Roshan Khan

Roshan Khan (

Urdu: روشن خان; 26 November 1929 – 6 January 2006) was a squash player from Nawakille, Peshawar, Pakistan. He was one of the leading players in the game in the early-1960s, and won the British Open title in 1957.^[1]

His son Jahangir Khan became the world's leading squash player in the 1980s.

Career

In 1949, Roshan finished runner-up to Hashim at the inaugural Pakistan Open. He went on to win that title three consecutive times between 1951 and 1953.^[1]

In 1956, Roshan faced Hashim in the final of the British Open (which was considered to be the effective world championship of the sport at the time), with Hashim winning 9–4, 9–2, 5–9, 9–5. In 1957, the following year the pair met again in the British Open final, and this time Roshan won 6–9, 9–5, 9–2, 9–1 to end Hashim's six-year reign as champion.^[2] Roshan made a third British Open final appearance in 1960, when he lost to Azam 9–1, 9–0, 9–0.

Roshan also won the US Open three times and the Canadian Open twice.^[1]

Hailing from

Rehmat Khan

.

Roshan was the second cousin of the two other leading Pakistani players of his time – the brothers Hashim Khan and Azam Khan. He was also connected to them by marriage – Roshan's brother-in-law was married to the sister of Hashim and Azam's.^[3]

Awards and recognition

Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1960.^[4]

Death

Roshan Khan died on 6 January 2006 in Karachi.^[1]

British Open final appearances

Wins (1)
Year	Opponent in final	Score in final
1957	Hashim Khan	6–9, 9–5, 9–2, 9–1
Runners-up (2)
Year	Opponent in final	Score in final
1956	Hashim Khan	9–4, 9–2, 5–9, 9–5
1960	Azam Khan	9–1, 9–0, 9–0

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Profile of Roshan Khan on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government website Retrieved 16 July 2019
^ ^a ^b Profile of Roshan Khan on the-south-asian.com website Published November 2001, Retrieved 16 July 2019
^ Hashim Khan, seven-time world squash champion, dies (article also includes info on Roshan Khan) The Washington Post (newspaper), Published 19 August 2014, Retrieved 16 July 2019
^ Roshan Khan's award info on Pakistan Sports Board website Retrieved 21 July 2020

External links

Pakistan Squash – The Khan Supremacy Part III
Roshan Khan at Squash Info

[KP-1] Profile of Roshan Khan on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government website Retrieved 16 July 2019

[south-asian-2] Profile of Roshan Khan on the-south-asian.com website Published November 2001, Retrieved 16 July 2019

[3] Hashim Khan, seven-time world squash champion, dies (article also includes info on Roshan Khan) The Washington Post (newspaper), Published 19 August 2014, Retrieved 16 July 2019

[4] Roshan Khan's award info on Pakistan Sports Board website Retrieved 21 July 2020

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v t e Pride of Performance for Sports
1950s	(1958) (1958) (1958) (1958) Subedar Muhammad Iqbal (1959) (1959)
1960s	(1960) (1960) Roshan Khan (1960) (1960) Khawaja Iftikhar Ahmed (1960) (1960) Captain Raja Javed Akhtar Khan (1961) (1961) (1962) (1962) Hafiz Rashid (1962) (1962) Brigadier M.A. Baig (1962) Abbas Mirza (1963) (1963) (1963) Dafadar Mubarak Shah (1963) Khundker Nasim Ahmed (1964) Jamadar Ghulam Raziq (1964) Subedar Muhammad Nawaz (1966) (1966) (1966) (1967) (1968) (1968) Khalid Mahmood Hussain (1968) (1968) (1969) (1969) Mohammad Akhtar (1969)
1970s	(1970) Ahmed Riazuddin (1970) Jehangir Ahmed Butt (1970) (1970) (1970) Major Mohammad Aslam Khan (1970) Fazal Rehman (1971) (1971) Riaz Ahmed (1971) Nabi Ahmed Kalat (1971) (1971)
1980s	(1982) (1982) (1982) (1982) (1982) (1983) (1983) (1983) (1984) (1984) (1984) (1984) (1984) Major Mohammad Sher Khan (1985) (1986) (1986) Captain Abdul Jabbar Bhatti (1986) Mohammad Ali (1986) Abdul Majeed Maruwala (1987) Shah Jehan (1988) (1988) (1988) (1988) (1988) (1989)
1990s	Honorary Lieutenant Mohammad Younis (1990) Arif Khan (1990) (1990) Nazo Anwar Miandad (1990) (1990) (1992) (1992) Ghulam Abbas (1992) Taimur Hasan (1992) (1992) Qazi Muhibur Rehman (1993) Rajab Shah (1993) (1994) (1994) Khwaja Mohammad Junaid (1994) (1994) Muhammad Saeed Khan (1994) (1994) Ahmed Alam (1994) (1994) (1994) Muhammad Shafqat (1994) Irfan Mehmood (1994) Naveed Alam (1994) (1994) Muhammad Danish Kaleem (1994) Muhammad Usman (1994) (1994) Rahim Khan (1994) Rana Mujahid Ali (1994) Waseem Feroze (1994) Aliya Rasheed (1995) Fareed Sehrai (1995) (1995) Ali Nawaz Baloch (1995) Mohammad Sarwar (1995) (1996) Sardar Azmarai Javaid Hissam el-Effendi (1996) (1997)
2000s	(2000) (2003) Rozi Ali (2003) Mohammad Irfan Islam (2003) Grand Master Muhammad Ashraf Tai (2004) Zakir Hussain Syed (2004) (2004) (2005) (2008) Zubair Ahmed Hundal (2008) Shahid Rehman (2008) Umer Khan Achakzai (2009)
2010s	Atta Muhammad Kakar (2010) (2010) (2010) (2010) (2010) (2011) (2011) (2011) Shahid Pervaiz Butt (2011) (2011) (2012) (2013) (2014) (2014) (2014) (2015) (2015) (2015) (2017) Alamgir Anwar Shaikh (2017)