Liaquat Ali Khan

Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan ,Urdu born October 1895 October 1951, widely known as ShaheedeMillat , was one of the leading Founding Fathers of modern Pakistan, statesman, lawyer, and political theorist who became and served as the first Prime Minister of Pakistan in addition, he was also the first Defence Minister of Pakistan, the first Finance Minister of India, and the minister of Commonwealth and Kashmir Affairs from 1947 until his assassination in 1951. It has been alleged that the Afghan and US governments were involved in his assassination, although this claim has not merited any substantial evidence.

Liaquat Ali Khan was born into a Muslim Jat Mandal Nousherwani family in Karnal, Eastern Punjab of India, onOctober 1895. His father, Nawab Rustam Ali Khan, possessed the titles of RukunalDaulah, Shamsher Jang and Nawab Bahadur, by the local population and the British Government who had wide respect for his family. The Ali Khan family was one of the few landlords whose property expanded across both eastern Punjab and the United Provinces. The family owned preeminence to timely support given by Liaqats grandfather Nawab Ahmed Ali Khan of Karnal to British army during 1857 rebellion.. Liaquat Ali Khans mother, Mahmoodah Begum, arranged for his lessons in the Quran and Ahadith at home before his formal schooling started. His family had strong ties with the British Government, and the senior British government officers were usually visited at his big and wide mansion at their time of visit.

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