Sadhu Hiranand

Sadhu Hiranand Advani was the Vivekananda of Sindh. He was a social reformer, educationalist, journalist and a man of service. He was a picture of humility and simplicity.
Born in Hyderabad, Sindh (1863-1893 A.D.); he grew up to be a brilliant student. He was sent for college education to Calcutta. He came in contact with great personalities like Shri Keshab Chandra Sen and Swami Ramakrishna Paramhansa.
To propagate right kind of education he established the Nawalrai Academy, an ideal school, where special attention was paid to character building along with the education. Within a few years the school became famous as Sadhu Nawalrai Hiranand Academy. Poor and deserving students were given special care. Sadhu T. L. Vaswani studied in this academy. During epidemic of plague in Hyderabad he looked after the sick. He awakened Sindhi women and started education for girls. He started Sindh Sudhar paper in Sindhi. He was a man of simplicity and sacrifice. Rishi Dayaram Gidumal called him the "Soul".

Sant Dalpat Rai

Sant Dalpatrai was born in the historic city " Sevan" of Sindh, though exact date is not known but all are sure that the year was 1769. Sant Dalpatrai were the master of sindhi and Farsi language. He had also wrote poetry in Hindi. Sant Dalpatrai were married and have a son "Raghumal" but all this was not providing the mental satisfaction to him hence he went to Swami Aasardas at Hyderabad where he got the way to spirituality and freedom from physical body to feel the eternal peace and pleasure. Sant Dalpatrai died at the age of eighty in the year 1849.

Kishan Rahi - Sindhi Poet - Sindhi Sahitya Academy Award

In the year 1971 Sahitya Academy Award for Sindhi literature was awarded to famous Sindhi poet Krishan "Rahi". He was in his teen age, being born at Larkana Sindh in the year 1932, at the time when Sindhis forced to migrate India due to partition of country. Krishan Rahi completed his graduation from Bombay University. His some of famous books are "Lurk Ain Murk" [short Stories published in 1956] and "Kumach" [published in 1969] for which he was honored with academy award.

Narayan Shyam - Sindhi Poet - Sindhi Sahitya Academy Award

Famous Sindhi poet Narayan Gokuldas Nagwani, more popularly known as Narayan "Shyam" was born in Nwabshah district of Sindh and educated at Mumbai has received the prestigious literature award "Sahitya Academy Award" for his poetry "Wari-a-Bharyo Paland" in the year 1970. His some of other published works are Maaka Bina Rabel, Maak Phura, Ranga Rati Lahar etc.

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