Nawab Of Bahawalpur ~Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V

Nawab Of Bahawalpur ~Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V

Nawab of Bahawalpur Born in the Historic fort of Dearwar on 29^th Sep, 1904. He was the only son as well as only legal heir of Nawab Muhammad Bahawal Khan Abbasi V. He was only 2 and half years of age, when his father passed away. Sir Rahim Buksh as being the President of Council of Regency ruled the state on his behalf until 1924.

Early Education & Tittles

He got his early education from Aitchison Collage, Lahore . Later after reaching the age of 15 , he fought in the third Afghan war in 1919 and was in the commanding forces in the Second World War from Middle East. He Started his army career as Lieutenant in 1921 in British Indian Army , Promoted to the rank of Major in the year 1932 , then to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1941 and finally to Major General in the Year 1946. He got the Tittle of Ameer of Bahwalpur on 15^thAugust 1947. He was also the executive member of Chamber of Princes .

After Partition

Before partition, State of Bahawalpur has the best, competent, trained and professional team of Civil servants. The state has the Ministerial Cabinet which was headed by the Prime Minister. There was the State Bank named as Bank of Bahawalpur which has the branches which has also its Branches in Karachi and Lahore. There was the complete system of Judiciary having High Court and Lower Courts. The state of Bahawalpur has its own State Police and army that were trained from the Royal Indian Military Academy at Dehra Doon . Nawab is very famous for his special interest in Education and provided free education to the students of the state. The state also provided scholarships on merit for higher education . He even donated 500 acres of state’s land to build Sadiq Public School that has the Tittle of Biggest School of the Asia .

The State was vested into Pakistan on 5^th October 1947 by stamping the first state that joined Pakistan .The state was the part of West Pakistan and Nawab of Bahawalpur was to receive a yearly stipend, or privy purse, of 32 lakhs of rupees and was to keep the title of Nawab of Bahawalpur and its precedence both inside and outside Pakistan. Nawab of Bahawalpur was very Generous towards the Pakistan. He was the close friend Of Quaid e Azam . He gave 70 million rupees to Pakistan to pay the salaries of 1^st month of the job for Government institutions. He gifted his private property to the University of the Punjab, King Edward Medical College and the Mosque of Aitchison College, Lahore.

Death , Burial & Legacy

Nawab of Bahawalpur was died in May 1966 at the age of 61, in London, he remained the Nawab for 59 Years . Hiis body was brought back to Bahawalpur and was buried in his family's ancestral graveyard at Derawer Fort with great honor and pride.Curretnly Nawab Salah u Din Abbasi Holds the tittle of Nawab of Bahawalpur