[4] Hyder Bux Jatoi was born on 7 October 1901 in Bakhodero village near Mohenjo-daro in Larkana District.
[5][6] As his mother, Sahib Khatoon died soon after his birth, he was brought up by his father and aunts.
[8] Hyder Bux Jatoi resigned from the post as deputy collector[9] in the British colonial government in 1945 to lead the Sindh peasants’ rights movement Hyder Bux Jatoi translation of the Quran in English.
[8] The subhuman conditions of harees (farmers) and tillers of the land led him to resign from his job in 1945 and to join the Sindh Hari Party.
[8] He began his career in social service and politics as a member of the Indian National Congress.