Noor Muhammad Lakhair (Sindhi: نورمحمد لاکير) was a Sindhi nationalist,[1] educator, freedom fighter,[2] social activist, and founder of Noor Muhammad High School and the Muslim Hostel in Hyderabad, Sindh.
He remained an active member of the Sindh Muhammadan Association, which was established by Hassan Ali Effendi.
[10] Lakhir is known as the founder of Noor Muhammad High School and the Muslim Hostel in Hyderabad, Sindh.
In 1858 the British Government established Hyderabad High School in Sindh, and well known educator Marahatta Dr. Bhandarkar was appointed as the headmaster.
Noor Mohammad Lakhir wrote to Aligarh to seek the services of Muslim teachers for the school.
[citation needed] The school was named after Lakhir after he succeeded in acquiring it from the British government in 1924.
After the independence of Pakistan in 1947 the building was partitioned: one part for Noor Muhammad High School and the second for Muslim Science College.