Sindhi Adabi Sangat

Sindhi Adabi Sangat (Sindhi: سنڌي ادبي سنگت) is an organization of the writers of Sindhi language that has branches in Sindh, Pakistan and abroad as well. Because of its great number and well-built organization, it is considered as the biggest Adabi Tanzeem (literary organization) of Asia. It was in 1952 that Abdul Ghafoor Ansari and Nooruddin Sarki coined in Sindhi Adabi Sangat. It initially was restricted to literary activities in Karachi. However, envied by the circles it soon multiplied to have branches all over Sindh and has now branches oversees as well. In 1952, Noor-ud-din Sarki and Abdul Ghafoor Ansari restructured the literary forum of Sindhi language and called it Sindhi Adabi Sangat. Initially its activities were confined to the city of Karachi. Inspired by the success of its activities in Karachi, interest developed over the rest of Sindh. This led to the launch of other branches in other parts of Sindh as well. Realizing the growing popularity of Sindhi Adabi Sangat, it was invited for the first time as a group in the 'Eighteenth Sindhi Adabi Conference' in April 1956 at Larkana by Jamait-ul-shoora-e-Sindh. Taking the advantage of the opportunity, the Sangat called upon the friends for the central organization of the Sangat. That is how Sindhi Adabi Sangat formed at the central level in 1956 with Ayaz Qadri as its Secretary and its report was published in quarterly Mehran. There are two opinions as regards the origin of Sindhi Adabi Sangat: some believe that the group in the first place was formed before the independence of Pakistan in 1947, while the others suggest that it started after the independence.