Sindhudesh movement

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The Sindhudesh movement is a separatist movement that advocates to create a country for the Sindhi people by establishing an ethnonationalist sovereign state called Sindhudesh in the region of Sindh. The movement was founded in 1972 by Sindhi nationalist leader G. M. Syed in the aftermath of Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan. Syed, who was one of the founding fathers of Pakistan, founded the Jeay Sindh Mahaz (JSM) and led campaigns promoting Sindhi identity and language after being influenced by Bengali nationalism. The movement declined greatly after the death of Syed in 1995. He was succeeded as chairman of JSM by activist Bashir Khan Qureshi. The Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) was founded in 2000 by Kabul-based activist Shafi Muhammad Burfat. The Sindhudesh Liberation Army (SLA), founded in 2007, gave a violent turn to the movement by initiating an insurgency in Sindh. The SLA, believed by Pakistani authorities to be linked to JSMM, was responsible for low-intensity bomb explosions...

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