Bahawalpur State in picture

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Nawab of Bahawalpur State Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V's cars in 1950's

 

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Mercedes benz of Nawab of Bahawalpur State Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V c.1935

 

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1940-50s: Central Library Building - Bahawalpur

Central Library Bahawalpur is a historical and very prestigious institution of the area. Its building is a fine model of classical Italian style of architecture. Foundation stone of its building was laid on 8th March 1924 by Sir Rufus Daniel lsaacs, the then Viceroy & Governor General of India on the auspicious occasion of coronation of Amir of Bahawalpur Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V.

 

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Sadiq Garh Palace, Bahawalpur c.1940's

 

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1st President of Pakistan Iskander Mirza, Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan V Abbasi, CinC General Ayub Khan and Brig. Nawazish Ali Khan at Sadiq Garh Palace, Bahawalpur in c.1957

 

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Darbar Mahal Gardens in Bahawalpur in 1960's

 

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Darbar Mahal Gardens in Bahawalpur in 1960's

Super pic. Open Garden.

 

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Darbar Mahal Gardens in Bahawalpur in 1960's

garhk kardia hai ab bahwalpur ko. should have been a separate province.

 

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14 OCT 1935 BAHAWALPUR STATE NAWAB OFFICIAL DINNER MENU CARD ]]

 

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Bahawalpur Railway Station Upgradation and Expansion Completed.

 

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1912-15: The Young Nawab of Bahawlapur Sadiq Muhammad Khan

Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V (29 September 1904, in Derawar – 24 May 1966, in London) was the Nawab, and later Amir, of Bahawalpur State from 1907 to 1966.

He became the Nawab on the death of his father, when he was only three years old. A Council of Regency, with Sir Rahim Bakhsh as its President, ruled on his behalf until 1924.

Under his rule Bahawalpur State comprised an area larger than Denmark or Belgium, By 1947, Bahawalpur State’s institutions, largely set up by successive British advisors with support from the rulers, consisted of departments run by trained civil servants; there was a Ministerial Cabinet headed by a Prime Minister; the State Bank was the Bank of Bahawalpur with branches outside the State also, including Karachi; there was a high court and lower courts; a trained police force and an army commanded by officers trained at the Royal Indian Military Academy at Dehra Doon. Nawab had a keen interest in education, which was free till A level and the State’s Government provided scholarships of merit for higher education. In 1951, the Nawab donated 500 acres in Bahawalpur for the construction of Sadiq Public School. Nawab was known for his relationship with the Quaid-i-Azam, Founder of Pakistan and was given the name of "Mohsin-e-Pakistan".

After Partition of India Nawab proved to be very helpful and generous to the government of Pakistan. He gave seventy million rupees to the government and the salaries of all the government departments for one month were also drawn from the treasury of Bahawalpur state. He gifted his private property to the University of the Punjab, King Edward Medical College and the Mosque of Aitchison College, Lahore. At the time of partition all the princely states of the subcontinent were given a choice to join either Pakistan or India. To try to convince the Nawab to join India, Pandit Nehru went to him while he was in London and offered various incentives in this regard but he didn’t accept them. On 5 October 1947 he signed an agreement with the government of Pakistan according to which Bahawalpur State acceded to Pakistan. Thus the State of Bahawalpur was the first state that joined Pakistan. The main factor was of course the Islamic sentiments of the Muslims who were in the majority in Bahawalpur. Moreover, the Nawab and Quaid-i-Azam were close friends and they had great respect for each other, even before the creation of Pakistan. The Ameer of Bahawalpur Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation Fund was instituted in 1947 for providing a central organization for the relief of refugees fleeing from the new India, and the Quaid acknowledged the valuable contribution of the Bahawalpur State for the rehabilitation of the refugees.
15 August 1947, Sir Sadeq was promoted to the title of Amir of Bahawalpur. He acceded to the Dominion of Pakistan a month later. In 1955, the Amir was promoted to General in the Pakistan Army and merged his state into West Pakistan. He died in 1966, aged 61.

 

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alas they destroyed our state after merging it with punjab . it should be a separate province

 

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1940s: State Guests at Dinner in Dinning Hall of Nawab of Bahawalpur

 

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علامہ شبیر احمد عثمانیؒ مرحوم برصغیر کے نامور عالم باالعمل تھے ۔ جامعہ عباسہ میں علمی و انتظامی خدمات کے لئے بہاولپور تشریف لائے ۔ زندگی نے وفا نہ کی اور چند دن قیام کے دوران بہاولپور میں ہی 13 دسمبر 1949ء اس دار فانی سے کوچ کرگئے ۔ اُن کی اس ناگہانی موت پر ریاست بہاولپور کے خزانے سے علامہ شبیر احمد عثمانی ؒ کی بیوہ کو تاحیات پینشن ادا کی جاتی رہی ۔ یہ دستاویز سنٹرل لائبریری میں بھی موجود ہے ۔

Courtesy : Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Rahmani and Central Library Bahawalpur




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