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Gul Hassan Kalmatti is a prolific Researcher, Historian, Anthropologist, Social and Human Rights activist, Writer and progressive intellectual. He has 10 well researched books on various topics to his credit. Gul Hassan Kalmatti born in Haji Arzi Baloch Village, Gadap, District Malir, Karachi, Sindh. Mr. Kalmatti was first educated in Radho Jokhio Village Primary School and he passed his Matriculation from Murad Memon Secondary School, Memon Goth Malir. He acquired a B.A from SM Arts College Karachi and obtained Master in Journalism (Mass.Com) and Diploma in local government from Karachi University. During college life he joined NSF (Dr. Rasheed Group), fall of NSF he joined BSO and national movement of Sindh. He is author of nine books of history and travelogue one book translated renowned writer and broadcaster Raza Ali Abdi’s book “Sher Darya” in Sindhi. He participates in programs and talk shows on a numbers of different T.V channels and documentaries, he has writing blogs for social media. Kalmatti regularly contributes articles and feature to newspapers and magazines. Kalmatti is a founder member of Indigenous Rights Alliance and member of Arts Council of Pakistan for Karachi. Kalmatti has received many awards and honors. Gul Hassan Kalmatti’s personalities itself is a true reflection of Sindh spatially capital of Sindh Karachi, its culture, heritage, history and civilization. Kalmatti a travelogue historian he travels all around Sindh, Balochistan, Seraiki Waseeb, Punjab and Northern Areas of Pakistan. He also visits coastal islands of Sindh and with Dr. Rukhman Gul Palari to all those sites where Shah Abdul Lafif Bhittai had travelled. They travelled Bhambhore to Kech path of Sussui, Sehwen Sharif to Lahoot Shah Noorani (Lahootiyan Jee Wat) and Ganjo Takar to Hinglach Nani Mandar. He travels surrounding of Karachi Kohistan with Anwar Pirzado, Badar Abro, Kalim Lashari, Ishtiaq Ansari, Dr. Rukhman Gul Palari and Zulfiqar Kalhoro. Badar Abro wrote about Gul Hassan Kalmatti “Gul Hassan Kalmatti gave a new style, new taste and flavor to introduced new trend in history writing and readers like Kalmatti’s this style of history writing and new many historian adopt Kalmatti style of writing.” He loves of his Mother Land, Culture, Art, Rivers, Mountains, Valleys, Archaeology, Architecture, Heritage, Coast, Indus Delta and old trade routes.