Shaheed Suraih Badshah, when the Hurs become active against their British rulers who imprisoned many in Vasarpur district Ahmed Nangar".

Sibghatullah Shah 1 provided forces to Syed Ahmed Shaheed to fight against Sikhs and since then these people have been called "Hurs" The freedom struggle was started by Syed Sibghtullah Shah Shaheed Awal in 1246 .

Pagaras' and their followers fought against their British rulers for 108 years from 1843 to 1951.

In 1922 when Sibghtullah Shah II becomes Pir Pagara he was 12 years old. He realized that British officer’s behavior towards Hur Jamat and the Sindhi people was insulting and Humiliating, he resented and rose voiced against British rulers. He organized, encouraged and determined to continue struggle against British rulers. As a result Marsha law was imposed by British rulers to control the Hur movement. Pir Sahib made Grange Bungalow as his general head quarter. He with planning recruited his followers for armed struggle, training them to fight and to continue an armed struggle. Their slogans were “home land or death” and "freedom or death".

After the arrest of Pir Sahib the Hurs increased their activities against the colonial government by attacking Police stations, government buildings, railway stations as well as telephone and irrigation systems in order to paralyze the government and to pressure British to release their spiritual leader.

The railway train "Lahore mail" was derailed by Hurs on 16 May 1942. When Hurs attacked army and police they raised the slogan of “Bheg Pagara”. To crush Hurs, Grange Bungalow their center was bombarded and destroyed on 26 May 43. Lastly he was arrested on 24 October 1941 & was sent to Seoni in India jail.

Dargah Sharif & bungalow in Pir Jo Goth were destroyed in 1943.

In 1942 important leaders of hur Jamat were arrested. Pir Sahib was brought back from Seaoni to Sindh in January 1943 and was arrested in Hyderabad central jail. The hurs made the Makhi forest their base for their activities.

The Government then began air bombing over grange bungalow, makhi forest and Dargah Sharif and arrested thousands of Hur leaders along with their families and kept them in concentration camps till 1952. According to Jail Employees working Second Generation in Jail Department told writer( Dr Nasir Jamal) that, they heard from the ancestors that Soriah Badshah was buried outside of Phasi Ghat(place of execution) in central Jail Hyderabad Sindh Pakistan, due to expected extreme reaction of HUR Mujahid, British Government hided the place of Burial by flattening surrounding clay make it Mystery since his death.