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Khan Bahadur Capt.(retd) Sardar Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan, KBE (also written Sikandar Hyat Khan or Sikander Hyat-Khan at times)〔Not to be confused with the famous Delhi-Sikanderabad 'Qawwali' singers ''gharana'', of which Ustad Muhammad Hyatt-Khan and his late Elder, Ustad Sikander Hyatt-Khan were the most well known exponents, see http://www.scribd.com/doc/1486791/Unsung-Qawwals〕 (5 June 1882 in Multan–25/26 December 1946) was a renowned Indian politician and statesman from the Punjab. ==Early life== He was the son of late Nawab Muhammad Hayat Khan, CSI, of Wah,〔See section on Sir Sikandar's background in Interview with Sir Muhammad Zafrulla, 1962, pub. 2004, http://www.aliaslam.org/library/books/Sir-Zafrulla-Khan-Interview.pdf〕 who was a close associate of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, and a prominent scion of the Jatt Khattar tribe of Attock, North Punjab.〔''Attock Gazetteer'', Lahore, Govt of Punjab, 1910, p. 232.〕 He was educated at school in Aligarh and later at Aligarh Muslim University, and for a short while was sent to England for higher education but was recalled home by his family circa 1915.〔See ''Sir Sikandar Hyat Khan: The Soldier-Statesman of the Punjab'', A Special Memorial Volume, Lahore: Government of the Punjab, 1943, pp. 10–12.〕 During the First World War, he initially worked as a War Recruitment Officer in his native Attock district〔''Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan: The Soldier-Statesman of the Punjab'', p. 31.〕 and later served as one of the very first Indian officers to receive the King's Commission, with the 2/67th Punjabis (later the 1/2nd Punjab Regiment).〔See Field-Marshal Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, later Lord Wavell, in ''Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan: The Soldier-Statesman of the Punjab'', pp. 33–34.〕〔During World War 2, when serving as the Premier of the Punjab, Sir Sikandar was given an honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel but this only temporary and in no way indicated actual military rank. See Wavell, above, p 34〕 As a result of his distinguished services in the Great War and later, the Third Afghan War, he was awarded an MBE by the Government of British India.〔See 'The Handbook of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire', 1921 ed〕 After 1920, Sir Sikandar turned his talents to business and by dint of his financial acumen and managerial skills, soon became a director or managing director of several companies, including the Wah Tea Estate, The Amritsar-Kasur Railway Company, The People's Bank of Northern India, The Sialkot-Narowal Railway, The ACC Wah Portland Cement Company, the Wah Stone and Lime Company, Messrs. Owen Roberts, the Punjab Sugar Corporation Ltd, Messrs. Walter Locke & Co, The Lahore Electricity Supply Co and many others.〔Dr. Iftikhar H. Malik, "Sir Sikandar Hayat: A Political Biography", Islamabad: NIHCR, 1985, p. 12.〕 He also entered grassroots politics at this time, and remained an honorary magistrate and Chairman of the Attock District Board. Later, for a brief while he also remained the Acting Deputy-Governor of the newly established Reserve Bank of India in 1935,〔He was also a member of its first Central board of directors, when the RBI was established in April 1935 on the recommendations of the Hilton-Young Commission of 1925–26. See the History section of the Official Website of the RBI http://www.rbi.org.in〕 prior to returning to take on party leadership in the Punjab in 1936. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sikandar Hayat Khan (Punjabi politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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