Bina: This City is near Jhansi & has a very big Rly Junction on C.Rly. It has total population of 1 lakhs which includes 350 Sindhi families. They have a strong Sindhi Panchayat whose respectively President & Secretary are SIShri Dhanrajmal Wadhwani & Chandirlal Chotwani. They are united and do a lot Social Service so much so that if any outsider Sindhi passenger finds any kind of difficulty at Bima Station itself their Panchayat goes out of way to help such a person. Atleast 99% of them speak in Sindhi only among themselves. The Super Market of Bima is full with at least 90% Sindhi Shops. They are mainly in business and belong to middle class income group on the whole. They have Sri Guru Nanik Sindhi Dharamshalla (in Gandhi Ward) & Jhulelal Sindhi Dharamshala _ (near Tuti Puliya). Both the Dharamshalas are meant for loding & marriage purposes. They utilize the income of these Dharamshalas for marriage of poor girls & for helping poor widows in the community. They celebrate 2 annual festivals on the noble occasions of birth anniversaries of Sri Guru Nanik & Sai Jhulelal (Chetichand) and they close their all shops & do “Priti Bhojan” on both these occasions. Many Satsangs are arranged here by ;Radhasoami, Dhan Nirankari & Anand Puris. Sundrani Families have built many Satsang Halls. The Sindhis of other cities should learn these virtues particularly unity and helping others, from these people.
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