Mewa Shah Graveyard

Mewa Shah Graveyard[1][2][3][4][5] (Urdu: میوە شاه قبرِستان) is located in SITE Town, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, and is one of the largest and oldest graveyards of Karachi.

It is named after the 19th Century Sufi, Mewa Shah, was a Sufi and struggled against the British colonial rule in Karachi. He was jailed and eventually exiled by the British. According to the legend, Mewa Shah alighted the ship taking him into exile, said his prayers on the waves of the Arabian Sea and mounted a large fish which took him back to the shores of Karachi.[6]

Notable figures

Kadu Makrani (real name being Qadir Baksh Rind Baloch) was executed by hanging in the Karachi Central Jail in November 1887. He was buried in Mewah Shah Graveyard. Makrani was a 19th-century insurgent who operated mainly in Kathiawar, Gujarat and was born and raised in Makran. He is famously known for opposing and resisting British rule and rule by the elite class of Gujarat in favor of the rights of the poor lower class, and is considered one of the significant freedom fighters against the British Raj.

References
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  2. "Home secy told to explain why Uzair Baloch not interrogated about four missing persons". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  3. Tribune.com.pk (2019-04-08). "Grave concerns of a gravedigger". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
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  5. Abbasi, Reema (2014-11-23). "Footprints : In defiance of bigoted times". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  6. Pakistan's mystical Islam thrives

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