Mumtaz Daultana

Mian Mumtaz Daultana
Born	20 Feb 1916
Died	30 Jan 1995 at age 78
Occupation	politician, political officeholder
Years active	1942–1977
Known for	His clever political maneuvers * Planning and inciting 1953 violent street protests in Lahore against the Ahmadis as Chief Minister of Punjab

Mian Mumtaz Daultana (Urdu: میاں ممتاز دولتانہ‎) (1916–1995) was a Pakistan Movement activist of "Tehreek-e-Azadi" during the pre-1947 period and one who worked with Quaid e Azam Ali Jinnah to help him gain local population's support in British Punjab for the eventual creation of Pakistan in 1947.

Mumtaz Daultana graduated from Government College University (Lahore) (then simply called Government College, Lahore) and went on to England for higher education at Oxford University and received his degree of Bar at Law there in 1938. He was the the son of Nawab Ahmad Yar Khan Daultana who had been a prominent agricultural landowner in the Southern Punjab area of British India.

Before 1947, his family was involved in the political activities of the Unionist Party (Punjab). Mumtaz Daultana joined Muslim League in 1942. "In 1946, Mumtaz Daultana was elected on the ticket of Muslim League, and in the newly created state of Pakistan, became the First Finance Minister of Punjab in 1947."

His uncle Chaudhry Sir Shahab-ud-Din was the speaker of Punjab assembly before independence of Pakistan. Mumtaz Daultana was the 2nd Chief Minister of Punjab from 1951 to 1953, when he was dismissed by the then Prime Minister Khwaja Nazimuddin following the Lahore riots in 1953.

He was also Defence Minister of Pakistan in the short-lived government of Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar in 1957. He belonged to the Daultana clan of the Johiya tribe, settled in Vehari District, Punjab, Pakistan. He was appointed High Commissioner to the United Kingdom by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.Tehmina Daultana former minister and Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) MNA (Member of National Assembly of Pakistan) is his niece.

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