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1925 - 2007

GROUND WATER IN HYDERABAD AND KHAIRPUR DIVISIONS   (Full Book Click Here) Reprint of Original book published in 1969

This site is dedicated to lifetime work of Mr. M. H. Panhwar (Muhammad Hussain Panhwar)

M.H. Panhwar (Muhammad Hussain Panhwar) was born on 25th December 1925 in village Ibrahim Panhwar district Dadu. He completed his BS (Mech. & Elec.) 1949 and MS (Ag. Eng.) from University of Wisconsin USA in 1953. Professionally he specialized in ground water development, earth moving, agricultural machinery, water logging, salinity control drainage and agriculture. He worked with government of Sindh and West Pakistan as Agriculture Engineer in Sindh 4 years and Superintending Engineer for Sindh and Baluchistan for 12 years up to the end of 1969. From 1970 onwards till 2007 he was running a consulting company specializing in irrigation, water logging, drainage, agriculture, scientific equipment and horticulture. He had written 10 books on ground water in Sindh and many articles on Thar and Kohistan deserts of and engineering.

In 1964 he established a horticulture farm, specialized in fruit crops. This was converted into a research farm for introducing new fruit crops suiting climate of Sindh in 1985 and has developed many new varieties of fruit crops, which include 17 of mango 6 of lychee and many others. He was author of 36 books on culture and post-harvest of fruit crops. Many of them are not printed yet.

Considered as one man Sindhologist his hobby was studies of Sindh and he had published more than 500 pages on various aspects of Sindh. Ten more books on Sindh are ready for press. His personal library has some 50,000 non fictional books almost equally divided on Sindh, horticulture, engineering and environments etc, this library will be open for researchers by M. H. Panhwar trust which is run by his wife and sons. He widely traveled but lived at 157-C, Unit No.2, Latifabad, Hyderabad (Sindh), Pakistan, from where he ran his consultancy and research work he also maintained an office at 54-D, Block-9, Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan. He had four sons, Rafi Hussain (who passed away in 2004), Tariq Hussain, Sani Hussain and Muhammad Ali all settled in USA. His first wife died and his second wife Farzana a bio-chemist has authored many books and attended many international conferences.

In June 2003 Mr. M. H. Panhwar established a trust to undertake social work in Sindh. He has transferred his home, office, agriculture land comprising a farm/orchard and other property in the name of the Trust. The trust is now managed by his wife and sons and it plans to open a agriculture research center at his farm near Tando Jam and build a new structure for research library at his house in Latifabad. Mr. M. H. Panhwar passed away on 21st April 2007 in Latifabad Hyderabad.

Tribute/News Reports on his death

AWARDS

• Medal from Sindh University, for securing first number in first class in B.E. (Mech. And Elec.), 1949.

• Awarded SITARA– E–IMTIAZ by the PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN, in 1992 for outstanding work in ENGINEERING and Agriculture.

• Nominated in “WHO IS WHO IN THE WORLD” in 1987/88.

• Life Time Achievement Award for serving Motherland in History and Archaeology, 1999 by Tarqi Pasand Party.

• Life time Achievement Award for Services in Science of Engineering and Agriculture, August 2002 by Revivers.

• a Proud Pioneer in Horticulture (Sayid Ghulam Mustafa ShaH)

• Award as top horticulturist of Pakistan by Khabreen Newspaper’s Kisantimes TV and Chawla Group May 2004.
• Medal by Sindh Graduates Association for Life Time Research on Sindh, August 2004.
• Award by Sindh Agriculture University for Life Time Service to Agriculture Science, November 2004.

   

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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORICAL ATLAS OS SOOMRA KINGDOM OF SINDH	In Acrobat
CHRONOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OF SINDH	In Acrobat
SUSTAINABLE METHODS AS APPLIED TO RAISING FRUIT CROPS	In Acrobat
THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE STUDY OF HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF SINDH	In Acrobat
WATER REQUIREMENT OF RIVERAIN AREA OF SINDH   (Full Book Click Here)	In Acrobat
GROUND WATER IN HYDERABAD AND KHAIRPUR DIVISIONS  (Full Book Click Here)	In Acrobat

