Malik Ghulam Muhammad

Malik Ghulam Muhammad is the kind of political figure whose face few would recognize, yet whose actions shaped a young nation decisively. A chartered accountant and civil servant who rose to become Pakistan's third governor-general, he wielded raw power in ways few technocrats dare. His so-called constitutional coup, dismissing the cabinet in 1953 and dissolving the constituent assembly in 1954, still reverberates in debates about the country's fragile early institutions. I find a peculiar intensity in a numbers man seizing the helm by force, embodying the instability and high stakes of a state still finding its footing.

Name (English)

Malik Ghulam Muhammad

Name (Japanese)

グラーム・ムハンマド

Reading

ぐらーむ・むはんまど

Born

April 20, 1895 – September 12, 1956

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Goat

Origin

Lahore, Lahore District, Pakistan

Occupation

financier / politician / chartered accountant / civil servant

University

Aligarh Muslim University

Awards & achievements

• Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire
• Knight Bachelor

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malik%20Ghulam%20Muhammad
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1392127

Tags

• Lahore District
• financier
• politician
• chartered accountant

Last updated

2026-06-21

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