The history of Govt: (Prov) Boys High School Shahdadkot is incomplete without the description of Mr. Abdul Sattar Bhatti. He was born on 1st June 1929 at Shahdadkot. His father Haji Qadir Bux Bhatti was a retired Supervising Tapedar while his grandfather Ahmed Khan Bhatti Kalani was a poor farmer and lived at village Sanjer Bhatti in the north east of Shahdadkot. He also instructed village children in the reading of Holy Quran in a mosque. Amina Khatoon Khokhar, the mother of Mr. Abdul Sattar Bhatti was daughter of Nabi Bux Khan Khokhar who was a servant of Brigadier General John Jacob (1812-1858) of Jacobabad. He originally belonged to Khairpur Mirs but after quarrelling with his relatives, he went to Calcutta India for a better future. Later on, he joined General John Jacob as his servant and settled himself at Jacobabad. John Jacob bestowed upon him a land of 500 Jarebs near Osta Muhammad Balochistan for his services. This land was sold by the family after 1947 partition. Muhammad Hashim Bhatti, one of the close relatives of Mr. Abdul Sattar Bhatti was also a Supervising Tapadar but afterwards he resigned from his post and joined the Silk Letter Movement. Another of his relative named Ghulam Hussain Bhatti was a Primary School Teacher at Village Chakiani who did stool in Union Jack as the sign of hatred from British Rule over India in 1920s. A case was lodged against him which caused end of his service. Advocate Dengo Mal came to Shahdadkot from Karachi for the hearings of the case. On the other hand Maulana Comrade Illahi Bux Qureshi, Ghulam Rasool Soomro and Ghulam Qadir Soomro gave moral and political support to Ghulam Hussain Bhatti. On 8th September 1921 Ghulam Hussain Bhatti donated Rs. 50 to Khilafat Movement Committee which was a very huge amount at that time. The father of Mr. Abdul Sattar Bhatti Haji Qadir Bux Bhatti had also second marriage with Sardar Khatoon Awan. The couple had two other sons named Abdul Ghaffar Bhatti (Principal Himayat-ul-Islam High School & College Karachi) and Hussain Bux Bhatti who died in Dubai, UAE. Haji Qadir Bux Bhatti had two brothers named Abdullah Khan Bhatti and Khuda Bux Bhatti. Their ancestral village was Lundo Bhatti in taluka Miro Khan. Haji Qadir Bux Bhatti served as Supervising Tapedar under Mr. H.E.G. Aikton (1945-1947) the Collector or Deputy Commissioner Larkana. One day he was found absent from the office as he had gone to offer prayers. Seeing this Collector Mr. Aikton dismissed him. When Qadir Bux Bhatti saw this he filed a case against the British Official. After some hearings he was released by the court. Mr. Abdul Sattar Bhatti received his early education in Sindhi from Vernacular School or Govt: Main Primary School Shahdadkot in 1936-37. After passing 4th Standard he passed I, II & III standards from Anglo Vernacular Classes located presently Kamboh Muhalla Shahdadkot. Later he went to Nasirabad Middle School for 4th & 5th standards. Nasirabad was known for its wealth and luxurious life. There he met famous Sindhi poet Dadan Faqir Sonaro who was also studying in the same school in which Mr. Abdul Sattar Bhatti was learning his lessons. He passed his 6th and 7th standard examination from Kamber in 1941-42. It was the time of 1942 flood disaster. Due to the absence of transport he would go through the Railway line by tracing its slippers on foot. After passing his Matriculation examination he passed his Intermediate, BA, BT and MA (Sindhi Literature) examination privately from Kamber. He passed his LLB from Larkana after getting job in education department. It was in fact an uphill task to acquire such degrees of high excellence at that time which Mr. Bhatti achieved. He was the first Muslim student of Shahdadkot who received MA, BT & LLB degrees from University of Sindh Jamshoro up till 1948. He received his education from Allama II Qazi (b. 1886 - d.1968), Dr. Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Mr. Parvez Shami and Mr. Shafi Muhammad Memon of Hala during his Bachelor of Teaching (BT) Classes. He entered education department as an English School Teacher from 1948-49. On 11th March 1960 Mr.Abdul Sattar Bhatti became head master of Municipal High School Shahdadkot. The school building consisted on 10 classrooms, Science Hall and a canteen which were constructed under the supervision of Mr. Abdul Sattar Bhatti. The teaching staff included on following teachers namely 1) Mr. Imdad Hussain Ghaloo 2) Mr. Deedar Hussain Kalhoro/Totani 3) Mr. Muhammad Hassan Sheikh 4) Mr. Allahwarayo Qureshi 5) Mr. Sijawal Khan Wadho 6) Mr. Ghulam Sarwar Sheikh 7) Mr. Seetaldas of Kamber 8) Mr. Abdul Sami Arain 9) Mr. Seetaldas of Larkana 10) Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Bhutto 11) Mr. Muhammad Azim Soomro 12) Mr. Abdul Wasi Qureshi 13) Mr. Mushtaque Rasool Qureshi 14) Mr. Qadir Bux Sheikh 15) Mr. Ramchand Nagdev 16) Mr. Dur Muhammad Sheikh 17) Moulvi Barkat Ali Chandio 18) Mr. Milan Mal 19) Imdad Hussain Sheikh 20) Ghualm Abbass of Banguldero and 21) Maulana Shah Muhammad Hakro . Mr. Abdul Sattar Bhatti, Headmaster Municipal High School Shahdadkot During 1965 War, One of the teachers of Muncipal High School- Mr. Ramchand Nagdev was arrested on the allegation that he had close contacts with RAW. After releasing he resigned and migrated towards India and never came back. The well-known Advocate Mr. Kanaya Lal Nagdev was his brother whose office situated in Shahi Bazzar Shahdadkot. There were two times of recess at that time. The students returned back to school in the evening. After finishing free coaching classes different games were played on ground opposite to Railway Station. Mr. Bhatti also arranged a tour programme of Bhanbhor for school students. In those days Vernacular or Primary School was taught up to 4th Classes in Sindhi. On the other hand 7 classes of English were taught at High School. In this way a students could receive education up to 11th Standards. General Muhammad Ayoob Khan (1958-69), the president of Pakistan changed and introduced new reforms in education and made Matriculation on 5 primary and 5 English classes. He made Technical education mandatory. Civil Defense Training was also made mandatory in the schools and colleges. Mr. Abdul Sattar Bhatti was the first Muslim head master in the whole Larkana district in Upper Sindh. He strived during the years 1961-62 and 1963 to upgrade his Secondary School into a High School through legal struggle. Finally examinations of three years were conducted and the teachers were paid their three years remaining salaries. He did not get salary for 7 years and contributed his amount for the development of the school and students. He organized extracurricular activities and organized sports weeks in the school. Mahraj Gopi Krishan (1910-1992), the first chairman of Shahdadkot Municipality gave importance to education in his all life. Its why he frequently visited all educational institutes in Shahdadkot during his tenures. He used to visit primary school, middle school and high school in the city and encouraged teachers. Mr. Abdul Sattar Bhatti married Anwer Khatoon Soomro in 1937 when he was only 8 years old while he did second marriage with Qazbano Khatiyan in 1961. She is sister of Mr. Abdul Majeed Khatiyan. He has 11 sons named 1) Sardar Abdul Ghani 2) Abdul Fattah 3) Abdul Qayoom 4) Abdul Rauf 5) Abdul Hafeez 6) Dr. Javed Sattar 7) Khalid Sattar 8) Tarique Sattar 9) Sharjeel Sattar 10) Shakeel Sattar and 11) Sunny Sattar and 5 daughters named 1) Sakina 2) Fatima 3) Badarunisa 4) Qamarunisa and 5) Fakhrunisa. Some 30 years ago Mr. Abdul Sattar Bhatti distributed all his 200 Jarebs of agricultural land among his sons and daughters and started living on pension. I interviewed him in detail on 9th March 2008 when he was quite healthy and energetic. Last time I met him on Sunday 15th September 2013. This time he was unable to walk as he had fracture in his leg. He uses walker and passes most of his time in front of his home these days. Mr. Abdul Sattar Bhatti produced best students from Municipal High School who proved their talent not only in Pakistan but all around the world. After serving 39 years Mr. Abdul Sattar Bhatti retired on 20th June 1987. He is living now a retired life.
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