Garhi Yasin

گڑھی ياسين ڳڙهي ياسين
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Garhi Yasin

Garhi Yasin (Sindhi: ڳڙھي ياسين‎ G̈aṛhī Yāsīn, Urdu: گڑھی ياسين‎ Gaṛhī Yāsīn) is a town and taluka of Shikarpur District, Sindh, Pakistan.

One of the three talukas (sub-districts) of Shikarpur, Garhi Yasin is of political and historical significance to Pakistan. On 1 June 1977 the old Shikarpur subdivision, consisting of the two talukas of Shikarpur and Garhiyasin, was separated from Sukkur District, and a new District Shikarpur was created and attached to Larkana Division.

Garhi Yasin is a town located in the north of Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the second largest town of the district Shikarpur, having population of more than 14,000. Garhi Yasin is situated on the right bank of River Indus. Garhi Yasin region has always been important because of proximity of Shikarpur, a place that commanded the trade route through the Bolan Pass, and its merchants had dealings with many towns in Central Asia.

Garhi Yasin taluka comprises two main towns Dakhan, Madeji and some main villages Haji Rohelo Khan Jaffri, and Bado. Garhi Yasin has produced Politicians, Civil Servants, like Agha Siraj Khan Durrani the Speaker of Sindh assembly and Agha Rafique Khan Durrani former chief justice of sharia law and Chairman of the SPSC. The town is named after its founder Yasin Khan Pathan. Sindhi is the common language of the people in this region. The Jaffri, Mangi, Kalhora, Mughal, Seelro, Wadhio, Chandio, Memon, Sindhi Hindu, Soomra, Shaikh, khakhrani, Syed, Mirani, Qazi, Bhutta, Lashari, RahooJo, Bhatti, Mahar, Jakhro, Kakepota, Arain, Mangi, and Bhayo Tribe. With the Durrani tribe being one of the strongest both politically and by land. After the independence from British India, Many Hindu and Sikh clans migrated to India. There also Hindus settled in Garhi Yasin.

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