Malik Umar Hayat Khan

Major General Nawab Sir Umar Hayat Khan Tiwana (5 October 1874 – 24 March 1944), was a soldier of the Indian Empire, one of the largest landholders in the Punjab, and an elected member of the Council of State of India.

Background and early life He was born in a Megha, Jhawarian, Punjab. His father was Sir Malik Sahib Khan and his family, from Khushab, were part of the Rajput Tiwana Family. Khan was educated at Aitchison Chiefs College, Lahore between 1888 and 1893. ), the European theatre of the Great War between 1914 and 1915 (during which he was Mentioned in Despatches a further six times), and then in the Third Anglo-Afghan War. He was attached to the 18th King George's Own Lancers and later the 19th King George's Own Lancers. Edward VIII, and George VI.

Public life In 1907, moving beyond his career as a soldier, the management of his family estates in the Punjab, and his role as an hereditary Provincial Darbari, Khan became an Attaché to HM the Amir of Afghanistan.

At the Delhi Durbar of 1911, Khan acted as Assistant Herald to Brigadier General William Peyton, the Delhi Herald Extraordinary.

In December 1913, he was elected as one of the seventeen officers of the All-India Muslim League, at the League's Seventh Session held at Agra. He was instrumental in ensuring ex-servicemen were enfranchised in the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms of 1919.

London From 1929 to 1934, he spent most of his time in London, joining the conservative Carlton Club and becoming President of the British Falconers' Club. While Sultan Khan did not even know chess notation, he was nevertheless a worthy match for the top British and even international chess players.

In London he resided in the 10 Prince Albert Road, Regent's Park, and held an open house every weekend. Choudhry Rahmat Ali was a regular guest of his during this time and his Now or Never pamphlet was partly penned at the residence.

O'Dwyer v. Nair libel case In 1924, Khan appeared as a significant witness in the O'Dwyer v. Nair libel case, heard in the High Court in London over five weeks from 30 April 1924.

Sir Michael O'Dwyer, Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab until 1919, sued Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair in a case concerning matters arising from the Amritsar Massacre and the Punjab Disturbances of 1919, and in particular recruiting abuses in the Punjab between 1917 and 1918. The case turned into one of the longest civil hearings in English legal history up to that time.

Personal life His son Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana went on to become the last Premier of the Punjab. Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE), 1916 (CIE: 1906 King's Birthday Honours ) Nawab (personal title only), 1929 (CBE: 1919 King's Birthday Honours ) Honorary Magistrate (first class) Honorary Captain in the Indian Army, 1911 Honorary Major in the Indian Army, 1917 Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel in the Indian Army, 1920 Honorary Major General, Indian Army, 1935 Honorary Colonel of 18th King George's Own Lancers Honorary Extra Aide-de-camp to George V, 1930 Honorary Extra Aide-de-camp to Edward VIII, 1935 Honorary Extra Aide-de-camp to George VI, 1936 to 1944