Sardar Bahadur Khan
Politician, Deceased Person
1908 – 1975
Who was Sardar Bahadur Khan?
Sardar Bahadur Khan was the 9th Chief Minister of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. He was a son of Risaldar Mir Dad Khan and brother of a President of Pakistan, General Muhammad Ayub Khan. He was born at Rehana village in Haripur District.
He received his LLB Degree from Aligarh Muslim University. A member of the Muslim League in the province, he was elected to the NWFP Legislative Assembly from the Haripur Central constituency at a by-election in Winter 1939, after the demise of the incumbent, senior Muslim League leader Khan Sahib Abdul Majid Khan Tarin. He became Speaker of the Assembly in 1942.
He was re-elected in the 1946 elections.
Khan served as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth Relations and Communications in the government of Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan from 17 February – 10 September 1949 when he was promoted to Cabinet Minister.
He served as Minister for Communications in the cabinets of multiple Prime Ministers: Liaquat Ali Khan from 10 September 1949 – 19 October 1951, Khawaja Nazimuddin from 24 October 1951 – 17 April 1953 and Muhammad Ali Bogra from 17 April 1953 – 24 October 1954. He held the additional portfolio of Health and Works from 10 September 1949 – 20 September 1949.
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- Born
- Jul 8, 1908
Haripur District - Siblings
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Profession
- Education
- Aligarh Muslim University
- Lived in
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Died
- 1975
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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