Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad Bahadur Yamin us-Sultanat was an Indian noble who served as Prime Minister of Hyderabad twice.
21 Facts About Kishen Pershad
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Kishen Pershad was a childhood friend of the Nizam and a staunch Nizam loyalist throughout his life.
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In 1892, Pershad became the Peshkar of the state.
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Kishen Pershad was a patron of poetry, paintings and music.
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Kishen Pershad had seven wives including both Hindus and Muslims.
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Kishen Pershad was born in 1864, but his exact date of birth is unrecorded.
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Kishen Pershad claimed to have been "born two years before his highness [Mir Osman Ali Khan]".
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Pershad's ancestor, Rai Mull Chand, migrated from Delhi to Hyderabad with Asaf Jah I His grandfather Narinder Pershad served as dewan and peshkar during the reign of Mahbub Ali Khan.
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Kishen Pershad studied the Sanskrit language because of his Hindu faith and accountancy because he had the hereditary charge of the royal treasury.
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In 1892, Kishen Pershad was appointed peshkar of Hyderabad, and dewan in 1902.
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Kishen Pershad became the military minister in the nizams cabinet.
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Kishen Pershad fulfilled his responsibilities as a peshkar, which included him constantly attending to the Nizam to help him complete the formalities of state.
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Kishen Pershad was conferred with the title "Yamin us Saltanat" and his status was raised from that of a raja to a maharaja.
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Kishen Pershad maintained a friendly relationship with the British resident.
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Under his reign, Kishen Pershad found it difficult to continue as the dewan and resigned in 1912.
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Kishen Pershad passed the Mulki regulations according to which an "outsider" could not be appointed to any position if a suitably-qualified Mulki was available for the job; their educational qualifications were to be given more weight than their family background and retirement was fixed at fifty-five years of age.
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Kishen Pershad wrote Persian and Urdu poems under the pen name "Shad".
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Kishen Pershad was a proponent of Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb.
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Kishen Pershad published an Urdu poetry magazine titled Mahbub Al Kalam.
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Kishen Pershad was a childhood friend of the Nizam and throughout his life, he was a staunch Nizam loyalist.
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Kishen Pershad was conferred with the KCIE in January 1903 and the GCIE in 1910.