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Jamaluddin Abro, (Sindhi: جمال الدين ابڙو), (Urdu: جمال الدین ابڑو ) also known as Jamal Abro (2 May 1924 - 30 June 2004, Larkana, Pakistan) was a Sindhi writer. He was born in May 1924 at Sangi, a small village in Mehar Taluka, then part of Dadu District.
Jamal Abro studied in a number of schools in Larkana and Hyderabad and passed his matriculation from Bombay University in 1941. He became a student at the Bahauddin College in Junagadh, Gujarat. In 1944 he went to Bengal and worked as a volunteer at relief camps for famine affected areas. He also worked as an activist with the Khaksar Movement.
He took a degree in law in 1948 and started working as a lawyer. He entered public service in 1952 and was posted as sub-judge in a number of places in Sindh. In the latter part of his career he served as a judge in the labor court and as Secretary to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh. He remained active on the literary front with the Sindhi Adabi Sangat, the organization of Sindhi writers with members all over Sindh.