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Malik Sir Feroz Khan Noon, KCSI
Order of the Star of India

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Victoria of the United Kingdom in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes:...
, KCIE
Order of the Indian Empire

The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Victoria of the United Kingdom in 1878. The Order includes members of three classes:...
, Kt
Knight Bachelor

The rank of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. It is the rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Chivalric order....
 (1893-1970) was a politician
Politician

A politician is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of politics or a person who influences the way a society is governed....
 from Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
.

as educated at Oxford University and belonged to the Noon family
Noon family

The Noons is a major political family of Pakistan....
, the most influential landowning family of the Punjab
Punjab region

Punjab , also Panjab , is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. The "Five Rivers" are Beas River, Ravi River, Sutlej, Chenab and Jhelum River; all these are tributaries of the Indus river, Jhelum being the biggest one....
. He held many posts in government both before and after the independence and was an important figure in the Pakistan movement
Pakistan Movement

Pakistan Movement or Tehrik-e-Pakistan was the struggle carried out by the Muslims of British India to create a separate homeland in fear of losing their identity, culture and liberty to the dominant indian culture of South Asia and the Hindu majority state....
.

He was the High Commissioner
High Commissioner

High Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.The English term is also used to render various equivalent titles in other languages....
 of India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
 to the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 from 1936 to 1941, and in 1947 he was sent as Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Muhammad Ali Jinnah Urdu language: }} , a 20th century politician and statesman, is generally regarded as the father of the state of Pakistan. He served as leader of the Muslim League and served as Pakistan's first Governor-General of Pakistan....
's special envoy to some countries of the Muslim
Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
 world.






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Malik Sir Feroz Khan Noon, KCSI
Order of the Star of India

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Victoria of the United Kingdom in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes:...
, KCIE
Order of the Indian Empire

The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Victoria of the United Kingdom in 1878. The Order includes members of three classes:...
, Kt
Knight Bachelor

The rank of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. It is the rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Chivalric order....
 (1893-1970) was a politician
Politician

A politician is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of politics or a person who influences the way a society is governed....
 from Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
.

Early life

He was educated at Oxford University and belonged to the Noon family
Noon family

The Noons is a major political family of Pakistan....
, the most influential landowning family of the Punjab
Punjab region

Punjab , also Panjab , is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. The "Five Rivers" are Beas River, Ravi River, Sutlej, Chenab and Jhelum River; all these are tributaries of the Indus river, Jhelum being the biggest one....
. He held many posts in government both before and after the independence and was an important figure in the Pakistan movement
Pakistan Movement

Pakistan Movement or Tehrik-e-Pakistan was the struggle carried out by the Muslims of British India to create a separate homeland in fear of losing their identity, culture and liberty to the dominant indian culture of South Asia and the Hindu majority state....
.

He was the High Commissioner
High Commissioner

High Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.The English term is also used to render various equivalent titles in other languages....
 of India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
 to the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 from 1936 to 1941, and in 1947 he was sent as Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Muhammad Ali Jinnah Urdu language: }} , a 20th century politician and statesman, is generally regarded as the father of the state of Pakistan. He served as leader of the Muslim League and served as Pakistan's first Governor-General of Pakistan....
's special envoy to some countries of the Muslim
Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
 world. This one-man delegation was the first official mission sent abroad by the Pakistani government. The aim of the mission was to introduce Pakistan, to explain the reasons of its creation, to familiarize the Muslim countries with its internal problems, and to get moral and financial support.

Noon was knighted in 1933 and appointed a KCIE in 1937 and a KCSI in 1941.

Chief Minister

Noon was Chief Minister of the Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)

The Punjab...
 province from 1953 to 1956, after which he became Foreign Minister of Pakistan
Foreign Minister of Pakistan

The Foreign Minister of Pakistan heads the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . The current Foreign Minister is Shah Mehmood Qureshi who took over on 31 March, 2008....
 until 1957.

Prime Minister

On December 16, 1957 he was elected as the seventh Prime Minister of Pakistan
Prime Minister of Pakistan

The Prime Minister of Pakistan, in Urdu language ???? ???? Wazir-e- Azam meaning "Grand Minister", is the Head of Government of Pakistan....
. He held this post until October 7, 1958, when martial law
Martial law

Martial law is the system of rules that takes effect when the military takes control of the normal administration of justice.Martial law is sometimes imposed during wars or occupied territory in the absence of any other civil government....
 was enforced for the first time in Pakistan's history by Iskander Mirza
Iskander Mirza

Major-General Sahibzada Sayyid Iskander Ali Mirza, Order of the Indian Empire, Order of the British Empire was the last Governor-General of Pakistan of the Dominion of Pakistan and the first President of Pakistan of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ....
.

Apart from politics, Noon wrote five books, including his autobiography, From Memory. His wife, Begum Viqar un Nisa Noon, was a social worker. Though not originally from Pakistan, spent her entire life working for the betterment of the people of Pakistan.

Death

Noon died on December 9, 1970 in his ancestral village of Nurpur Noon
Nurpur Noon

Nur pur Noon is a historic village in Sargodha District, Punjab , Pakistan. It was settled in the nineteenth century by the Noon family, who moved here from Mitha Tiwana, along with their staff and people to cultivate the lands....
 near Bhalwal
Bhalwal

Bhalwal is a town of Sargodha District in the centre of the Punjab province of Pakistan. The town of Bhalwal is the headquarters of Bhalwal Tehsil and lies in an agricultural area, close to the National Highways of Pakistan, to which it is being connected by two interchanges....
 district Sargodha
Sargodha

Sargodha is a city in the Sargodha District of Punjab province, Pakistan. It is located in northeast Pakistan. It is 10th largest city of Pakistan....
.

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