agriculturist magistrate philanthropist
He was the son of Sardar Muhammad Habib Khan Tarin (or Tareen), (c1829/30-Dec1888), Nawab Bahadur, Risaldar, Computer Society of India, an ex-cavalry officer and a landed jagirdar of Talokar and Dheri estates in Haripur, Hazara, North-West Frontier Province. At his father"s death Majid Khan was a young boy and the family estates were placed under the Court of Wards.
Aitchison College; City Law School.
He was initially taught at home by English tutors, then sent to the Aitchison College, Lahore, and then to a mission school in Simla. After his Matriculation from there he proceeded to England in 1899 and qualified as a barrister in 1901. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln"s Inn in April 1902.
He died at his ancestral village, Talokar, in September 1939.
Khan Sahib Abdul Majid Khan Tarin was also a very active philanthropist. He founded several charitable schools, set up a public Tuberculosis ward at the Haripur Government Hospital, provided for a system of educational scholarships for local students as well as supporting numerous needy people.
This tradition of public service has been carried on by his family. The Pakistani poet and research scholar, Omer Tarin is a great-grandson of Abdul Majid Khan Tarin.
