Niat Qabool Hayat Kakakhel
| Niat Qabool Hayat Niat Qabool Hayat | |
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| Title | Numberdar-e-Aala] |
| Born | 1905 |
| Died | 18 Octuber 1986 |
| Religion | Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Ismailism |
| Main interest(s) | Islamic theology, Islamic jurisprudence, Islamic law |
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Niat Qabool Hayat Kakakhel or Niat Qabool Hayat Kakakhail (US 
i/niːət kəbuːl həiːɑːt kɑːkɑːˈxeɪl/ September 5, 1905 – October 18, 1986) was a Gilgit-Baltistani politician who had been assistant to the Governor of Gupis since 1973. A member of the Central Asia Supreme Council, he previously served for years as a senior member of Aga Khan Council, and he was also a ruling official during the Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) period during the early 1970s.
Early life
Niat Qabool Hayat Kakakhel was born on September 5, 1905, in Ghizer District, Gilgit-Baltistan. His father, who was a shepherd, disappeared several months before Hayat was born. A few months later, Hayat's older brother died in an accident. He belonged to a ruling Syed family, and at age 21 he was sent to Gilgit to live with the raja of the time. Years later, Hayat returned to his village and became the successor of his uncle, Zumbool Hayat. He was the assistant of Raja Gupis, Maqpoon Hussain Ali Khan. He was later on titled by Numberdar-i-Aala.
Construction of Shandur polo ground
In 1935, the UK administrator for Gilgit-Baltistan, E.H. Cobb, ordered Kakakhel to construct a polo ground in Shandur Top. He followed Cobb's directive and, with the help of villagers from his home town, built a polo ground.[1] The completed polo ground was approximately 56 meters wide and 200 meters long, somewhat smaller than a standard polo ground which is typically 150 meters by 270 meters.[2] After construction, the polo ground was named Mas Junali; this name is derived from the Khowar language, in which mas means "moon" and junali means "polo ground". The reason this name was chosen was that Cobb was fond of playing polo by moonlight.[1]
Having made an impression on Cobb with the efficiency with which the polo ground was constructed, Kakakhel was offered a reward, but he refused any honour Cobb proposed. Instead, since the local villagers had done most of the construction work, Kakakhel requested Cobb stock local waterways with fish. Cobb imported trout from England to fulfill this request, and introduced them into the River Ghizer. As a result of this introduced fish population, the Directorate of Fisheries came into being and provided jobs for hundreds of people. Now-a-days, fishes descended from the originally-introduced stock have reached 24 kg in Hundrap Lake and 45 kg in Baha Khukush Lake.[1]
Mas Junali became a place where residents of Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral could interact.[1] The Shandur Polo Festival, held annually since 1936, has matches between teams from Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan as its highlight. Because Mas Junali is the highest polo ground in the world, the festival has become a tourist attraction.[2]
Malan Shal Issue
In 1959, when the people of (Balim and Laspur) Chitral belonged to the tribes Ukilay and Bojoky didn’t give their taxes, some people from Golaghmuli Valley Ghizer went to Malan Shal and possessed on 40 Sheeps of Chitrali. As a reaction of which, they possessed on 9 Yaks of Ghizer. Once again Niat Qabool Hayat met the governor of Mestuj to get back those yaks. Hereafter, he succeeded to get 7 yaks. After this incident, Chitrali people had been expelled from Malan Shall and Shandur. But after the request of governor Mestuj, once again they were allowed to enter Shandur and Malan Shal. As before they abolished the decision of the ruler of Koh-e-Ghizer and collected feul woods from Khukush and were expelled from Shandur once again. But later on 1961, they didn’t follow the rules of collecting fuel woods from Shandur Ghizer and have completely possessed on Shandur and the Government of Gilgit Baltistan has still kept a silence.
Struggle for the primary education system in Upper Ghizer
In 1940, Kakakheli established a private primary school in Gulaghmuli, Ghizer. For many years, he devoted his services for the sake of primary education in remote areas of Ghizer.[3] After five years, the school was affiliated with Aga Khan Education Services.[4] As a result, the literacy rate has surpassed 85%,[5] gaining Hayat the title Numberdar-e-Aala, as awarded by the first Muslim Political Agent of Gilgit-Baltistan, Sardar Mohammad Alam Khan.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "History of Shandur". Shandur Polo Festival. Chitral Studio. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- 1 2 "Shandur Polo Festival". Niyat Qabool Hayat.
- ↑ "Services in the Field of Education | Niyat Qabool Hayat". babaeghizer.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
- ↑ https://www.akdn.org/akesp
- ↑ "District Ranking Ghizer". data.com.pk.