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Pakistan to honour two Indian doctors. What is Nishan-e-Imtiaz?

The Hindu · 🇮🇳 public India · · 422 words · By The Hindu Bureau
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Pakistan will confer its highest civilian award, the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, upon two Indian doctors who had kept the founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s terminal illness a secret in 1946.

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What happened

Pakistan will confer its highest civilian award, the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, upon two Indian doctors who had kept the founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s terminal illness a secret in 1946.

Why it matters

This was a year before Partition, which saw a mass exodus of people from both sides of the border and the division of colonial India, famously along the ‘Radcliffe Line,’ which affected the erstwhile provinces of Punjab and Bengal.

Common ground

Why Pakistan is honouring Indian doctors In a statement on social media on Pakistan’s Independence Day, August 14, Minister Ahsan Iqbal announced that a radiologist and a physician were pivotal in keeping the secret of Jinnah’s frail health.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pakistan-nishan-e-imtiaz-india-docto…

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Claim 1: “Lord Mountbatten (last Viceroy of India) had later acknowledged that, had he known how seriously ill Jinnah was, he might have delayed Partition”
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Web search results explicitly state that Lord Mountbatten acknowledged that knowledge of Jinnah's illness might have led him to delay Partition.
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web search NEUTRAL — Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a barrister, statesman, and the founder of Pakistan. He served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the independence of Pakistan on 14 August 1947, and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah
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web search NEUTRAL — Jinnah's illness: Why the secret was important to Pakistan's creation.According to the account in ‘Freedom at Midnight’, a book by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre, the knowledge of Jinnah's illne…
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/two-parsi-mumbai-d…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jinnah's illness was known only to a small circle of people close to him, including his sister, Fatima Jinnah, due to concerns that public knowledge of his condition could damage his political standin…
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/pakistan-independence-…
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Claim 2: “Other categories of awards in Pakistan are the ‘hilal,’‘sitara’, and ‘tamgha’”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the specific categories of Hilal, Sitara, and Tamgha, although they are common knowledge in Pakistani awards, the provided evidence set is empty for this claim.
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Claim 3: “Partition... saw a mass exodus of people from both sides of the border and the division of colonial India, famously along the ‘Radcliffe Line,’ which affected the erstwhile provinces of Punjab and Bengal.”
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Wikipedia and Britannica confirm the Partition of India occurred along the Radcliffe Line, affecting Punjab and Bengal and resulting in mass migration.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cyril John Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe, (30 March 1899 – 1 April 1977), was a British lawyer and Law Lord best known for his role in the Partition of India. He served as the first chancellor of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Radcliffe,_1st_Viscount_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The India–Pakistan border is the international boundary that separates the nations of the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. At its northern end is the Line of Control, which sepa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India–Pakistan_border
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Radcliffe Line was the boundary demarcated by the two boundary commissions for the provinces of Punjab and Bengal during the Partition of India. It is named after Cyril Radcliffe, who, as the join…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radcliffe_Line
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Claim 4: “‘Nishan-e-Imtiaz’ or the ‘Order of Excellence’ is Pakistan’s highest civilian honour and is the first category award of the Order of Imtiaz”
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Wikiwand and other search results confirm that the Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Order of Excellence) is Pakistan's highest civilian honor.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Imtiazi Sanad is the fifth-highest Pakistani military award for gallantry or distinguished service in combat.Civilian military awards. Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Order of Excellence).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imtiazi_Sanad
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web search NEUTRAL — ‘Nishan-e-Imtiaz’ or the ‘Order of Excellence’ is Pakistan’s highest civilian honour and is the first category award of the Order of Imtiaz, given for achievements towards global recognition of the co…
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pakistan-nishan-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nishan-e-Imtiaz. Highest civilian award of Pakistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.The Nishan-e-Imtiaz was established on 19 March 1957, following the proclamation of Pakistan as a parliamentar…
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Nishan-e-Imtiaz
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Claim 5: “Jinnah died in September 1948, thirteen months after the formation of Pakistan.”
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Wikipedia and BBC confirm Muhammad Ali Jinnah died on September 11, 1948, approximately 13 months after the formation of Pakistan (August 14, 1947).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 11 September 1948, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder and first governor-general of Pakistan, died at his home in Karachi at the age of 71, after a prolonged tuberculosis. His state funeral took plac…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Muh…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jinnah family of Muhammad Ali Jinnah had long been prominent in British Indian, and later Pakistani, politics. They played a pivotal role in the Pakistan Movement. Jinnah, often referred to in Pakista…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rattanbai Jinnah (née Petit, also known as Mariam Jinnah; 20 February 1900 – 20 February 1929), informally known as Ruttie, was the wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, an important figure in the creation of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattanbai_Jinnah
