Showing posts with label NAWAB-KALABAGH. Show all posts
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April 15, 2013

Who was Nawab Kalabagh











Nawab of Kalabagh

Nawab of Kalabagh (Urdu: نواب کالا باغ ) is a title of the  Famous lord of Kalabagh inMianwali District of north western Punjab,Pakistan.
Amir Mohammad Khan was the last Nawabof Kalabagh as it choose to merge withPakistan in 1947.
Nawab sahib was urbane, sophisticated, tall, imposing figure with moustaches to match, a man given to commanding and having his commands obeyed. Nawab (left) with president Ayub Khan (right) The Nawab of Kalabagh emerged out with sterling qualities of leadership. He was upright, straight, honest and a very strict disciplinarian. He was a man of unassailable integrity and there were no scandals of corruption stalking him.  

During the British Raj Kalabagh was not made a princely state by the British. It was a jagir that had been ruled by the Nawabs since the time of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni. 
He is considered a controversial figure by many historians. Although himself being an Aitchison College and then Oxford graduate, his policies were not education friendly.
He was crowned after the death of his father Nawab Malik Ata Muhammad Khan in 1924. He was appointed Governor of West Pakistan on 12 April 1960 by Pakistan President General Ayub Khan. An influential, autonomous and harsh ruler with great administrative capabilities, the Nawab remained Governor of West Pakistan till September 18, 1966.[1]
He had all the qualities of a feudal lord. However his role during the Indo-Pak war of 1965 is praised as he kept the law and order, controlled the prices, trafficking of the raw material and prevented the smuggling. He has also been described as a man of principles and traditions.
Nawab (left) with president Ayub Khan (right) The Nawab of Kalabagh emerged out with sterling qualities of leadership. He was upright, straight, honest and a very strict disciplinarian. He was a man of unassailable integrity and there were no scandals of corruption stalking him. In the days of yore, he would have been known as the Iron Duke.  
At last On 26 November,1967 he was found murdered under mysterious circumstances.
His son Malik Muzaffar Khan won the National Assembly seat from NW-44, Mianwali-I in December 1970 elections. His other son Malik Allah Yar also remained the member of Majlis-e-Shoora during General Zia-ul-Haq's military regime. His grandson Malik Ammad Khan won the National Assembly seat from NA-71 Mianwali-I , in February 2008 elections as an independent candidate. 

WHO KILLED NAWAB KALA-BAGH PAKISTAN



Sheik Manzoor Ilahi was commissioner Bahawalpur when Nawab of Bahawalpur was alive and Nawab of Kalabagh was the Governor.
Sheik Manzoor Ilahi writes: I was going to attend Commissioners’ Conference in Lahore when the Nawab of Bahawalpur sent for me and asked to convey to the Governor that the agricultural reforms should not be imposed upon Abbasi family in his life because he knows better how to look after the interests of his protégé. I got the chance to approach the Governor in a dinner hoisted by him at the end of the conference. Nawab of Kalabagh was sitting sandwiched between American Council General and the British Deputy High Commissioner when I overheard the Governor telling them, “I have told Mr. President so many times that no kind of democracy is feasible in this country.”
Ahan, so the Governor was opposed to the democracy which President Ayub Khan was about to give to the masses through 1962 constitution. When I gave him the message of the Nawab of Bahawalpur, the Governor spontaneously said, “Please tell Nawab Sahib to leave the issue alone.
Children are never thankful what ever the parents do for them.” I was surprised.
Now one knows what destiny has in store for any one. Nature was speaking through the mouth of the Governor it seems (The Go