The story of
Jamalu Sheedi, a symbol of bravery and courage
Here in Sindh, black people are commonly called Sheed لWhen the British came to know that there was a prisoner named Jamalu Sheedi who wanted to pass a train over the bridge and could do so.
The British government requested Jamalu Sheedi that if he could pass a train over the bridge, the rest of his sentence would be over.
Jamalu Sheedi, a death row convict, was imprisoned in a narrow cell in Sukkur Jail, whose whole life was passing before his eyes like a movie. He was thinking that his life was in its final stages.
What would happen to his wife after this? This thought was eating him like
fear. He kept thinking all the time about what would happen to her. He used to
think about his family, what would happen to them after this. Sometimes he
could not sleep the whole night.
In these circumstances, sometimes he felt that he was losing his mental strength. He used to think all the time about how to escape from here, how to get out of here,
but there was no way out. Jamalu Shadi When a prisoner was taken to be
hanged, his condition would deteriorate for several days. He used to think that
now was the next turn.
One day, he kept thinking in this same sorrow, when the jailer Alkaran called his name, he was afraid that perhaps it was his turn now, but Alkar told Jamalu about the Sindh government’s announcement that a reward would be given to anyone who would pass a train over the bridge to be built between Sakhar and Rori.
Jamalu saw a ray of hope and wrote a letter to Jacob that if I passed the train, my death sentence would be forgiven. Jamalu was accepted. Jamalu agreed to pass the train over this bridge on which no driver was ready to pass the train. For this,
he was trained and finally the day came when Jamalu had to cross this bridge and take the train to the other side. Jamalu successfully took the train across the bridge. But he was released and other rewards were also given to him.
Jamal was sentenced to death by John Jacob, an officer of the East India Company. This was the era of British rule in India. The time of the Wireman Hind Lansdown was also very interesting like the story of Jamal Shahidi. The Lansdown Bridge, connecting the most important commercial cities of Sindh,
Sukhar and Ruri, is not only a masterpiece of architectural art, but the people of Bad Saghir called this bridge a century ago. More than a century has passed since the construction of this bridge, but even today the people of Sindh are immersed in its beauty and even today they come to see this bridge as if it had been built a day ago.
The Lansdown Bridge is located in a part of Sindh where places for recreation are very rare, so thousands of people of northern Sindh have seen and remembered this bridge as a place of recreation for many years.
The beauty and importance of this bridge can also be gauged from the fact that many famous poets of the Sindhi language not only wrote poetry on it but also mentioned it in Sindhi stories,
dholki songs sung on wedding occasions and other stories and tales. This bridge was built 130 years ago when the British government planned to lay a railway line there, keeping in mind the commercial importance of Sukkur.
Before that, the business of the British government was done through the Indus Flotilla with the help of foreign ships and fleets. With the increasing business activities, the government started the work of laying a railway line in the province of Sindh and thus the first railway line was laid from Karachi to Kotri in 18858.
Later, the railway line was extended to other areas of the province and extended to Sakhar. Lansdowne Bridge was built in the middle of the river without any support. The 900-foot-long bridge can carry two vehicles at a time, while a pedestal footpath has also been built on the sides of the bridge for pedestrians.
The iron used in the construction has been carrying the load without any pillars for more than a century due to the skill of the designer. The construction of the Lansdowne Bridge was completed in a short period of 2 years,
after which the Governor of Sindh Mir Murad Ali, along with high officials of Sindh and Punjab and other important people, also attended on March 25, 18792.
At that time, the cost of the bridge was 0 lakh rupees. 3300 tons of iron were used in the construction of the bridge, which was brought from England. The Governor said that the Viceroy of India wanted to come to the inauguration ceremony in person but could not come due to his busy schedule.
However, he allowed the bridge to be named after him. This railway line was laid by connecting the cities of Sakhar and Rudy, located on both banks of the Indus River, through a bridge. After the construction of the Lansdown Bridge and the restoration of the railway line, trains continued to run on the railway line laid on the Indus Flow Lines Down Bridge for 73 years, but in 1962,
railway travel was stopped due to the weakness of the bridge. After the weakening of the historic Lansdown Bridge, Field Marshal Ayub Khan planned to build a similar bridge.
Ayub Bridge was built near the Lansdown Bridge, on which work began on December 6, 1960, while this work was completed on May 6, 1962. By laying the railway line on the Ayub Bridge,
the Rainstown
Bridge was provided with enough space for vehicles as well as pedestrians.
Built on the model of the Lansdown Bridge, the Ayub Bridge not only saved the
Lansdown Bridge from destruction but also added to its beauty. Even after the
construction of the Ayub Bridge, no other bridge like it could be built.
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