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Vardha: Nearly 2 lakhs people are staying in this historic City which includes about 1100 Sindhi families. They are staying in 3 different localities, namely Dayal Nagar (700 families), Ramnagar, Sindhi Colony (300 families) and Main City (100 families). They have one Sukkur Sindhi Panchayat represented by Shri Ratanlal Punjwani as President & Shri Jamiat Da;alani as Secretary. Other Panchayat is General Sindhi Panchayat whose President is Shri Ramanlal Lalwani and Jt. Secretary is Shri Tekchand Wvatwani. Each organization is doing social activites for the benefit of the community in its own field. They unitedly celebrate annual festivals such as Chetichand & Guru Nanik Jayanti. They have one Sant Kanwar Ram Sindhi Dharamshalla and a Sindhi Gurudwara. They often speak in Sindhi among themselves & at home. They are mainly in business and belong to middle income group on the whole. They are united & have good relations with local people. Many historical places are worth tourist attraction here. Such as Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan (founded by Mahatma Gnadhi), Punnar Ashram (founded by Sant Vinoba Bhave), Geetai Mandir (with 700 shlokas of Bhkagwat Geeta inscribed on 700 different stones), Golden Budh Temple and last but not the least – International Hindi University (which was previously only Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti, Vardha), etc..
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