A HORTICULTURE EXTENSION SERVICE LAUNCHED IN PRIVATE SECTION In Acrobat    In Alphabetical Order 7000 YEARS OF WOMAN'S SLAVERY In Acrobat   A VISIT TO DHARHIARO HILL PEAK IN SEARCH OF A SUMMER HILL RESORT IN SINDH In Acrobat  ABDULLAH HAROON AND HIS TIMES In Acrobat AFTER THE INDEPENDENCE IN 1947 DEVELOPMENT IN THE HISTORY AND ARCHEOLOGY OF SINDH In Acrobat  ALLEVIATION OF RURAL POVERTY In Acrobat   AN INTRODUCTION TO WILLEM FLOORS BOOK. "THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY IN THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES"   In Acrobat   ANCIENT GEOGRAPHICAL PLACES AND TRIBES OF  SINDH  In Acrobat   ANTIQUITY OF KARACHI (SINDH)  (READ IN SEMINAR ON KARACHI) In Acrobat  CAN PRESENT SYSTEM OF EDUCATION  PRODUCE SCIENTISTS IN SINDH, OR MORE SO IN PAKISTAN? In Acrobat  CANAL FROM GUDDU WORKS TO NAGARPARKER In Acrobat  CAUSES OF DECLINE OF PERSIAN IN PAKISTAN In Acrobat CLIMATE OF SINDH AND IRRIGATION In Acrobat CLIMATIC CHANGE, ITS IMPACT AND FUTURE PLAN In Acrobat CLIMATIC CHANGES IN SINDH In Acrobat COMMENTS ON M.R. HAIGS BOOK “INDUS DELTA COUNTRY” 1894                     TO READ THE WHOLE BOOK CLICK HERE In Acrobat COMMENTS ON RAVERTY’S “MIHRAN OF SINDH” In Acrobat DESERTIFICATION OF RIVERAIN AREA IN SINDH AND EXTREME POVERTY In Acrobat DESTRUCTION OF PROTECTED ARCHAEOLOGY SITES IN SINDH  In Acrobat DISMANTLING OF RAILWAYS IN SINDH In Acrobat DR. H. T. SORLEY   In Acrobat DROUGHT,  THE CAUSE  OF INVASIONS  OF THATTA BY MUHAMMAD AND FEROZE TUGHLAQS AND FALL OF DELHI SULTANATE 1330-1400 AD In Acrobat EARTHQUAKES, TORNADOES AND STORMS WATER EARTHQUAKES ALONG THE INDUS DELTA AND BALUCHISTAN COAST. In Acrobat FAILURE OF A GATE OF SUKKUR BARRAGE, A LESSON FOR THE FUTURE. In Acrobat FIXING OF BOUNDARIES OF SINDH 1843-1947      In Acrobat FOUR ANCIENT RIVERS OF SINDH OR ONE LAC YEARS OF HISTORY OF SANGHAR IN BRIEF In Acrobat GHULAM SHAH KALHORA AND RELATIONS WITH KUTCH In Acrobat HAKRA OR SARSWATI CONTROVERSY-Various Versions of Scientists, Historians and Folk-Lorists. In Acrobat HEROIC STRUGGLE OF SINDH AGAINST FEUDALISM In Acrobat HILL STATION IN THE KHIRTHAR RANGE OF SINDH In Acrobat HISTORICAL MAPS OF SINDH 1600-1843 AD In Acrobat HISTORY OF KALHORAS In Acrobat HOW TO WRITE A HISTORY OF SINDH?  SOME SUGGESTION In Acrobat HUMAN RIGHTS IN TODAY’S SINDH In Acrobat IBN BATTUTTA AT SEHWAN (SINDH) In Acrobat IN SEARCH OF A SUMMER HILL RESORT IN SINDH In Acrobat INEVITABILITY OF THE CONQUEST OF SINDH BY THE BRITISH IN 1843 In Acrobat INTERNATIONAL TRADE OF SINDH. FROM ITS PORT BARBARICON (BANBHORE). (200 BC to 200 AD). In Acrobat IRRIGATION UNDER NOOR MOHAMMAD KALHORA  In Acrobat IRRIGATION WATER POLICY FOR SINDH In Acrobat JUSTICE OF JUSTICE MUNIR In Acrobat LAND DEVELOPMENT POLICY IN SINDH In Acrobat LAND GRABBING IN SINDH In Acrobat LAND GRANT POLICY IN SINDH In Acrobat LANGUAGE PROBLEM OF SINDH In Acrobat LAUNCHING OF M. H. PANHWAR'S BOOK "CHRONOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OF SINDH" In Acrobat LETTER TO GHULAM MUSTAFA SHAH FROM WISCONSIN USA. APRIL 1980 In Acrobat LITTLE ICE AGE SEVERITY IN SOUTH-ASIA 1600-1700 AD In Acrobat M. H. PANHWAR'S LARGEST  LIBRARY ON SINDH In Acrobat M.H. PANHWAR, A GREAT HISTORIAN In Acrobat MAPS OF SINDH  In Acrobat METHOLODOGY OF RESEARCH INTO HISTORY OF SINDH      In Acrobat MINIMUM FLOW OF INDUS BELOW KOTRI BARRAGE  In Acrobat MUHAMMAD HUSSAIN PANHWAR A PROUD PIONEER IN HORTICULTURE In Acrobat MY REMINISCENCES OF G. M. SYED In Acrobat MY REMINISCENCES OF G. M. SYED  Part II In Acrobat ON THE UNIQUENESS OF DADU DISTRICT IN SINDH In Acrobat ORIGIN OF CASTES (AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY OF FEW SINDHI TRIBES) In Acrobat PIR HASAMUDDIN RASHDI - A DEDICATED HISTORIAN In Acrobat PLAYING THE MAP GAME In Acrobat POLICING IN THE PAST IN SINDH  A CASE STUDY In Acrobat PRE-HARAPPAN CHRONOLOGY OF SINDH In Acrobat PROBLEM OF THAR AND KOHISTAN OF SINDH AND SOME SOLUTIONS In Acrobat PROBLEMS OF THE RIVERAIN AREA OF SINDH In Acrobat RANI KOT FORT In Acrobat RANIKOT FORT (ITS ODD LOCATION AND WHY?) In Acrobat REDUCING RURAL POVERTY In Acrobat REPLY TO ADMIRAL GULAB HIRANANDANI ENQUIRY ABOUT SINDH AND SINDHIS In Acrobat REVOLUTIONARY INVENTION OF JHALI In Acrobat RURAL WATER SUPPLY AND DRAINAGE In Acrobat SAYED GHULAM MUSTAFA SHAH SOME PERSONAL GLIMPSES In Acrobat SINDH ITS FOOD RESOURCES SINCE ANTIQUITY In Acrobat SINDH KUTCH RELATION. (TALK DELIVERED BY M. H. PANHWAR ON 9TH DECEMBER 1979 AT NATIONAL MUSEUM KARACHI      In Acrobat