Shah Nawaz Bhutto (Sindhi: شاھ نواز ڀِٽو, Urdu: شاہ نواز بھٹو, Hindi: शाह नवाज़ भुट्टो), 8 March 1888 – 19 November 1957, was a politician and a member of Bhutto family hailing from Larkana in the Sind region of the Bombay Presidency of British India, which is now Sindh, Pakistan.
[3] Bhutto attended the Round Table Conference in 1931 as a leader of Sindhi Muslims demanding separation of Sind from the Bombay province.
Nevertheless, Bhutto brought leading pirs (Sufi saints) to influence the voters 'religiously' to cast their votes in his favour.
[8] However, the Hindu citizens of the State revolted, leading to several events and also a plebiscite, resulting in the integration of Junagadh into India.
[10] As Dewan of Junagarh; it was Shah Nawaz Bhutto who wrote and signed the letter addressed to Indian Government to come and take over the administration of the Junagadh state.
Shah Nawaz Bhutto moved to Larkana District, where his land-ownership made him among the wealthiest and most influential people in Sindh.
Shah Nawaz Bhutto was married to Khursheed Begum (born as Lakhi Bai), who was of a modest Gujarati or Kutchi Hindu family in Gujarat.
[2] Their third son, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was born in his parents' residence near Larkana, and later became the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Their fourth child, a daughter, Mumtaz Sahiba Bhutto, was married to Brigadier Muhammad Mustafa Khan Bahadur of the Sidi clan.