Early Life
Haider was born in 1908 in Hyderabad Sind Division of British Punjab which is now a part of Pakistan. After passing his intermediate examination, he was admitted to a college of dentistry but he abandoned his studies for music. He learnt music from Babu Ganesh Lal. He worked with Alfred Theatrical Company and Alexander Theatrical Company as a harmonium player in Calcutta, and worked with Jenaphone Recording Company as a music composer. He composed music for the then famous singer, Umrao Zia Begum, who was working for Pancholi Art Pictures, and made several recordings. He later married her.
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