Name : Liaquat Ali Khan
Full Name : Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan
Date of birth : October 1 1896
Date of Death : October 16 1951
Place of birth : Karnal, India
Place of death : Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Movement : Pakistan movement
Major organizations : Muslim League
Liaquat Ali Khan (1896-1951) was the first prime minister of Pakistan. He played an important role in the negotiations leading to the creation of Pakistan and then in the consolidation of the new state.
Liaquat Ali Khan was born on Oct 1, 1896 at Karnal in Punjab, India. His family were wealthy landowners who later moved to the United Provinces. He was educated at Aligarh and Oxford University and was admitted to the English bar in 1922. A year later he joined the Muslim League. He served (1926–1940) in the United Provs. legislative council, and while there he became (1936) general secretary of the Muslim League, thereafter he was chief lieutenant to Muhammad Ali Jinnah. He represented the Muslim League in the Central Legislative Assembly of India from 1940 to 1946, when he was appointed to the interim Indian government organized by the British to prepare the way for India's independence. With the creation of Pakistan (Aug 1947) he became prime minister of the new dominion. He was assassinated in 1951.
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