Background
His father Mian Husain Bakhsh was serving as Extra Assistant Commissioner in the British Raj in Peshawar.
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Career
Hussian belonged to the Bhatti Rajput tribe and was from Sialkot. Husain was one of the founders of the old Punjab Unionist Party, and was opposed to Jinnah"s vision of an Independent Pakistan. He was knighted in 1926 and appointed a KCSI in 1932.
After his death, Husain"s son Mian Azim Husain wrote a biography of him.
His paternal half brother Mian Afzal Husain served as the Vice Chancellor of the University of the Punjab, Lahore for two terms, one term before (1938-1944) and one term after (1954-1965) the partition of British India into Pakistan and India.
Membership
1901 Barrister, Gray"s Inn. 1901-1905 practised at Sialkot. 1905-1920 practised at the bar of the Punjab Chief Court and Punjab High Court.
1921-1925 minister for education, health and local government, Punjab.
1925 temporary member for revenue and education of the governor-general"s executive council. 1926-1930 revenue member, Punjab.
1927 substitute delegate for India to the assembly of the League of Nations. 1929 officiating member of the governor-general executive council, department of education, health and lands.
1929 KCIE; 1930-1935 member of the viceroy"s executive council, Delhi.
1932 leader of the Indian delegation to the Indo-South African conference. 1932 KCSI. Husain was a member of the legislative assembly of Punjab prior to the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms. In 1930 he was appointed a member of the Viceroy"s Council for India.
