Same territory, new name: Sind adds an 'H'

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KARACHI: Following the passage of a new bill approved by the provincial assembly on Tuesday, Sind province will now officially be referred to as "Sindh".

The provincial assembly has approved the Sindh Laws Amendment Bill 2012, which calls for the change in spelling – the "H" has now been added to the province's name.

The bill, presented by opposition lawmaker Arif Mustafa Jatoi, is the first private bill to be unanimously approved in the provincial assembly in the past five years.

According to the bill, the spelling for the province will be ammended with the addition of an "H" in all legal acts and ordinances.

"Sindhu" was probably the original name of Sindh, which was also likely the original name for the River Indus. The Greeks changed the name of the River Sindhu to the River Indos when they conquered Sindh in 125 BC under Alexander the Great – hence, the modern name, the River Indus.

A previous version of this news item erroneously reported the new spelling as "Sind". The error is regretted.

http://dawn.com/2013/02/12/same-territory-new-name-sindh-drops-its-h/

 

[Singh]

Jumaani effect.
But its pronunciation hasn't changed right ?

 

[afako]

Sinudallah sounds more Islamic.

 

[thakur_ritesh]

Replace h with a g, and Punjab can look to extend it's territory!

 

[Yusuf]

Sinudallah sounds more Islamic.

Sindhis are not Nutjobs like Pakjabis.

 

[blank_quest]

Pakistan must be renamed into Bakistan as there is no P like consonant in Arabic

 

[roma]

steady on with your theories - all of you are victim of our fabulous neighbours' level of journalism

they've back-tracked on the change - true to their level of professionalism - IT'S ACTUALLY THE OPPOSITE

ref; Sindh, not Sind – The Express Tribune

key sentence in the article ( and i cut and paste - so it's a verbatim quote ) :- Correction: A reporting error occurred wherein it was stated that Sindh will be written as Sind. The error is regretted.

but to really appreciate their level of journalism read the whole article and see if like me it's really hard to make any sense of it !!

oh well - let's wait for tomorrow - perhaps they'll make another change or correction then ?

 

[Blackwater]

steady on with your theories - all of you are victim of our fabulous neighbours' level of journalism

they've back-tracked on the change - true to their level of professionalism - IT'S ACTUALLY THE OPPOSITE

ref; Sindh, not Sind – The Express Tribune

key sentence in the article ( and i cut and paste - so it's a verbatim quote ) :- Correction: A reporting error occurred wherein it was stated that Sindh will be written as Sind. The error is regretted.

but to really appreciate their level of journalism read the whole article and see if like me it's really hard to make any sense of it !!

oh well - let's wait for tomorrow - perhaps they'll make another change or correction then ?

pakis a confused kaum

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Charles James Napier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Service in India

In 1842, at the age of 60, Napier was appointed Major General to the command of the Indian army within the Bombay Presidency. Here Lord Ellenborough's policy led Napier to Sindh Province (Scinde), for the purpose of quelling the insurrection of the Muslim rulers who had remained hostile to the British Empire following the First Anglo-Afghan War. Napier's campaign against these chieftains resulted in victories in the Battle of Miani (Meanee) against General Hoshu Sheedi and the Battle of Hyderabad, and then the subjugation of the Sindh Province, and its annexation by its eastern neighbours.

His orders had been only to put down the rebels, and by conquering the whole Sindh Province he greatly exceeded his mandate. Napier was supposed to have despatched to his superiors the short, notable message, "Peccavi", the Latin for "I have sinned" (which was a pun on I have Sindh). This pun appeared in a cartoon in Punch magazine in 1844 beneath a caricature of Charles Napier. The true author of the pun was, however, Catherine Winkworth, an English girl then in her teens, who submitted it to Punch, which then printed it as a factual report.[1] Later proponents of British rule over the East Indians justified the conquest thus: "If this was a piece of rascality, it was a noble piece of rascality!"[2]

On 4 July 1843, Napier was appointed Knight Grand Cross in the military division of the Order of the Bath, in recognition of his leading the victories at Miani and Hyderabad.[3]

 

[IBSA]

Well, next time to remove the 'd' and the name becomes what Paki are

 

[LurkerBaba]

Sind used to be called Sind. Now it'll be called Sindh officially.

There was an error in reporting

 

[civfanatic]

What crappy reporting. Alexander died in 323 B.C.E., a full two centuries before the given date. Couldn't they had done at least basic research before making this article?

KARACHI: Following the passage of a new bill approved by the provincial assembly on Tuesday, Sind province will now officially be referred to as "Sindh".

The provincial assembly has approved the Sindh Laws Amendment Bill 2012, which calls for the change in spelling – the "H" has now been added to the province's name.

The bill, presented by opposition lawmaker Arif Mustafa Jatoi, is the first private bill to be unanimously approved in the provincial assembly in the past five years.

According to the bill, the spelling for the province will be ammended with the addition of an "H" in all legal acts and ordinances.

"Sindhu" was probably the original name of Sindh, which was also likely the original name for the River Indus. The Greeks changed the name of the River Sindhu to the River Indos when they conquered Sindh in 125 BC under Alexander the Great – hence, the modern name, the River Indus.

A previous version of this news item erroneously reported the new spelling as "Sind". The error is regretted.

Same territory, new name: Sind adds an ‘H’ | Pakistan | DAWN.COM

 

[Sindhifreedomfighter]

Sindh & Sindhies are different than pakjabis .. sindhis are liberal, secular and non-marshal in their nature.. which u can witness from the nature of sindhis living in india...
you will not find a SINGLE sindhi suicide bomber, sindhi taliban, sindhi lashkar-e-tayyaba man, or any of extremist outdfit..
all those who are involved in terrorism and extremism are punjabis and pukhtuns.

 

[Payeng]

Jumaani effect.
But its pronunciation hasn't changed right ?

Well, next time to remove the 'd' and the name becomes what Paki are

whats their in a name, let it be a 'd' or a 'g'