The Frere Hall is named after Sir Bartley Frere, the Commissioner of Sindh during the colonial period. He had gained considerable popularity in India for making Sindhi the local language of the province of Sindh juxtapose to Persian. Altogether 12 different designs were proposed for this building. The one proposed by Lt. Col Clair Wilson was finalized. In 1877, the Frere Hall was the seat of the meeting, conducted by the British rulers to finalize the rules of Badminton. The game was extremely popular in the days. In 1986, Sadequain started painting his pièce de résistance on the ceilings of the Frere Hall but his life completed full circle before finishing the magnanimous painting which still hangs half completed mourning the death of the artist.