GM Syed

Ghulam Murtaza Shah Syed
Founder of Sindhi Nationalism
Native name	غلام مرتضي شاه سيد
Born	(1904-01-17)17 January 1904 Sann, Sindh, British India (now Pakistan)
Died	25 April 1995(1995-04-25) (age 91)
Known for	Sindhi nationalism, Sufism, history, and Islamic philosophy
Children	Syed Amir Hyder Shah, Syed Imdad Muhammad Shah, Zarin Taj, Shama Aimen and Dr. Durreshahwar
Parent(s)	Syed Mohammed Shah Kazmi

Ghulam Murtaza Shah Syed (Sindhi: سائين جي ايم سيد) (17 January 1904 – 25 April 1995), known as G. M. Syed, was a Sindhi political leader known for his scholarly work, spearheading the Pakistan Independence bill in the British Sindh Assembly (which is now Sindh Assembly). Later founding the Sindhi nationalist movement Jeay Sindh for the freedom of Sindh from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. He is regarded as one of the founding fathers of modern Sindhi nationalism and Sindhudesh. His social and political engagements started from a mere age of 14 wherein he spearheaded the formation of labour unions such as the Sindhi Hari Committee (later led by Hyder Bux Jatoi) and also assuming membership of formal state institutions, like he did in the Karachi's civil authority boards.

Syed proposed the 1940 Pakistan Resolution in the Sindh Assembly, which ultimately resulted in the creation of Pakistan. However, he became the first political prisoner of Pakistan because of his differences with the leadership of the country, as he believed that they had deceived the people of Sindh.

On a more apolitical level, he was a committed Sufi and an active member of the Theosophical Society.

Syed was born to the Sadat family of Sindh in village Sann in district Dadu on the right bank of the Indus river. Syed was young, when his father Syed Mian Mohammad Shah was killed due to family feud. Syed's elder brother also died at an early age, leaving him the only male member in the family. For his safety as the last remaining male member of his family he was home-schooled by private-tutors.

He was a great supporter of Pakistan. It is because of Syed that Pakistan Resolution was passed in Sindh Assembly. However, later, when hundreds of thousands of migrants (Muhajars) migrated to Sindh and started marginalizing the Sindhi people with the help of the centralist forces (Punjabis & Pathans), Syed realized the need of an independent Sindh, i.e. Sindhudesh.