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After
the
independence
in
1947,
the
only
functioning
university
in
the
newly
founded
nation
of Pakistan was
the University
of
Punjab providing
services
to
the
developed
parts
of
the Punjab province.
The
area
constituted
as
the Sindh province
came
under
the
academic
coverage
of University
of
Bombay which
had
now
become
a
part
of India.
A
formal
academic
centre
was
therefore
needed
for
Sindh
and
under
the
constitutional
act
no.
XVII
titled
'University
of
Sindh',
a
resolution
was
passed
by
the
Legislative
Assembly
of
Sindh
thus
giving
birth
to
this
new
university
in
the
nation's
capital
of Karachi. The
act
was
revised
and
modified
in
1961
and
years
to
come.
However,
it
was
the
act
of
1972
that
provided
for
greater
autonomy
and
representation
of
teachers,
under
which
the
university
currently
functions.
In
the
years
after
the
independence
from
1947
to
1955, Hyderabad was
declared
as
the
capital
of
Sindh
and
the
university
operations
were
relocated
from
Karachi
to
Hyderabad
in
1951 where
it
formally
started
functioning
as
a
teaching
institution
in
pursuit
of
fulfilment
of
its
charter
and
mission
to
disseminate
knowledge.
The
first
department
established
was
the
Department
of
Education,
later
raised
to
the
status
of
Faculty
of
Education.
The
departments
of
basic
science
disciplines
as
well
as
other
departments
targeted
towards Humanities and Social
Sciences were
added
in
the
mid-1950s.
With
the
sudden
departmentalised
growth
of
the
university's
organisational
structure,
a
better
equipped
campus
was
desired.
A
new
campus
was
established
in Jamshoro town,
15
km
from
the
city
of
Hyderabad
on
the
right
bank
of
the Indus
river in
1955
and
was
named
after Allama
Imdad
Ali
Imam
Ali
Kazi,
former vice-chancellor of
the
university
as
a
tribute
to
the
great
scholar
and
visionary.
Before
Jamshoro
was
selected
for
the
establishment
of
Sindh
University,
it
was
a
desolate
hilly
track
but
was
selected
to
be
a
university
township
away
from
the
humdrum
of
the
city
of
Hyderabad
that
lacked
room
to
meet
the
ambitious
expansion
programs.
