| Chachro | |
| Settlement Type: | Tehsil |
| Pushpin Map: | Sindh#Pakistan |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Sindh |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tharparkar |
| Area Code Type: | Calling code |
| Timezone1: | PST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5 |
Chachro (Sindhi:ڇاڇرو)/(Urdu:چھاچھرو) is a Tehsil in the Tharparkar District of Sindh, Pakistan. It is located in the southeast corner of Pakistan, in the Thar Desert, along the Pakistan-India border. It has a population of 351,263.[1]
Chachro is divided into three areas: Khahor, Kantho and Parkar. Residents speak the Dhatki language, as well as Sindhi, Urdu and Gujarati. The majority of the population is Muslim, the Hindu migrated to India after the independence of Pakistan in 1947.
In 1970, Thakur Laxman Singh Sodha, a former deputy minister of Railways in Pakistan and a ruling figure, left for India along with his allies after he was accused of working for Indian intelligence due to his supporting the people of East Pakistan during the Bangladesh genocide. Rajputs and the entire Charan community of Chachro who were in alliance with Laxman Singh, left for India leaving the city of Chachro emptied out. They crossed the then porous Indo-Pak border leading to the Indian state of Rajasthan.[2] [3]
Chachro was captured by the Indian Army, for eleven months until 22 December 1972, in the Chachro Raid during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. It was handed over to Pakistan after the Shimla Pact of 1972.[4]