11 Facts About Mohammed Ikramullah

Mohammad Ikramullah Hilal-e-Pakistan, KCMG, CIE, Knight Grand Cross Portuguese Order of Christ was a figure in the administration of Pakistan at the time of independence of Pakistan on 14 August 1947.

Mohammed Ikramullah was a member of Muslim League partition committee and a close companion of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Mohammed Ikramullah remained the Ambassador of Pakistan to Canada, France, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

Mohammed Ikramullah was married to Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, and father of Princess Sarvath of Jordan.

Mohammed Ikramullah was born 15 January 1903 in Bhopal, British India, to Urdu-speaking Quraishi family.

Mohammed Ikramullah's family is reputed to have hailed originally from the Hijaz and are regarded as both Quraishi and Chishti.

Wilayatullah's family served against many significant royal posts for several generations at the Court of the state of Bhopal; where Mohammed Ikramullah was born in 1903.

Later, Mohammed Ikramullah served as Advisor to the preparatory commissions of the United Nations in London and San Francisco, and at its first general assembly, between 1945 and 1946.

Mohammed Ikramullah was appointed a CIE in the 1946 New Year Honours.

In July 1947, when the States Departments were established, Mohammed Ikramullah was appointed from the old Indian Civil Service as Joint Secretary, States Department, Provisional government of British India prior to independence.

Mohammed Ikramullah played key roles in establishing the Commonwealth Economic Committee and had been nominated as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth at the time of his death in 1963.