How to Pronounce Muhammad Ibrahim Khan (politician)
#50
Most Popular
Boost
Apr 10, 1915 Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir, India Died on 31 Jul 2003 (aged 88)
Pakistani politician
AriesMuhammad Ibrahim Khan Politician - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
Muhammad Ibrahim Khan Politician, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Family, Facts, Age, Net Worth, Biography and More in FamedBorn.com
About Muhammad Ibrahim Khan Politician
- Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan (10 April 1915 – 31 July 2003), also known as Bani-e-Kashmir ("Father of Azad KashmirAzad Kashmir") and Ghazi-e-Millat ("Hero of the Nation"), was the founder and first President of Azad Kashmir.
- He played a pivotal role in Operation Gulmarg .In British India of 1946, he won the Jammu and Kashmir State Assembly election as a member of the Muslim Conference party and became a member of the Praja Sabha under Maharajah Hari Singh.
- Jammu and Kashmir sighed a stand still agreement with Pakistan as a result of the India Independence Act.
- In 1947, he instigated and organised the Poonch rebellion, with the help of Pakistan Army and the Muslim League, the invasion of Jammu and Kashmir.
- He belonged to Sudhan tribe, which traced its ancestry to the high-class Sadozai tribe of Pashtun people, settled in the Sudhanoti, Poonch districts and Sudhan Gali in Bagh district of Kashmir region..This Pakistani sponsored tribal invasion, despite the stand still agreement was a rude shock to the King.
- He signed the Instrument of Accession with India and requested the help of Indian troops to liberate the region.
- The Prime Minister of India, Nehru also took the dispute to the United Nations as he could not stop the plunder and partial occupation by the invading militia. After fighting the Indian Army for 15 months, the Azad Kashmir militia accepted a United Nations-mediated ceasefire.
- Khan and his army were able to capture substantial portions of the three western districts of Kashmir, which were renamed Azad Kashmir. Khan was appointed the first President of tiny Azad Kashmir in 1948 by Pakistan.
- He represented Kashmir in different capacities at the United Nations from 1948 to 1971.Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan also wrote an book named The Kashmir Saga on government and politics of Azad Kashmir and history and philosophy of freedom struggle.
