Haji S/o Mehar Ali Khoja, (8 October 1908 – 20 September 1999) known as H.M Khoja, is an educationist from Sindh

Sindh

Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...

, Pakistan.

Khoja Sahib was born on October 8, 1908 at Tango Bagho (Badin District

Badin District

Badin District a district in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The total area of the district is 6,726 square kilometres, according to the 1998 census of Pakistan, it had a population of 1,136,636 of which 16.42% were urban...

). After completing his BA and BT in 1932, became a teacher at Larkana

Larkana

Larkana or Larkano is the fourth largest city in the north-western part of Sindh Province, Pakistan, and is located within Larkana District.The old name of larkano is chandka which was changed in 1901. In August 2000 Larkana celebrated its hundred years of existence...

, Naushehroferoze. On 1 June 1936, he became Head Master

Head teacher

A head teacher or school principal is the most senior teacher, leader and manager of a school....

 at Local Board Middle School

Middle school

Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...

 Nawabshah, which was elevated to the status of High School in 1940. Khoja sahib served as a Headmaster of this school up to 29 September 1972 and from October 1972 to 1979, he performed his responsibilities as Chairman of the Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education

Secondary education

Secondary education is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory. The next stage of education is usually college or university...

, Hyderabad. Khoja Sahib was awarded presidential award Tamgha-i-Khidmat

Tamgha-i-Khidmat

Tamgha-i-Khidmat or Tamgha-e-Khidmat, which translates as the medal of services , is 7th highest honour given by the Government of Pakistan to both the military and civilians....

 (TK), and then in 1994, Pride of Performance.

Several schools were named after him, including H.M Khoja (Government Provincialized) High Schools (1 and 2), the H.M Khoja Auditorium, the SZABIST

Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology

Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology is a Pakistani university, with headquarters at Karachi and campuses at Islamabad, Karachi, Larkana and Dubai...

 H.M Khoja Institute of Education and H.M Khoja Girls High School.

Flower show

The H. M. Khoja Annual Flower Show was introduced by H.M Khoja in the year 1954 at Khoja Gardens. The event is celebrated for 3 to 4 days. The show was continuously held from the year 1954 to 1972, but discontinued from 1973 to 1980 due to the retirement of Khoja Sahib. The event recommenced under management of Mr. Mohan Lal H. Nachnani, former Headmaster of G.P (D.C) High School & District Education Officer Nawabshah from the year 1991 to 1996. The event was again discontinued from the year 1997 to 2003.

Then the show was taken by the District Government under the patronage of Mohtarma Faryal Talpur the former Zila Nazim from the year 2004 to 2007.

It was canceled by the District Government due to security reasons in the year 2008. But it was again held in 2009.