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There are two Sindhi Dharamshalas for marriage purpose
only. There are 4 panchayats such as Mirpur Sindhi
Panchayat whose president is Shri Arjandas Vaswani.
An other Panchayat is Larkana Panchayat Whose President
is Shri Pesumal Gurnani. There is one Sindhi General
Panchayat whose President is Shri Kanayalal Bajaj,
Vice President is Shri Hansraj Makhija and Secretary
Shri Lalchand Bajaj. There is also a branch of B.S.S.
Whose President is Shri Pritamdas Khialdas Ravlani.
There are 5 Sindhi temples. The Population of city
is 1 ¼ lacs. The Sindhis are only 275 families
(about 2000). They all speak in Sindhi. Almost all
are in business. There are 2 schools but unfortunately
educated Sindhi children do not take advantage of
these schools. They celebrate Chetichand with procession
and close their shops. They also celebrate Holi.
One Sindhi Raja Hindi Weekly (with Sindhi's information)
is published from here whose editor is Mrs. Harsha
Jethwani. There is one Navjavan Sindhi Seva Mandal
who perform a great social service to Sindhis as
well as other communities by serving free cold water
at Chalisgaon railway station to passengers in trains
in hot season. Their President is Shri Haresh Arjandas
Kalwani and Secretary is Shri Hansraj Pritamdas
Ravlani
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