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Mahraj Ramchand Shringi was 6 feet tall, with good health. His colour was
pink and had Blue eyes. He used to put on Boskiturban on his head. He was
fond of watching
"Malakhiro"
(Cultural Wrestling) and when he was pleased with the game of a
Malh
/Wrestler he would have praised him by offering him English Silver Coins. It
was his habit that he kept with him 50 or 60British Coins to encourage
Malhs
or Wrestlers. His
Jhirk Bolati
sentence about
Malhs
was very famous among local people. Inhis last days he had started to read
Daily Dawn Karachi to know about the current affairs of the world. He was
of good humor.He disliked songs and dance. Jalal Khan Brohi/Raisani of
Kotro/Gandawah was his old favourite servant and he used to talk with Wasu
Teenai in Seraiki language. While there was also a lot of number of female
servants whose duty was to cook foodand wash utensils. His old Haveli was
very famous among Shahdadkot citizens. On Mahraj Ramchand's death all
friends andfoes wept alike. Whole of the town was given sweetmeat packets
and public was offered with cooked rice. After his death hisdaughter in law
Sati Devi continued to cure the patients according to the practice and
teachings of her father in law. MahrajRamchand Shringi had five sons; (1)
Mahraj Parsram (2) Mahraj Tahalram (3) Mahraj Gopi Krishan (4) Mahraj
Shankar Laland (5) Mahraj Girdhari Lal. Mahraj Tahalram had murdered two
persons in Raunti village of taluka Kamber before partition of 1947. He had
no daughter.
BIRTH OF A SOCIAL WORKER
Mahraj Gopi Krishan was born on 28
th
June 1910 at Shahdadkot city, talukaShahdadkot District Larkana Sindh. His
mothers name was Tilli Bai; she belongedto village Bubak, District Dadu,
Sindh. His birthplace was Street No. 1803/99 or present Mahraj Gopi
Krishan Muhalla, where he opened his eyes in this world. Atthat time

Shahdadkot was a taluka headquarter of Jacobabad district. It was mostlythe

tail end of ancient canals of Ghar Wah, Begari and Edan Wah.
EARLY CHILDHOOD
Mahraj Gopi Krishan spent his
early childhood in playing and watching Shahdadkottown. His father Mahraj
Ramchand Shringi helped him in reading and writingGurmukhi / Hindu
Script. His brother Mahraj Tahalram or Tahlio (1908) also learntthis script
from his father. The First World War began in 1914 and ended in 1918with
the death of millions of innocent people. During early years of Mahraj
GopiKrishan, on 9
th
July 1920 Rais-Al-Muhajrin Jan Muhammad Khan Junejo hired aspecial train
and left Larkana for Kabul Afghanistan with 760 Quit India
Movementactivists. Many Shahdadkot residents also migrated from Sindh
towards Jalal AbadAfghanistan. Separation of Sindh from Bombay
Presidency in 1935 is the mostimportant and historic event of young Mahraj's
life.
Mahraj Ramchand Shringi
(1890-1964)
EDUCATION
He received his early education from Vernicular/ Main Primary School
Shahdadkot. Later on he got his Graduation Degreefrom Bombay University
India in 1936-7. He was the first person from Shahdadkot who passed his
B.A. In this way he becamethe first graduate of Shahdadkot. He liked Politics
and Public Work from his youth. Probably in 1938 he invited
MoulanaMuhammad Ali Johar, Moulana Shaukat Ali Johar and other
Congress workers in Shahdadkot for a public gathering/Jalsa. Both brothers
were protected by a dozen of bodyguards carrying
Belcha's
(Shovels) and bed sheets. Around 500 people attended theJalsa in Eidgah.
Muslim League supporter Khan Bahadur Pir Bakhsh Khuhawar-II criticized
on this but Mahraj remainedsuccessful in his aim because he did not want the
guestsleaving Shahdadkot without doing Jalsa. They did publicspeeches in
Eidgah which was a public property at thattime. In 1938 Quaid-e-Azam
Muhammad Ali Jinnah also paid visits to Larkana and Jacobabad districts for
ElectionCampaign. Second World War (WW2) was fought onalmost every

continent on the world from 1939 and 1945.Around 11 to 17 million civilians

died in this war.Mahraj Gopi Krishan was made member
of SanitaryCommittee
Shahdadkot in 1939.
In this same year KhanBahadur Pir Bakhsh Khan Khuhawar-II
walad
RaidMuhammad Bakhsh Khan Khuhawar-I and Mahraj GopiKrishan took
steps for peace and brotherhood in tenseHindu-Muslim Crises. Similarly both
of these friends took initiatives in June 1940 for the Literacy
CampaignCommittee in Larkana District