Hast-o-Bood - Lt. Karam Dad Khan (Late) Fakher-e-Kashmir

Chapter IV

Historical background and brief overview of the state of Jammu and Kashmir

 

During his pilgrimage to Mirpur, Gulpur and Kotli Mangaralan, the author met several personalities of the Mangaral Rajput nation, but still many eminent personalities of the region and Sahib Iqbal's predecessors were confined to time constraints and personal or personal records. Unable to get due to lack of connections. All but a few of the surviving biographies of the nation will be of interest to readers.

 

{{{Note: The book Hast-o-Bood mentions many elders from here onwards which will be shared in the order of the book itself. The blogger here first wants to mention the person who was the right hand man of Colonel Mahmood Khan. Not only did he support the Colonel on every front, but he was equally involved in setting up the 11AK. The blogger is referring here to the late Lieutenant Karam Dad Khan of Gharta. You just have to be more discriminating with the help you render toward other people. I apologize to the soul of Mian Ijaz Nabi that after Colonel Mahmood Sahib, if it was necessary to name someone as an Army official, it was Karam Dad Khan Sahib. The blogger considers it appropriate to put his mouth in the mouth of the book here.}

 

Lieutenant Raja Karam Dad Khan

Raja Karam Dad Khan was born in the early twentieth century AD but no one knows the exact date of his birth. His father Raja Roda Khan was a middle class landowner in Garhota. He spent most of his life in the village. Raja Roda Khan brought up his son with pride.

Raja Karam Dad Khan received his early education from Government Lohar Middle School, Kathar. Initially, he wanted to help his father in farming. He stayed at home at an early age and enlisted in the British Army in 1930 as a soldier. Dad's special instruction was to do everything on time. In the army, you stuck to this principle and progress continued to kiss your steps.

In 1945, he was serving on the Burmese front. You showed the essence of bravery on the Burmese front and the British government awarded you the Medal of Bravery. At the end of World War II, he retired from the British Army. He retired as Subedar. With your retirement, the independence movement gained momentum in the state. You had served in an organized army and were well acquainted with the war strategy. How could you stay behind in this movement?

During the movement in 1947-48, he took an active part in the Kashmir Independence Movement in Sahansa and played an important role in the liberation of Sahansa from the Dogra army. While your contingent included a large number of Mujahideen, people like Captain Natha Khan and Subedar Sardar Baru Khan were also with him. He used to get all the instructions from Colonel Raja Muhammad Mahmood Khan.

After the War of Independence, he joined the 12AK and retired from the Pakistan Army as a Lieutenant. He served for some time as an Army Welfare Officer in the Soldier Board and resolved many complex cases of his time. Stayed at home all ages.

He was a very principled, fearful and hard-nosed man. You would do anything you wanted to do. You have two sons. The eldest son Raja Muhammad Saleem Khan went to England in 1968 under the voucher system while the youngest son Raja Muhammad Nawaz Khan went to England in 1986. Both of your sons hold important positions in the Muslim community in England.

 One of the spouses of Lieutenant Karam Dad Khan of Carrie Garhta was from the Norma family of Nara Kot, in which the famous Raja Raja Gulraiz Khan and his family must be mentioned. The famous person of this family, former ticket holder Raja Gulraiz Khan was born in 1960, in the house of Deputy Subedar Muhammad Ikram Khan Paghanwala Rajput Narma Rajput. After his departure from Darfani, one of his brothers, Captain Raja Pervez Khan, founded a welfare institution in his memory. And attributed it to you. Gulraiz Welfare Trust is the most active NGO working for education in Constituency Four. Thousands of orphans and poor children have been and continue to be educated under the auspices of this foundation.

Captain Raja Pervez Khan Narma belonged to 11 AK. He joined the Pakistan Army in 1964 as a soldier. He received service during his studies and served his unit for 5 years as Subedar Major Takpatan in charge. His appointment as Administrative Officer during this period was also the Prime Minister of Pakistan. While Mohtarma Shaheed Bibi Benazir Bhutto was the Prime Minister at that time. You were awarded the Military One Medal as a result of your military service. Lieutenant Karam Dad Khan was the real aunt of the captain at the house of Gharat Kerry. He is also related to the family of the late Colonel Mahmood. Captain Muzaffar Shaheed is also related to Panjan Balaki family.

 This Norma family belongs to the Zildar family. Captain Sahib's great-grandfather Jaffar Ali Khan was his successor. Raja Iqbal Khan, a former ticket holder of Constituency Four, is one of your cousins. The family currently has five boys doctors, sixteen girls advocates in the UK and Pakistan, and only five boys are involved in the legal profession. Famous people in this family, Raja Fazal Rehman Principal, Raja Banaras Khan Advocate High Court Azad Kashmir, Raja Tauqeer Advocate High Court, Raja Usman Advocate England, Raja Mazhar Advocate England, Raja Babar Kamal Advocate High Court Azad Kashmir, Dr. Yasir Khan England, Dr. Rahim Khan Azad Kashmir, Dr. Zain Raja Azad Kashmir, Dr. Oman England. The above mentioned Norma family is mentioned implicitly due to Mangral Rajgan.

Lieutenant Raja Karam Dad Khan was suffering from asthma and was on his death bed for some time. He passed away on October 22, 1960. May Allah Almighty grant you a place in Paradise. With your death, where your family lost its elder, the Mangral tribe also lost a brave and resourceful person forever. The nation will always be proud of your deeds.