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'''Seth Sukhdev Udhavdas''' (born 1896) was a [[Sindhis|Sindhi]] landlord and anti-colonial politician associated with the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Soomro |first=Khadim Hussain |title=Seth Harchandrai Vishandas |publisher=Sain Publishers |year=1996 |location=Lahore |pages=125–126 |language=en |translator-last=Mirza |translator-first=Zafar Iqbal}}</ref> After partition, he chose to stay in Pakistan and allied with the [[National Congress (Pakistan and Bangladesh)|Pakistan National Congress]].<ref name=":0" /> In July 1949, Sukhdev was inducted as the non-Muslim representative of Sindh in the [[Constituent Assembly of Pakistan]] since [[Jairamdas Daulatram]] —the erstwhile representative in the [[Constituent Assembly of India]] on a Congress ticket{{efn|The Cabinet Mission Plan had reserved one seat in the Constitution Assembly per million people of a province. These seats were distributed among Muslims, Sikhs, and General (Hindus and others) category in proportion to their share of population in the province and were to be elected by legislators of the particular community. Sindh Province was allotted with four seats, three of which were reserved for Muslims and the remainder for Generals (neither Muslim nor Sikhs).<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Rao |first=B. Shiva |title=The Framing of India's Constitution: A Study |publisher=The Indian Institute of Public Administration |year=1968 |location=Nasik, India |pages=93-95 |language=en}}</ref>}}— chose to stay in India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CHANGES MEMBERS FIRST CONSTITUTE ASSEMBLY FROM JULY 1949-1954 |url=https://na.gov.pk/uploads/former-members/1st%20Constituent%20Assembly.pdf |website=National Archives (Pakistan)}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite book |title=The Commonwealth Relations Office List 1952 |publisher=Her Majesty's Stationery Office |year=1952 |location=London |pages=171 |language=en |chapter=Pakistan}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Members of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan]]<br />
[[Category:1896 births]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistani Hindus]]<br />
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