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The Nawab of Bahawalpur, aged 11, in 1915. In 1917, the Nawab donated £5,000 to the Punjab Aeroplane Fund, raised in the province for the purpose of providing aeroplanes for the British Army.

Sadeq Mohammad Khan was born at Derawar in 1904 and became Nawab of Bahawalpur on the death of his father three years later. A Council of Regency, with Sir Rahim Bakhsh as its President, ruled on his behalf until 1924.

The Nawab served as an officer with the Indian Army, fighting in the Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919) and commanding forces in the Middle East during the Second World War.

In August 1947, the Nawab received the title of Amir of Bahawalpur, acceding his State to the Dominion of Pakistan a month later. In 1955, the Amir was promoted to General in the Pakistani Army and merged his state into West Pakistan. He died in 1966, aged 61.

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