Rana Talia Muhammad Khan
| Rana Talia Muhammad Khan 1884-1959 |
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|---|---|
| Born |
14 December 1884 Punjab, British Indian Empire |
| Died | 1959 |
| Citizenship |
 Pakistani (post-1947) British Indian (pre-1947) |
| Occupation | Inspector-General of Police Patiala State and North West Frontier Province and Major in Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides, British Indian Army |
| Known for | First Muslim Inspector-General of Police in British India |
| Children |
Bakhtiar Rana (son) Begum Akhtar Sultan (daughter) Dildar Rana (son) Begum Qamar Sultan (daughter) Nisar Rana (son) Begum Riffat (daughter) |
Khan Bahadur Rana Talia Muhammad Khan, O.B.E. (14 December 1884 – 1959) was the first Muslim Inspector-General of Police in British India, serving as Inspector-General of Police of Patiala State and the North-West Frontier Province and a former British Indian Army officer. He served famously as Superintendent of Police, Kohat and District Officer, Frontier Constabulary, Hangu and, during the Second World War, as a Major in Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides, British Indian Army (now the Guides Cavalry in the Pakistan Army).
Rana Talia Muhammad Khan was born on 14 December 1884 in a Muslim Naru Rajput family in Punjab, British Indian Empire.
Rana Talia Muhammad Khan joined the Indian Civil Service (commonly known as the Imperial Civil Service (ICS) or British India Civil Service) as Deputy Superintendent of Police.
A famous incident in his life, whilst serving as Superintendent of Police, Kohat, became the basis of a story in M. M. Kaye's novel, The Far Pavilions, which was also made into a movie. The incident is narrated in Victoria Schofield's book Afghan Frontier: Feuding and Fighting in Central Asia. Schofield writes:
He retired as Inspector-General of Police in 1937.
At the outbreak of the Second World War, Rana Talia Muhammad Khan was called out of retirement by the British Indian Government and made a Major in Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides, British Indian Army.
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