The Sind United Party or Sind Ittehad Party ( Sindhi: سنڌ اتحاد پارٽي) was a political party in

Sind Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

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. The party was founded in June 1936, the same year that the Sind province had been created. The party was modelled on the Punjab Unionist Party.Jaffrelot, Christophe.
A History of Pakistan and Its Origins
'. London: Anthem Press, 2002. p. 14Talbot, Ian.
Pakistan, a Modern History
'. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. p. 76 In the 1937 election to the Sind Legislative Assembly, the party emerged as the largest party with 21 seats in the Assembly and formed a provincial government. The party had as its explicit purpose to foster communal harmony between Hindus and Muslims. Haji

Abdullah Haroon ) , birth_date = , birth_place = Karachi, British India , death_date = , death_place = Karachi, British India , death_cause = , resting_place = , resting_place_coordinates = , nationality = Indian , other_names = , known_for = Politics (Pa ...

was a co-founder and leader of the party.

Shah Nawaz Bhutto Shah Nawaz Bhutto ( sd, ; ur, ) (8 March 1888 – 19 November 1957), was a politician and a member of Bhutto family hailing from Larkana in the Sind region of the Bombay Presidency of British India, which is now Sindh, Pakistan. Early l ...

was the vice chairman of the party.Ansari, Sarah F. D.
Sufi Saints and State Power: The Pirs of Sind, 1843-1947
'. Cambridge South Asian studies, 50. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. pp. 115-116 G. M. Syed had also taken part in the founding of the party. The party counted on the support of ''waderas'' (large-scale land-owners), such as

Allah Bux Soomro Allah Bux Muhammad Umar Soomro ( sd, اللهَ بخشُ سوُمَرو) (1900 – 14 May 1943), (Khan Bahadur Sir Allah Bux Muhammad Umar Soomro OBE till September 1942) or Allah Baksh Soomro, was a ''zamindar'', government contractor, Ind ...

and Yar Muhammad Junejo. The Sind Ittehad Party opposed the partition of India. Bux stated: In the 1937 election to the Sind Legislative Assembly, the Sind United Party emerged as the largest party with 21 seats (out of 34 Muslim seats) in the Assembly. But although the party had sought to build links with the Hindu community, no

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contested the elections as a candidate of the party.Ahmad, Syed N.
Origins of Muslim consciousness in India: a world-system perspective
'. New York u.a: Greenwood Press, 1991. p. 212 Moreover, none of the prominent leaders of the party (Haroon and Bhutto) were elected and the Governor of Sind offered the Sind Muslim Political Party to form a government instead. After this move, the Sind United Party suffered a major defection with most of its Assembly members leaving the party.

later served as Premier of Sindh from 23 March 1938 – 18 April 1940 until a no-confidence motion was passed against him by the

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and

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. He was briefly elected back to power and served briefly from 27 March 1942 – 14 October 1942, but was dismissed by the Governor due to his support for the Quit India Movement.

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{{reflist Defunct political parties in India Political parties established in 1936 1936 establishments in India Politics of Sindh Political parties with year of disestablishment missing

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