Khan Mohammad Abbas Khan: Difference between revisions

”’Khan Muhammad Abbas Khan”’ is a former member of [[Indian National Congress]], a liberal reformer, Khan Mohammad Abbas Khan belonged to the Democratic Party, which formed a coalition with congress and served as the Interim Minister for Industries of [[British India]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar: a political biography |author=Syed Mujawar Hussain Shah |publisher=Qadiria Books |year=1985 |location=Islamabad |page=59 |quote=”The coalition ministry of the Congress consisted of Dr. Khan Sahib (Chief Minister), ”’Khan Mohammad Abbas Khan (Minister for Industries)”’, Qazi Attaullah Khan. (Education Minister) and Bhajnu Ram (Finance Minister). ”’Khan Mohammad Abbas Khan”’ belonged to the Democratic Party. The oath of office was taken by the ministry on 7th September, 1937″}}</ref> Later on he joined [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]]. He was a freedom fighter as well as an active member of [[Pakistan Muslim League|PML]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |publisher=K.K. Publications |first1=Ravi |last1=Ranjan |first2=M.K. |last2=Singh |year=2021 |page=51 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lmg9EAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Khan+Mohammad+Abbas+Khan%22&pg=PA51}}</ref> He was 1 out of 3 MLA’s from Mansehra. Khan Abbas Khan belonged to Khankhail subsection of [[Swati tribe]]. He belonged to the moderate faction of Indian National Congress headed by [[Gopal Krishna Gokhale]], and supported the efforts of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and his [[satyagraha]] form of resistance.<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Indian History – 19th Century |volume=5 |first=Gordon |last=McConnell |publisher=Bibliotex |isbn=9781984668134 |year=2022 |page=845 |url=http://rguir.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/16829/1/9781984668134.pdf}}</ref>