Tributes poured in for the revolutionary peasant leader Hyder Bux Jatoi on Twitter Thursday paid tribute to Hyder Bux Jatoi on his 50th death anniversary.
People from all walks of life took to the social media platform Twitter to pay honour to the struggle of the peasant leader.
Known as Baba-e-Sindh (father of Sindh), he had resigned from the post of deputy collector and struggled for the rights of peasants before the creation of Pakistan and launched the Sindh Hari Committee.
Jatoi was born in Bakhodero village near Mohenjo Daro in Larkana district in 1901 and got his primary education from a Madrasah in Larkana. He secured the first position in Sindh matriculation examinations and later enrolled in DJ College Karachi before graduating from Bombay University in 1927.
Jatoi then joined the Indian Civil Service and resigned from the post of deputy collector in 1945 to lead the peasant rights movement.
He was an unrivalled leader who dedicated his life for a cause. Because of his struggles, The Sindh Tenancy Act, 1950 was passed by the Sindh Assembly to legalise the relationship between landlords and farmers.
Journalist Manzoor Chandio termed him as one of the very few leaders hailing from Sindh who went against their own class to stand up for the marginalised.
Human rights activist Ammar Ali Jan shed light on how Jatoi left a government job to struggle for the rights of peasants for the rest of his life.
Former attorney general of Sindh, Barrister Zameer Ghumro said that Sindh government should have officially paid tribute to Sindh’s most renowned peasant leader.
