Muhammad Usman Diplai, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Muhammad Usman Diplai

writer

Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1908

Place of Birth: Diplo, Pakistan, Sindh, Pakistan

Date of Death: 07-Feb-1981

Profession: playwright, journalist, novelist, short story writer

Nationality: Pakistan

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Muhammad Usman Diplai (Urdu: ???? ????? ????????), popularly known as Diplai (13 June 1908 – 8 February 1981), was a figure of Sindhi literature and journalism.
He was awarded Pride of Performance for his works by President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf on 23 March 2004. He was born at Diplo (Tharparkar District) to a middle-class family.
As per family traditions, he had to engage himself in business.
Due to unfavourable circumstances, however, he could not complete his formal education.
In early life, he worked with some landlords (zamindars) of the area as a clerk, but continued reading newspapers and magazines.
He also acquired proficiency in Gujrati, Hindi, Gurmukhi, Urdu and working knowledge in English and Persian. He founded Islamia Press, Quran Press and the Islami Dar-ul-Ishaat, the Adar-i-Insanyat, and the Diplai Academy one after another shortly before the Second World War, at the historic town of Mirpurkhas, and then moved to Hyderabad in 1942 where he founded the monthly magazine Ibrat, which he sold in 1946, when it then changed to publishing weekly and eventually daily.
He was an essayist, journalist, publisher, distributor, and printer of the Sindhi language.