Liaqat Hyat Khan | |
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 Sir Liaquat Hyat Khan as PM Patiala 1933 | |
| Born | 1 February 1887 |
| Died | 1948 |
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Khan Bahadur Nawab Sir Liaqat Hyat Khan KCIE OBE (also sometimes 'Liaquat Hayat Khan'), (February 1887 – 1948) was an Indian official who served for most of his career as a minister and later Prime Minister of Patiala State, in British India.[1][2]
Sir Liaqat was the son of Nawab Muhammad Hyat Khan, CSI, Khattar, of Wah (now in Pakistan Punjab), and the elder brother of Sir Sikandar Hyat Khan.[3] His grandson, Nawab Sadiq Hussain Qureshi served as both Governor and Chief Minister of Punjab during the regime of Bhutto.[4][5] He was educated in Col. Brown Cambridge School, Dehra Dun. He died in 1948.
He began his career as Deputy Superintendent of Police, Punjab in 1909.[6][7] In 1919, he became Superintendent in charge of a district.[6][7] In 1923, his services were lent by Patiala as Home Secretary where he later became Home Minister.[6][7] He later became Prime Minister of Patiala from 1930 to 1940.[6][7][8] He represented Patiala at the Round Table Conferences in 1931 and 1932.[6][7] He represented Patiala at Joint Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform in 1933.[6][7] His administrative skills were widely hailed and appreciated, so much so that rival princely states would scheme and plan to get him to jump ship but he would remain loyal to Maharaja Bhupinder Singh till he lived, and retired soon after his demise. He served Patiala’s people with utmost honesty and fairness, without any biases on religious or cast grounds. For more on his achievements during his stint as Prime Minister Patiala, please refer to the book written by ex Indian foreign minister, Natwar Singh, The Magnificent Maharaja… https://rupapublications.co.in/books/the-magnificent-maharaja/
He served as political advisor to Nawab of Bhopal from 1943 to 1945.[6][7][8]