Hyderabad Division
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Hyderabad Division was an administrative division of the Sindh Province of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

, until the reforms of 2000 abolished the third tier of government.

History

During colonial rule
British Raj
British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...

, the erswhile division was a district of Sind in what was then the Bombay Presidency
Bombay Presidency
The Bombay Presidency was a province of British India. It was established in the 17th century as a trading post for the English East India Company, but later grew to encompass much of western and central India, as well as parts of post-partition Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula.At its greatest...

 of British India. The population of the district increased by 47% between 1872 and 1901. The total population according to the census were 677,994 in 1872, 703,637 in 1881, 861,994 in 1891 and 989,030 in 1901.
Taluka Population (1901)
Guni 91,506
Badin 81,790
Tando Bago 74,876
Dero Mohbat 46,919
Hyderabad 138,021
Tando Alahyar 87,990
Shahdadpur 73,504
Hala 98,230
Sakrand 64,036
Moro 66,641
Naushahro 97,506
Kandiaro 62,937
Nasrat 5,074


After independence in 1947 the district became a division until its dissolution in 2000, the division comprised the districts of Badin
Badin District
Badin District a district in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The total area of the district is 6,726 square kilometres, according to the 1998 census of Pakistan, it had a population of 1,136,636 of which 16.42% were urban...

, Hyderabad and Tando Allahyar
Tando Allahyar District
Tando Allah Yar District is a district of Sindh province, Pakistan, the city of Tando Allahyar is the capital.-History:The town was founded by Mir Allahyar Talpur...

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