Malik Umar Hayat Khan
19th King George's Own Lancers | |
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Battles/wars | Somaliland War British expedition to Tibet World War I Third Anglo-Afghan War |
Alma mater | Aitchison College |
Background and early life
He was born in Megha, Jhawarian, Punjab.[1] His father was Sir Malik Sahib Khan and his family, from Khushab, were part of the Royal Tiwana Rajput Family .[2] Khan was educated at Aitchison Chiefs College, Lahore between 1888–93.[1]
Military service
Khan served in the
He acted as an honorary
Public life
In 1907, moving beyond his career as a soldier, the management of his family estates in the Punjab, and his role as an hereditary Provincial Darbari, Khan became an Attaché to HM the Amir of Afghanistan.[2] He served as a member of the Governor-General of India's Imperial Council from 1910 to 1944.[2]
In 1910, in the Imperial legislature, Khan called for Europeans to supervise districts as "...disinterested men to safeguard the interests of all".[9]
At the Delhi Durbar of 1911, Khan acted as Assistant Herald to Brigadier General William Peyton, the Delhi Herald Extraordinary.[2][10]
In December 1913, he was elected as one of the seventeen officers of the All-India Muslim League, at the League's Seventh Session held at Agra.[11] He was instrumental in ensuring ex-servicemen were enfranchised in the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms of 1919.[1]
He was a member of the Council of the Secretary of State for India from 1924 to 1934, as well as becoming an elected member of the Council of State and a member of the Punjab Legislative Council for two terms.[2]
In a deposition for a case in the
London
From 1929 to 1934, he spent most of his time in
In London he resided in the 10 Prince Albert Road, Regent's Park, and held an open house every weekend.[15] Choudhry Rahmat Ali was a regular guest of his during this time and his Now or Never pamphlet was partly penned at the residence.[16]
O'Dwyer v. Nair libel case
In 1924, Khan appeared as a significant witness in the O'Dwyer v. Nair libel case, heard in the High Court in London over five weeks from 30 April 1924.[17]
Khan, appearing as a witness for O'Dwyer, stated that there had been a recruiting quota, namely one third of all villagers of military age. He described the killing of Tahsildar Sayyad Nadir Hussain in Lakk by villagers who strongly objected to his approach to recruiting, and an attack by 1,000 rioters on police seeking to enforce recruitment warrants, resulting in the killing of some of the rioters. Under cross examination, he admitted that there had been a "white book" and a "black book", in which village headmen who met recruitment targets and those who did not were listed.[17]
O'Dwyer won his case,[17] with the sole dissenting member of the jury being the political philosopher Harold Laski.[18]
Personal life
His son
Honours
- Africa General Service Medal with clasp Jidballi, 1903[2]
- Delhi Durbar Medal, 1903[2]
- Delhi Durbar Medal, 1911[2]
- Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Fourth class (MVO), 1911[2][19]
- Knight Commander of the )
- Nawab (personal title only), 1929[2]
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE), 1934 King's Birthday Honours[2][22] (CBE: 1919 King's Birthday Honours[2][23])
- Honorary Magistrate (first class)[2]
- President of the Falconers' Club[2]
Malik Muhammad Umar Hayat Khan Towana had strictly forbidden the administration that the administration should not employ anyone from his father's state in government jobs, the reason being that Malik did not want the people of his state to behave like the rulers of the British. The residents of the state had to pay fees, that's why there were very few Hindus in Kalra state and in their place, very few refugees came to Kalra state at the time of partition.
Military promotions
- Honorary Lieutenant in the Indian Army, 1901[24]
- Honorary Captain in the Indian Army, 1911[25]
- Honorary Major in the Indian Army, 1917[2][26]
- Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel in the Indian Army, 1920[2]
- Honorary Colonel in the Indian Army, 1930[2][27]
- Honorary
- Honorary Colonel of 18th King George's Own Lancers[29]
- Honorary Extra
- Honorary Extra Aide-de-camp to Edward VIII, 1935[7]
- Honorary Extra Aide-de-camp to
References
- ^ a b c d Talbot, Ian (16 December 2013). Khizr Tiwana, the Punjab Unionist Party and the Partition of India. Routledge. p. 1136790292.
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- ^ "No. 27710". The London Gazette. 2 September 1904. p. 5684.
- ^ "No. 29422". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1915. p. 75.
- ^ "No. 29823". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 November 1916. p. 11037.
- ^ a b "No. 33664". The London Gazette. 25 November 1930. p. 7501.
- ^ a b "No. 34325". The London Gazette. 22 September 1936. p. 6074.
- ^ a b "No. 34370". The London Gazette. 12 February 1937. p. 996.
- ^ Shukla, J. D., Indianisation of All-India Services and Its Impact on Administration 1834-1947, New Delhi, Allied Publishers, 1982
- ^ Cox, Noel, A New Zealand Heraldic Authority? in John Campbell-Kease (ed), Tribute to an Armorist: Essays for John Brooke-Little to mark the Golden Jubilee of The Coat of Arms, London, The Heraldry Society, 2000, p. 93 & p. 101: "Two heralds, with ceremonial rather than heraldic responsibilities, were appointed for the Delhi Durbar in 1911... Delhi Herald (Brigadier-General William Eliot Peyton) and Assistant Delhi Herald (Captain the Honourable Malik Mohammed Umar Hayat Khan)."
- ^ Ralhan, O. P., Encyclopaedia of Political Parties: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh (1996), p. 242: "10. The Hon'ble Captain Malik Umar Hayat Khan, CIE, MVO"
- ^ Collett, Nigel A., The Jallianwala Bagh Revisited II online at The Jallianwala Bagh Revisited II Archived 1 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine at the web site usiofindia.org (accessed 25 January 2008)
- ^ Sultan, Atiyab (30 April 2020). "' Sultan Khan by Daniel King'- A granddaughter's review". Retrieved 12 September 2022.
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- ISBN 3515050515.
- ISBN 978-1107166639.
- ^ a b c d Collett, Nigel A., The Jallianwala Bagh Revisited online at The Jallianwala Bagh Revisited Archived 1 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine at the web site usiofindia.org (accessed 25 January 2008)
- ^ Berg, Maxine, A Woman in History (1996), p. 148
- ^ "No. 28559". The London Gazette. 8 December 1911. pp. 9363–9364.
- ^ "No. 29608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1916. p. 5570.
- ^ "No. 27926". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1906. p. 4462.
- ^ "No. 34056". The London Gazette. 1 June 1934. p. 3568.
- ^ "No. 31379". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 May 1919. p. 7051.
- ^ "No. 27312". The London Gazette. 10 May 1901. p. 3202.
- ^ "No. 28506". The London Gazette. 20 June 1911. p. 4603.
- ^ "No. 30252". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 May 1930. p. 8853.
- ^ "No. 33609". The London Gazette. 27 May 1930. p. 3327.
- ^ "No. 34155". The London Gazette. 30 April 1935. p. 2823.
- ^ "No. 34209". The London Gazette. 18 October 1935. p. 6545.