Muhammad Usman Diplai

Muhammad Usman Diplai , popularly known as Diplai (13 June 1908 – 8 February 1981), was a figure of Sindhi literature and journalism.

He was awarded the Pride of Performance for literature by the President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf on 23 March 2004.

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. He then moved to Hyderabad in 1942 where he founded the monthly magazine Ibrat, which he sold in 1946, it then changed to publishing weekly and eventually daily. He was an essayist, journalist, publisher, distributor, and printer of the Sindhi language.

Death and legacy Muhammad Usman Diplai died on 8 February 1981 at age 72.

Another scholar Fahmida Hussain noted that Diplai was among the few persons in the 20th century to bring about meaningful reforms in the field of education.