Abstract
Plethora of works have been produced on the colonial and post-colonial history of
the Punjab but the role of Mian Muhammad Mumtaz Daultana has been
academically overnighted by the historians to date and this paper intends to
address it. He was an important leader of the Punjab who remained committed to
the Pakistan movement, remained loyal and worked hard under the leadership of
Quaid-i-Azam in the creation and consolidation of Pakistan. He was president of
the Punjab Muslim League and also the first chief Minister of Pakistani Punjab.
Therefore it is of immense importance to understand the role of Mian Muhammad
Mumtaz Daultana in the creation and consolidation of Pakistan in the light of
primary and secondary sources.
Before the inception of Pakistan, his father Ahmad Yar Daultana was a popular
politician from the Daultana family in the Punjab region. His house was the focal
point for important political activities. Daultana was selected by Quaid-i- Azam to
contend on behalf of the Muslim League against the Unionist Party because this
party was not in favour of the Muslim League, by looking for the certainty of the
Mumtaz Daultana, Quaid-i-Azam made him the individual from the member of
Direct-action committee. The other member of the committee was ministers of the
Muslim League s’ parliamentary and interim government. Mian Mumtaz Daultana
was the youngest member but everyone acknowledged his improvisation and
intelligence.1 The Sikandar-Jinnah pact had also great importance. this Pact was
marked by Quaid-i-Azam and Sir Skinder Hayat Khan, according to this pact, at
Provincial level Unionist gathering will apply its arrangements with the assistance
of Muslim League party individuals, under the administration of Quaid-i-Azam,
The Unionist Party will be under the strategies of Muslim League.
Farzanda Aslam , Muhamad Iqbal Chawla , Zabir Saeed , Moazzam Wasti. (2020) Forgotten soldier of Pakistan Movement: Reimagining the role of Mian Muhamad Mumtaz Daultana in Colonial and Post-colonial Punjab, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 57, Issue 1.
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