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Sunday, January 6, 2019

Memories of Liaquat Ali Khan

Lord Louis Mountbatten (1900-1979) (c) the Viceroy of India, and his wife (r) with other guests at a reception given for Muslim members of the Interim Government.

3rd December 1946: Pakistani leaders Liaquat Ali Khan and Muhammad Ali Jinnah visiting the India Office in London.

(From l-r) Lord Wavell, Liaquat Ali Khan, Mr Jinnah, Sardar Baldev Singh, Lord Pethick-Lawrence and Pandit Nehru. After being held up in Malta with engine trouble, Viscount Wavell, the Viceroy of India, and the four Indian leaders arrived at London Airport for discussions on the Government's Indian policy.

May 1946: Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Pres. of India's Muslim League, chatting Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan at a political meeting.

Pakistani politician Liaquat Ali Khan (1896 - 1951) presents the design for the flag of Pakistan at the opening of the Constituent Assembly of the new state in Karachi, 13th August 1947

Mountbatten, as Viceroy of India, meets with various Indian leaders to devise a plan to partition India into two nations.

Liaquat Ali Khan (1895 - 1951), Prime Minister of Pakistan, during a visit to London as a guest of the Government. He was assassinated by a Muslim fanatic.

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11th October 1948: Herbert Morrison, Lord President of the Council (left), talking to Mr Rabintoola, High Commisioner for Pakistan (centre), and Mr Liaquat Ali Khan, prime minister of Pakistan, in the garden of 10 Downing Street, London. They are here for the Commonwealth Conference, which will be held under the presidency of the British Prime Minister Clement Attlee

7th June 1947: At the New Delhi conference on the partition of India are (left to right) Communications Member Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar; Defence Member Sardar Baldev Singh; President of the Indian National Congress Acharya J B Kripalani; Home and Information and Broadcasting Member Vallabhai Patel; Advisor to the Viceroy Sir Eric Melville; Vice-President of the Interim Government Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru; Lord Mountbatten; and Finance Member Liaquat Ali Khan

11th October 1948: Liaquat Ali Khan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, at a press conference in Britain.

May 1946: Mrs. (Begum) Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan (R) playing bridge w. friends as her husband, Mohamed Ali Jinnah's right hand man, meets w. Moslem Working Committee in her dining room at home.

1950, Liaquat Ali Khan, (1896-1951) the first Prime Minister of Pakistan pictured with his wife

Prime Minister of Pakistan Liaquat Ali Khan (1896 - 1951, left) and his wife Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan (1905 - 1990) are greeted by Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent (1882 - 1973) on their arrival in Ottawa, 2nd June 1950.

Indian Minister of Finance Liaquat Ali Khan (1896 - 1951) at home with his wife Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan (1905 - 1990) and their sons, Ashraf (left) and Akbar, June 1947. After the partition of India, Khan became the first Prime Minister of Pakistan. His wife became an ambassador as well as first President of the All Pakistan Women's Association (APWA).

Mohammed Ali Jinnah (R) shown in file photo dated 04 December 1946 accompanied by Liaquat Ali Khan, Finance Member of the Indian Interim Government, arriving at No.10 Downing Street in London to see Mr. Attlee

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Chatting Between Prime Ministers On Arrival At London Airport For Commonwealth Conference: Peter Frazer (New Zealand), Liaquat Ali Khan(Pakistan) And J.B. Chifley (Australia)

A Pakistani man decorates with fairy lights portraits of country's founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah (L) and first Pakistani premier Liaquat Ali Khan,

Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Liaquat Ali Khan are named as the first Governor General and first Prime Minister of Pakistan respectively. Both are thought of as the Founding Fathers of modern Pakistan and Khan is the longest serving Prime Minister to this day

Signing of India-Pakistan Agreement. New Delhi, India: Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (left, seated) of India, and Liaquat Ali Khan, prime minister of Pakistan, signing the agreement of measures to be adopted in dealing with the minority problem in their respective countries. The agreement is expected to ease the tension that has existed between India and Pakistan since they became independent nations. Members of the respective delegations are in background.

Mayor Welcomes Pakistan's Prime Minister. Pakistan's Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan and his Begum are escorted by Mayor O'Dwyer to official reception at City Hall. Earlier, they were cheered by 100,000 New Yorkers in traditional parade from Bowling Green. At a dinner last night in the Waldorf-Astoria before Foreign Policy Association, the Prime Minister urged investment of US capital in his nation's young industries.