MH Panhwar: His death is a death of an Institution

Saaiin MH Panhwar passed has away. His death is great loss to Sindh. He was an institution in itself and the gap created with his death will not be filled in near future. May Allah rest his soul in peace and give his descendants ability to bear this loss with courage.

Some lines about MH Panhwar derived from his web site (panhwar.com):

M.H. Panhwar (Muhammad Hussain Panhwar) 82, was BS (Mech. & Elec.) 1949 and MS (Ag. Eng.) 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 Balochistan for 12 years up to end 1969. From 1970 onwards to date was running a consulting company specializing in irrigation, water logging, drainage, agriculture, scientific equipment and horticulture. He wrote 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 authored 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 has published more than 500 pages on various aspects of Sindh. Six 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. He was widely traveled but lived at 157- C, Unit No.2, Latifabad, Hyderabad (Sindh), Pakistan, and ran his consultancy and research work from office at 54-D, Block-9, Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan. He has four sons, Rafi Hussain, Tariq Hussain, Sani Hussain and Muhammad Ali all settled in USA. His first wife is dead 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 transferred his home, office, agriculture land comprising a farm/orchard and other property in the name of the Trust.

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.
The following publications are also available for downloading in Adobe Acrobat Format.
Some publications
Water requirement of riverain area of Sindh
Sustainable methods as applied to raising fruit crops
An illustrated historical atlas of Soomra kingdom of Sindh
Chronological dictionary of Sindh
The development in the study of history and archaeology of Sindh In Acrobat

Free services

A horticulture extension service launched in private section
Free distribution of plants by M. H. Panhwar Trust

Publications on Sindh

Heroic struggle of Sindh against feudalism.
The institute of Sindhology of the university of Sindh
Abdullah Haroon and his times
The economic plight of Sindh under Pakistan in acrobat
Inevitability of the conquest of Sindh by the British in 1843
A visit to Dharhiaro Hill Peak in search of a summer hill resort in Sindh
Fixing of boundaries of Sindh 1843-1947
Alleviation of rural poverty
Ranikot fort (its odd location and why?)
The influence of ancient sciences including those of Sindh on al-Razi, the great Persian scientist
Sindh the archaeological museum of the world.
Causes of decline of Persian in Pakistan
Policing in the past in Sindh a case study
Ghulam shah Kalhora and relations with Kutch
Failure of a gate of Sukkur barrage, a lesson for the future.
Pre-Harappan Chronology of Sindh
On the uniqueness of Dadu district in Sindh In Acrobat
The art of map-making and some rare maps of the south Asia and Sindh 140 AD
Maps of Sindh
The Large Dams – their disadvantages and objections to their construction by aid giving agencies
My reminiscences of G. M. Syed
My reminiscences of G. M. Syed Part II
Thal flood canal project some facts
Irrigation under Noor Mohammad Kalhora
Un authorized diversion of Indus waters in the Punjab and causing water shortage in Sindh
Methodology of research into history of Sindh
Origin of castes (an anthropological study of few Sindhi tribes)
Revolutionary invention of Jhali
M. H. Panhwar's largest library on Sindh
launching of M. H. Panhwar's book "chronological dictionary of Sindh"
Dr. H. T. Sorley
The environments that lead to the rise and fall of Kalhoras
Destruction of protected archaeology sites in Sindh
Sketches, drawings, paintings and portraits on Sindh
An introduction to Willem floors book. "The dutch east india company in the 17th and 18th centuries"
Land grabbing in Sindh
International trade of Sindh. From its port Barbaricon (banbhore). (200 BC to 200 AD.
Pir hasamuddin rashdi - a dedicated historian
Sindh Kutch relation. (Talk delivered by M. H. Panhwar on 9th December 1979 at national museum Karachi
The influence of ancient sciences including those of Sindh on al-Razi, the great Persian scientist. In Acrobat
Land grant policy in Sindh
Land development policy in Sindh
Irrigation water policy for Sindh
Violation of 1991 water accord by 'IRSA' (Indus River System Authority)
Sindh was dealt an unfair hand
Sindh-Punjab mistrust has long history
Ancient geographical places and tribes of Sindh
Minimum flow of Indus below Kotri barrage
Ancient geographical places and tribes of Sindh
Canal from Guddu works to Nagarparker
Destruction of protected archaeological sites in Sindh
In search of a summer hill resort in Sindh
Justice of Justice Munir
Minimum flow in Indus below Kotri Barrage
problem of Thar and Kohistan of Sindh and some solutions
Problems of the Riverain Area of Sindh
Water that we drink - in Sindh
Up-grading Hospital Facilities in Sindh
Rural water supply and drainage
Sindh its food resources since antiquity
Reducing rural poverty
Thal Flood Canal Project Some Facts
Playing the map game
Drought, the cause of invasions of Thatta by Muhammad and Feroze Tughlaqs and fall of Delhi sultanate 1330-1400 AD
Antiquity of Karachi (Sindh) (Read in Seminar on Karachi)
Comments on M.R. Haigs book "Indus Delta Country" 1894
Comments on Raverty's "Mihran of Sindh"
Climate of Sindh and irrigation
Dismantling of railways in Sindh
Earthquakes, tornadoes and storms water Earthquakes along the Indus Delta and Baluchistan Coast.
Human rights in today's sindh
Ibn Battutta at Sehwan (Sindh)
Speech of MH Panhwar at a seminar on Nerunkot
Reply to admiral Gulab Hiranandani enquiry about Sindh and Sindhis
Twenty five years of research work of Sindhology
Unauthorised diversion of Indus waters in the northern Punjab
Urdu/Hindi controversy
Historical maps of Sindh 1600-1843 AD
The art of map-making and some rare maps of the South Asia and Sindh 140 AD to 1808 AD
Little ice age severity in South-Asia 1600-1700 ad In Acrobat
How to write a history of Sindh? some suggestion
In search of a summer hill resort in Sindh
Language problem of Sindh
Rani kot fort
Speech of M. H. Panhwar at seminar on Ranikot.

