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Mian Aminuddin (Punjabi, ) was a Pakistani civil servant. He served the Imperial Civil Service during the British Raj and then Pakistani civil servivce after independence of Pakistan. He served as the first Mayor of Lahore. He also served as the Chief commissioner of Baluchistan between 1949 and 1952 and then as the fourth Governor of West Punjab between 1953 and 1954.Profile of Qasim Zia, a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab (includes info about his grandfather Mian Aminuddin) Provincial Assembly of the Punjab website, Retrieved 16 January 2019Provinces of Pakistan (list of officeholders) Retrieved 16 January 2019

Early life and career

Mian Aminuddin was among the very few and early Muslim members of the Indian Civil Service (British India).EXCERPT: The founding fathers Dawn (newspaper), Published 7 August 2011, Retrieved 16 January 2019"At independence Pakistan faced an acute shortage of experienced senior administrators. In the government of undivided India, there were only two Muslim ICS officers and one Muslim Indian Political Service (IPS) officer who had risen to the position of joint secretary, namely Mian Aminuddin (ICS, 1923), Ikramullah Khan (ICS, 1927), and Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Iskander Mirza."British Indian Civil Service's Joint Secretary Mian Aminuddin on GoogleBooks Retrieved 16 January 2019In Pakistan, Mian Aminuddin later served as Governor of Punjab, Pakistan also from 2 May 1953 to 24 June 1954.

See also

• Mian family of Baghbanpura

References

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