Shah Nawaz Bhutto

Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto, CIE, OBE [ [http://www.archives.lib.soton.ac.uk/mbindex/index442.shtml Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto ] ] (Sindhi:شھنواز ڀٽو) (Urdu: شاہ نواز بھٹو) was a politician of a Rajput clan hailing from Larkana in Sindh province of British India, which is now part of Pakistan.

Early life

Khuda Bux Bhutto was a hardworking mechanic serving in the Indian Railways. He had good connections with British Locomotive Engineers while working at his native town's Bhattu Kalan Railway Station, Hisar District, Haryana, India. He was very impressed with western values, therefore decided to send his son, Shah Nawaz Bhutto, for higher education to the UK. After completing his education, Shah Nawaz Bhutto joined service with the Nawab of Junagadh. Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto was a highly educated and talented man who deeply impressed the Nawab. Shah Nawaz Bhutto became the Dewan (prime minister) of Junagadh state. After the partition of British India in 1947, he moved to Larakana in Sindh with his family. All the land owned by him in Sind was given to him as a gift for his services to the British Empire.Fact|date=August 2008

Political career

Together with G. M. Sayed he founded the Sindh Peoples Party in the 1934. Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto was the father of the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. In his capacity as Dewan of Junagadh Shah Nawaz Bhutto persuaded the Nawab of Junagadh to sign the document of accession of Junagadh state to Pakistan.

Bhutto, one of the wealthiest and most influential landowners of Sindh, was a good friend of Governor General (later President) Iskander Mirza. Mirza had been a regular guest for the annual hunt in Larkana, staying at Al-Murtaza (the Bhutto family home). In the winter of 1955-1956, he brought General Ayub Khan along to Larkana for the hunt, and both generals enjoyed the hospitality of the Bhutto family.

Family

Bhutto was married to Khursheed Begum, formerly Lakhi Bai, born in a modest Hindu family [Historical Dictionary of Pakistan By Burki, Shahid Javed, 1991,Scarecrow Press, ISBN 0810824116] . She converted to Islam from Hinduism before her marriage. Her brothers remained Hindu and eventually migrated to India.

His children included Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and a daughter Mumtaz, who was married to Brigadier Muhammad Mustafa Khan Bahadur [http://www.4dw.net/royalark/India/sachin2.htm The Sidi Dynasty] of the Sidi clan.

ee also

*Bhutto family

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