Bhutto
Encyclopedia
Bhutto is a Sindhi
, Rajput
tribe settled in Sindh
, Pakistan
.
for over two centuries, occupying part of Balochistan in Kachhi, Sibi, Dera Murad Jamali, Bhag and Mithri, having migrated to Sindh from Jaiselmere in India under Setho Khan Bhutto in the seventeenth century.
was head of the Bhutto tribe and was made Sardar
by people of the Bhutto tribe nationwide. During the early 20th century the Government of India was increasingly democratized and this allowed influential natives to participate in Government. Shahnawaz Bhutto first entered politics on a District Board level in Larkana and then on a provincial level in the Bombay Council, where he was appointed by British officials. Sardar Wahid Baksh Bhutto, on the other hand, was the first member of the family to be democratically elected to government, when in 1927 he was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly
of India, securing the highest number of votes in Sindh, with Abdullah Haroon in second place. He continued to be elected to the Legislative Assembly until his death in 1933, which many suspected was due to poisoning by political opponents and those who saw him as a threat to their own advancement in politics.
Sindhi people
Sindhis are a Sindhi speaking socio-ethnic group of people originating from Sindh, a province Formerly of British India, now in Pakistan. Today Sindhis that live in Pakistan belong to various religious denominations including Islam, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Christianity...
, Rajput
Rajput
A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...
tribe settled in 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
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
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Bhutto tribe
The Bhutto tribe is a Rajput tribe that has been settled in SindhSindh
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...
for over two centuries, occupying part of Balochistan in Kachhi, Sibi, Dera Murad Jamali, Bhag and Mithri, having migrated to Sindh from Jaiselmere in India under Setho Khan Bhutto in the seventeenth century.
Bhutto family
Pir Baksh Bhutto founded and settled the ancestral home of the Bhutto family in the village of Garhi Pir Baksh Bhutto. Doda Khan Bhutto, was the head of the family during the reign of the Talpur Dynasty and then during Charles Napier's rule of Sindh and worked to acquire large tracts of land. He is largely responsible for the vast landownership of the Bhutto family, and was described by the British as "the best and most enterprising zamindar in the whole of sindh". Doda Khan had three sons: Khuda Baksh Bhutto (the eldest), Ameer Bakhsh Bhutto and Illahi Bakhsh Bhutto (the youngest). He divided his land up into four parts, one for each son and one for himself. In his will, however, he left his own share of the land with his youngest son, Illahi Baksh Bhutto. Illahi Baksh Bhutto went on to become an Honorary Magistrate of Larkana. He died at the young age of 28, under mysterious circumstances. Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto was Khuda Baksh Bhutto's grandson.Politics
Illahi Baksh's eldest son, Sardar Wahid Baksh BhuttoWahid Baksh Bhutto
Sardar Wahid Baksh Bhutto was a landowner of Sindh, and an elected representative to the Central Legislative Assembly of India...
was head of the Bhutto tribe and was made Sardar
Sardar
Sardar is a title of Indo-Aryan origin that was originally used to denote feudal princes, noblemen, and other aristocrats. It was later applied to indicate a Head of State, a Commander-in-chief, and an Army military rank...
by people of the Bhutto tribe nationwide. During the early 20th century the Government of India was increasingly democratized and this allowed influential natives to participate in Government. Shahnawaz Bhutto first entered politics on a District Board level in Larkana and then on a provincial level in the Bombay Council, where he was appointed by British officials. Sardar Wahid Baksh Bhutto, on the other hand, was the first member of the family to be democratically elected to government, when in 1927 he was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly
Central Legislative Assembly
The Central Legislative Assembly was a legislature for India created by the Government of India Act 1919 from the former Imperial Legislative Council, implementing the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms...
of India, securing the highest number of votes in Sindh, with Abdullah Haroon in second place. He continued to be elected to the Legislative Assembly until his death in 1933, which many suspected was due to poisoning by political opponents and those who saw him as a threat to their own advancement in politics.