General Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi جنرل نواب صادق محمد خان عباسی) and his affection with BahawalPur State
General Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi جنرل نواب صادق محمد خان عباسی)
(29 September 1904, in Derawar – 24 May 1966, in London) was the Nawab, and later Amir, of Bahawalpur State.
The State Bank was the Bank of Bahawalpur with branches outside the State also, including Karachi; there was a high court and lower courts; a trained police force and an army commanded by officers trained at the Royal Indian Military Academy at Dehra Doon.
Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi جنرل نواب صادق محمد خان عباسی had a keen interest in education, which was free till A level and the State’s Government provided scholarships of merit for higher education.
In 1951, the Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi جنرل نواب صادق محمد خان عباسی donated 500 acres in Bahawalpur for the construction of Sadiq Public School.
Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi جنرل نواب صادق محمد خان عباسی had a strong relationship with the Quaid-i-Azam, Founder of Pakistan.
The Bahawalpur State under his rule was considered to be an important sovereign state in Punjab. The Bahawalpur State had a special privilege as it was larger than some states of the present time like Lebanon, Kuwait, Israel and Denmark in respect of area. Its population was two times more than the total population of United Arab Emirates.
