Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk Kamboh or Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulq Maulvi also known as Mushtaq Hussain (1841 AD- 1917 AD) born in the Meerut in 24 March 1841[1] was a Muslim politician and one of the founders of All India Muslim League.
He came of reputed Kamboh lineage of Shaikh Abdul Momin Kamboh who held the office of Dewan-e-Tun in Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan's reign, and Muslim Kambohs of Meerut. Waqar-ul-Mulk did his engineering from Engineering College, Roorki (Roorkee). He served as a Law Secretary in the Government of Hyderabad State, Deccan for some time and then joined Revenue Department. Later he was appointed Governor of "WARARANGLE", the newly established State and with his untiring efforts, the state soon became very prosperous. Waqar-ul-Mulk received the title of Nawab Intezar Jung from the Government of Hyderabad. Then he was appointed Revenue Secretary with the orders of Nizam of Daccan. He served as Secretary, Personal Secretary & Advisor to the Prime Minister Nawab Bashiral Daulla and eventually he became deputy Prime Minister of Hyderabad.[2].
On December 9, 1890, he was conferred the title of Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk. On October 1892, Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk joined M.A.O. college in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. In December 1906, the quartet Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk, Sir Agha Khan, Sir Shafi of Lahore and Nawab Salimullah Khan of Dhaka organised a Mohammdan Educational Conference in Calcutta and on the same occasion, they also launched a new party called All India Muslim League of which Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk became General Secretary.
In 1907, he was appointed Honorary Secretary of M.A.O. College. In the same year he resigned from the Secretaryship of the All India Muslim League on health grounds. In 1908, the Government of India honored him with the title of Nawab. It was the magnetizing personality of Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk which had induced Quaid-e-Azam (Jinnah) to join the All India Muslim League which fact changed the history of Indian subcontinent. The welcome address given by Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk on the occasion is an important document for the Muslims. Due to bad health, Nawab Waqar-ul Mulk gave up the Secretaryship of Aligarh in 1912 and after a prolonged illness, he died on January 27, 1917. Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk also remained a member of Scientific Society since 1866 [3].
He is also known for his involvement in the Aligarh Movement.
References
- ^ According to Nizami Badayuni, he was born in 1837 but according to Saksena in 1839...See Persian Literature, Vol 3, Part II, p 383, C. A. Storey.
- ^ Persian Literature, Vol 3, Part II, p 383, C. A. Storey.
- ^ Persian Literature, Vol 3, Part II, p 383, C. A. Storey.
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