Mumtaz Daultana
Mian Mumtaz Daulatana | |
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| 2nd Chief Minister of West Punjab | |
| In office 15 April 1951 – 3 April 1953 | |
| Governor | Abdur Rab Nishtar I. I. Chundrigar |
| Preceded by | Governor's rule |
| Succeeded by | Sir Feroz Khan Noon |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 19 October 1957 – 18 December 1957 | |
| Preceded by | Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy |
| Succeeded by | Sir Feroz Khan Noon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 February 1916 Government College, Lahore University of Oxford |
Mian Mumtaz Daulatana (
Chief Minister of West Punjab in Pakistan
.
Early life
Daultana was born in
Government College, Lahore, graduating in 1933. Thereafter he moved to the United Kingdom and completed a Master of Arts at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.[1] Whilst at the University of Oxford he was elected President of the Indian society.[1] He was called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1939.[4]
Career
Pakistan movement
Daultana joined the
India could not be preserved and that Muslims of the Punjab should unite with their co-religionists across India in the demand for Pakistan.[6]
Chief Minister of West Punjab
Following the creation of Pakistan, the Muslim League assumed control of the new West Punjab province. Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot, as Chief Minister of West Punjab appointed Daultana to his cabinet alongside other scions of leading rural families Mian Iftikharuddin and Shaukat Hayat Khan.[6] Conflicts plagued the cabinet, and Mian Iftikharuddin left to found the Azad Pakistan Party and was soon joined by Shaukat Hayat Khan.[6]
In 1951, after elections in West Punjab, Daultana was chosen as parliamentary leader of the Muslim League in the
Sir Khizar Hayat Tiwana between 1945 and 1947.[8]
Lahore Martial Law 1953
During his tenure, anti-
Minister of Foreign Affairs resign and that Ahmadi's be banned from holding political office.[9] During the 1953 Lahore riots despite the protesters demands being rejected by the central government, Daultana lent them his support.[9] However, when he was unable to control the rioters, the central government called in the army and imposed martial law in Lahore. Within days of Prime Minister, Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin's arrival in Lahore, Daultana had resigned.[10] He was succeeded by Sir Feroz Khan Noon
.
Later activities
He was also
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar in 1957. He served as Pakistan's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
from 1972 to 1979.
Tehmina Daultana former minister and Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) MNA (Member of National Assembly of Pakistan) is his niece.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Feisal Khan, Islamic Banking in Pakistan: Shariah-Compliant Finance and the Quest to make Pakistan more Islamic, Routledge, 22 Dec 2015
- ^ a b http://vehari.gov.pk/?page_id=137 Archived 7 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Information about Vehari District, Punjab, Pakistan and its prominent personalities on vehari.gov.pk website, Retrieved 25 January 2017
- ^ "Profile: Sir Chaudhary Shahabuddin - A short history by Prof Farakh A Khan". www.thefridaytimes.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan, Biographical Research Institute, Pakistan, for International Publishers (Pakistan), 1970
- ^ a b S.M. Ikram, Indian Muslims and Partition of India, Atlantic Publishers & Dist, 1995, p.279
- ^ a b c J. Henry Korson, Contemporary Problems of Pakistan, Brill Archive, 1974, p.19
- ^ a b c Ali Usman Qasmi, The Ahmadis and the Politics of Religious Exclusion in Pakistan, Anthem Press, 15 Mar 2015, p.74
- ^ a b c d e f Roger D. Long, Gurharpal Singh, Yunas Samad, Ian Talbot, State and Nation-Building in Pakistan: Beyond Islam and Security, Routledge, 8 Oct 2015, p.27
- ^ a b c P. R. Kumaraswamy, Ian Copland, South Asia: The Spectre of Terrorism, Routledge, 18 Oct 2013, p.122
- ^ Leonard Binder, Religion and Politics in Pakistan, University of California Press, 1961. p.295
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