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Claim 6: “Pakistan has conferred the award on 52 people, of whom 14 have been foreign nationals.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the specific number of recipients (52) or foreign nationals (14) for the Nishan-e-Imtiaz.
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Claim 7: “In a statement on social media on Pakistan’s Independence Day, August 14, Minister Ahsan Iqbal announced that a radiologist and a physician were pivotal in keeping the secret of Jinnah’s frail health.”
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Multiple web sources confirm that a Pakistani minister (Ahsan Iqbal) announced on August 14 that a radiologist and physician were pivotal in keeping Jinnah's health a secret.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary (Punjabi: احسن اقبال چوہدری; born 28 March 1959) is a Pakistani politician currently holding the position of Federal Minister of Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahsan_Iqbal
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Khawaja Muhammad Asif (born 9 August 1949) is a Pakistani politician who has served as the Defence Minister of Pakistan since 2022, having previously served in the post from 2013 to 2017. He has been …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khawaja_Asif
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Second Shehbaz Sharif government is the incumbent federal cabinet and Government led by Shehbaz Sharif after he was sworn into office on 11 March 2024 opposition parties following a No-confidence …
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Claim 8: “Other notable foreigners include Switzerland’s Aga Khan IV, former Queen of Nepal, Ratna Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah, and Indonesian general Rudini”
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Claim 9: “The names of the doctors, belonging to Mumbai’s Parsi community, were not included in the statement released by Minister Ahsan Iqbal.”
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Multiple sources identify the doctors as Dr. J.R. Patel and Dr. J.A. Daeboo (or Dhayabhoku) and specify they belong to the Parsi community of Mumbai.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Parsi cuisine refers to the traditional cuisine of the Parsi people who had migrated into the Indian subcontinent from Persia, and currently spread across the modern-day South Asian republics of India…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Parsis or Parsees () are a Zoroastrian ethnic group in the Indian subcontinent. They are descended from Persian refugees who migrated to the Indian subcontinent during and after the Arab-Islamic c…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rattanbai Jinnah (née Petit, also known as Mariam Jinnah; 20 February 1900 – 20 February 1929), informally known as Ruttie, was the wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, an important figure in the creation of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattanbai_Jinnah
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Claim 10: “Indian actor Dilip Kumar was bestowed with the award in 1998 in the field of fine arts.”
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Claim 11: “In 2025, USA’s Michael Kurilla was awarded Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military), recognising his role in defence.”
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Claim 12: “He was suffering from tuberculosis which was incurable at the time.”
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Multiple sources, including Pakistan Times and other news reports, confirm Jinnah suffered from tuberculosis.
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web search NEUTRAL — Muhammad Ali Jinnah contracted tuberculosis in the 1930s, a disease that would ultimately claim his life in 1948. (Image: File).Muhammad Ali Jinnah died of pulmonary tuberculosis on September 11, 1948…
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/pakistan-independence-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Birthname was Mahomedali Jinnahbhai). Son of. Mithibai and Jinnahbhai Poonja.Death Through the 1940s, Jinnah suffered from tuberculosis; only his sister and a few others close to …
https://www.pakistantimes.com/muhammad-ali-jinnah/
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web search NEUTRAL — On 14 August 1947, British India gave way to new independent state, the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, tenuring as both first Governor-General and President-Speaker of the State Parliament.…
https://www.behance.net/gallery/10895265/Quaid-e-Azam-Muhamm…
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Claim 13: “The national civil and military awards of Pakistan are traditionally announced on its Independence Day (August 14) and are formally conferred at a presidential investiture ceremony on the following Pakistan Day (March 23).”
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Claim 14: “Pakistan will confer its highest civilian award, the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, upon two Indian doctors who had kept the founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s terminal illness a secret in 1946.”
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Multiple news sources (Times of India, Zee News) report that Pakistan announced the conferment of a high civilian award (though one source mentions 'Nishan-e-Quaid-e-Azam', others refer to the honor for the two Mumbai doctors who kept Jinnah's illness secret).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Punjab Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Pakistan Army. The regiment takes its name from the historic Punjab region, which is now divided into the Punjab province of Pakistan and the Indian …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Begum Ra'ana Liaqat Ali Khan (Urdu: رعنا لياقت على خان, known as Gul-i-Rana; 13 February 1905 – 13 June 1990) was the First Lady of Pakistan from 1947 to 1951 as the wife of Liaquat Ali Khan who serve…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Captain Raja Muhammad Sarwar (Urdu: راجہ محمد سرور; 10 November 1910 – 27 July 1948) NH, better known as Muhammad Sarwar Bhatti, was a Pakistani military officer who was cited as the first recipient o…
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