Bheroomal Mehrchand Advani – A legend of Sindh
Abstract
Bheromal Mehrchand Advani was a linguisc, writer, poet, cric,
scholar, historian and an expert of designing curriculum for school going children. He wrote more than fi y books in various diversified fields. In the early
20th century when Sindhi medium schools were established under the Brish
reign, the designing of books or curriculum was seen as one of the major problems. It was primarily because within Sindh, prior to such schools only
madarsah schools were imparng educaon in arabic & persian languages.
Behromal made an important role in designing text books, and composed
nursery rhymes etc. for children of various classes. He also translated rhymes
from other languages to overcome the shortage in Sindhi language. He also
authored a theory regarding the origin of Sindhi language. His research on
history of Sindh is also a remarkable contribuon. He was a good translator
and translated many ficon books (including dramas and novels) from english,
hindi and bengali languages to fill the gap in Sindhi language. This paper is a
detailed crical study of Behromal’s contribuons to the sindhi language and
literature.
Prof. M. Saleem Memon. (2017) ڪاڪو ڀیرومل مهر چند آڈواڻي (سنڌي ادب جو هڪ و ساریل ورق), Kalachi, Volume 20, Issue 1.
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