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Umerkot (Urdu: ; Dhatki language, Dhatki : عمرڪوٽ; Sindhi language, Sindhi: عمرڪوٽ; International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, [ʊmərkoːʈ], formerly known as Amarkot) is a city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The Mughal emperor Akbar was born in Amarkot in 1542. The Hindu folk deities Pabuji and Ramdev Pir, Ramdev married in Umerkot. The local language is Dhatki, one of the Rajasthani languages of the Indo-Aryan language family. It is most closely related to Marwari language, Marwari. Sindhi language, Sindhi, Urdu and Punjabi language, Punjabi are also understood by this. Etymology The city is named after a local ruler of Sindh, Umer Soomro (of Soomra dynasty) of the Umar Marvi folk tale, which also appears in ''Shah Jo Risalo'', one of the popular tragic romances of Sindh. History According to tradition, it was founded by a branch of the Soomro, Soomra who later lost it to Sodhas in 1226. Sodhas were expelled by the Soomra in 1330 b ...
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Umerkot District
Umerkot District (Dhatki language, Dhatki: عمرکوٹ / عمرڪوٽ, , ), also known as Amarkot District, is a Districts of Pakistan, district in the southeastern part of Sindh province of Pakistan. The city of Umerkot is the capital of the district. Sindhi language, Sindhi is the native language of approximately 95.1% of the residents according to the 2023 Pakistani census. According to latest census estimate, the population of district is 1,158,284 (1.15 million). Umerkot is the only non-Muslim majority district in Pakistan, with adherents of Hinduism representing 54.7% of the total population as per 2023 Pakistani census. History Akbar was born in Umerkot Fort when his father Humayun was fleeing from the Suris. After the 1843 invasion by Charles James Napier, Charles Napier, Sindh was divided into provinces and was assigned a Zamindars, also known as Wadaras, to collect taxes for the United Kingdom, British. Administration The district is administratively subdivided into t ...
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District Government Of Umerkot
Umerkot District was initially created in 1993, but later on, due to some political reasons, it was abolished and merged with district Mirpurkhas in December 2000. However, after four years, it was restored in December 2004. District Government Umerkot has a website where you can find the official information about the districhttps://web.archive.org/web/20101129031208/http://ukots.brinkster.net/] Umerkot, also known as Amarkot, (Urdu: عمرکوٹ) is a town in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is also referred to as Amar Kot by old historians, including Tej Singh Solanki, who refers to the city as Amar Kot Itehas. The city is well connected with the other large cities like Karachi, the provincial capital and Hyderabad Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much .... Creation, ...
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