Samaro is a town in the Sindh

Sindh

Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...

 province of Pakistan

Pakistan

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. The town is the headquarters of a taluka

Tehsil

A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

 (an administrative subdivision) of Mirpur Khas District

Mirpur Khas District

Mirpur Khas District is one of the districts in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, it had a population of 1,569,030 of which 18.60%-Administration:* Digri* Kot Ghulam Muhammad* Mirpurkhas...

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History

During British rule

British Raj

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 the town was renamed Jamesabad (literally "Jamestown" - not to be confused with Jamesabad

Jamesabad

Jamesabad is a town in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 30°21'0N 71°50'60E with an altitude of 131 metres ....

 in Punjab) and was a subdivision of the old Tharparkar District

Tharparkar District

Tharparkar District is one of twenty three districts of Sindh province in Pakistan. It is headquarters is at Mithi. It has the lowest Human Development Index of all districts in Sindh.-Demography:...

 (which had larger boundaries than today.)

The taluka

Tehsil

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 of Jamesabad was part of the Bombay Presidency

Bombay Presidency

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, lying between 24°50′ and 25°28′ N. and 69°14′ and 69°35′E and had an area of 505 square miles (1,307.9 km²). According to the 1901 census the population was 24,038 - an increase almost 5,000 since the 1891 (19,208). The density of 48
persons per square mile was considerably above the District average. The taluka contained 184 villages, of which Jamesabad was headquarters. The land revenue and cess

Cess

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es 1903-4 amounted to 3.7 lakh

Lakh

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Now Samaro in District Umerkot

Timabhagat Samaro

The Timabhagat (Bhagat TEKAM Das) is the religious place of hindus. The present building is due to the efforts of Late Bhagat ASHOK kumar Jeewani (Premi) sahib.