Autobiography

Hoonda will you eat beef
Inundation canals and water worship in pre-barrage Sindh
Khirdhahi and Aiwaz Shah grave-yard
The Hindu village shopkeeper and interest
Well in the village "Eureka"
Health care in the village
Dooms day or Qayamat is coming, a prediction
Declared as untouchable

Technical publications

Man made desert ring–around the Hyderabad city
Women and organic agriculture in Pakistan in acrobat
Genetics of testing hereditary breast cancer
Managing water resources in rapidly growing metropolises in Pakistan
Local initiatives for sustainable cities in Pakistan
Development of agriculture engineering in Pakistan
Oceanographic archaeology it's potential in Pakistan
Post Harvest Problems of Fruits and Vegetable Supplies in the city of Hyderabad
Wind Power Development for Sindh (Pakistan)
Climatic changes in Sindh
Improving agriculture economy in Sindh
Improving agriculture in Sindh
Agriculture economy crises in Sindh which have crippled rural economy (1950-2000)
Proposed corporate agriculture in Pakistan and dangers involved
Marketing of fruits to the total disadvantage of farmer and ruination of growers
History of irrigation drainage and flood management in Sindh
Strangulation of agriculture and increasing rural poverty in Sindh and lower Punjab
Climatic change, its impact and future plan
Seepage of water from the river Indus and occurrence of fresh ground water in Sindh
Urban horticulture. (Growing fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers in bungalows for Sindh, Karachi.
Artificially created fruit price crisis, after cotton price crisis
Meat shortage in Sindh and some measures
Fisheries policy for Sindh
Desertification of riverain area in Sindh and extreme poverty
Promoting animal husbandry to produce rural poverty in Sindh
Wind power development in Sindh
Advisory Farm note on Mango
Research Criteria for Introducing New Fruit and Nut Crops
Recommended Cultural Practices for Mango in Sindh Truth or Myth
How Government Horticulturist have Ruined fruit growers in Pakistan
Chiku or sapodilla the neglected fruit of Sindh
New Mango called 'sindhu'
Grapes in Sindh
Kei Apple
Is the Climate of Sindh Suitable for Raising Citrus Fruits?
An scope for better utilization of poultry droppings by converting it into cattle feed and methane
First bio-gas of Pakistan
water and other cultural requirements of Domestic landscape gardens in Karachi
Acerola fruit tree for Sindh
Alleviation of poverty in Pakistan through sustainable agriculture
Corporate Farming
Disappearance of citrus industry in Sindh between 1955-1960 and its rehabilitation
Failure of Sindh in modernising agriculture
Guidelines for Introducing new fruit crops
Invitation to press to taste new varieties of mango grapes, etc.
Jojoba successfully grown on six acres in Pakistan
Wheat a wonderful grain with we have converted into deadly poison
What to look for in selection of mangoes for your orchard in Pakistan
Water logging and salinity problems and role of NGOs
Sustainable methods as applied to raising fruit crops
Samphire - an edible oil crop for Sindh
Simaruba galauca fruits in Sindh
Effect of micro-nutrients on mango production
Promoting Horticultural Crops to Alleviate Poverty in Sindh and the Southern Punjab
Subsidy on tube-wells
Planning for Scientific agriculture an urgent need-I
Agriculture Inflation
Bifurcation of agriculture services
Can present system of education produce scientists in Sindh, or more so in Pakistan?
Importance of Agro climate-Sindh and the southern Punjab a case study
Agro-climatic zones of Sindh: For proper planning of agriculture
Earthworms, vermicasts and vermi-culture experience in Sindh
Fruit crops suitable for various districts of Pakistan

Books on Fruits, Nuts and Industrial Crops

Intellectual property rights and Pakistan's mango production
Neem - a natural pesticide
Work of M.H. Panhwar on lychee, longan, peaches, apples and grapes
Agriculture scientist honored
Banana crop under viral attack
Do we need another Land Reforms
Pakistan Economist (Interview)
A Woman of Substance
'Sindh was dealt an unfair hand'
Different Items from Daily Dawn

Some of his works have been put on the web at panhwar.com

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Mir Atta Muhammad Talpur