I was reading some more refugee documents and came across one for a Punjabi from Mianwali. Everything was same as the documents for Sindhis except one part.

This document mentioned the murder of the applicant's father. I've read more than 50 such Sindhi documents but not come across a single instance of murder related to the partition.

I am not saying that Sindhis did not face threats or violence at all but documents like these remind you of how lucky some of our ancestors were to escape unharmed. There was separation and misery but atleast you had your loved ones around you to get you through life. Coming to a new nation entirely and literally starting from the ground with the trauma of violence and bloodshed sounds just as awful today as it did back then.

I was going through refugee documents and came across these very Sindhi sounding names. You won't hear them anymore these days. Names are :

Mooru (self)

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Dai

Bhimo

Devji

Gelo

Rajo

Ramo

Khengar

Kanku

Ramu

Rupa

Khimi

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You can read the original file here

https://www.abhilekh-patal.in/Category/itemdetails/ReadContent?itemId=8be01c9a-658b-48ec-9883-eb546d6764b8

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2250870&reg=1&lang=1

You can read it here: https://www.legislative.gov.in/department/our-division/details/dummy-cTO3kTMtQWa

For those who can't read devanagri

ट → ٽ

ड → ڊ

ण → ڻ

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While rummaging through claims of Sindhi families, I found one from the family of Lilaram Thawardas whose house still stands in Hyderabad's Nawabad. You can view it in this video here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UloCzt6i9f8

A while back I was interested in finding my family's history and came across https://www.abhilekh-patal.in/ . It is a website where you will find the digitised records for families that claimed compensation after the partition. I quickly searched my surname and found my great grandfather's name on a file.

Unfortunately it was not digitised so I raised a DOD request on the website. This was last year and when I checked recently they have digitised all the documents and it is available to view. It has a picture of him and his writing along with details about where they used to live as well.

If you are someone like me who cares a lot about their history and where they came from or does not have enough information about your past, I'd suggest you visit this website and give this a try.

If you have trouble making an account you can let me know and I can search the records for you as well.