Mian Ahmad Yar Khan Daultana CBE (Urdu : میاں احمد یار خان دولتانہ; 13 April 1896 – 1940) was the Chief of the Daultanas of Luddan and a politician from Punjab.
He was born at Luddan on 13 April 1896 to Mian Ghulam Kadir Khan. [1] His father died while performing Hajj. [1] As he was a minor, the responsibility for his care then fell upon his grandfather, who also passed away shortly thereafter. [1] Following this, he and his property were taken under the protection of the Government under the Court of Wards. [1]
He was educated at Aitchison College, Lahore, where he won four out of five school medals, including the highly coveted Rivaz Medal. [1] During his time there, he founded the Chiefs’ College Dramatic Club and left the school in 1917. [1] He subsequently studied at Government College, Lahore, for one year and nine months. [1]
He married and had issue: a son, Mumtaz Daultana, and two daughters, Bibi Mehrafrooz and Bibi Taugir. [1]
In 1921, he was elected unopposed to the first Reformed Council from the Western Multan Mohammadan constituency. [1] He was re-elected in 1926 from the same constituency; however, on this occasion, he contested the seat and secured victory by a majority of 1,835 votes. [1] In 1930, he was returned to the Council as a representative of the Punjab Mohammadan landholders. [1] In the 1937 elections, held under the new Constitution, he was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly. [1] He served as Secretary of the Unionist Party and also as Chief Parliamentary Secretary of the Punjab Government. [2]
He died in 1940. [3] [4] Upon his death, Sikandar Hayat Khan addressed a large gathering at Luddan and urged them to return his uncle, Mian Allah Yar Khan Daultana, unopposed to the Punjab Legislative Assembly for the vacancy caused by Ahmad’s death. [2] This was done accordingly. [2]
In the 1939 New Year Honours list, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire by George VI. [5]
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