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Nasreddin Murat-Khan was born on 1904 in Dagestan, Russian Empire, is a Russian-born Pakistani architect. Discover Nasreddin Murat-Khan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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Age 66 years old
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Born 1904, 1904
Birthday 1904
Birthplace Dagestan, Russian Empire
Date of death 15 October, 1970
Died Place Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Nationality Russia

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His wife is Hamida Akmut (m. 1944-1970)

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1904

Murat-Khan was born in 1904 to a Turkic Kumyk Muslim family, in the town of Buynaksk in the North Caucasus region of Dagestan located in the Russian Empire (modern-day Russian Federation).

1930

In 1930, he obtained his degree of civil engineering from the Institute of Architects, Town Planners and Civil Engineers at Leningrad State University (now the Saint-Petersburg State University).

Later, he also obtained degrees of architecture and town planning from the same university.

Murat-Khan was keen to free the Muslim Caucasus region from Soviet control.

In 1930, Nasreddin held a variety of posts in Dagestan and in Leningrad.

1940

He was arrested during the "Engineers' Purges" undertaken by Stalin, but was re-instated in February 1940 as Chief Engineer and Chief Architect of the Pyatigorsk branch of the North Caucasian Project Trust.

1942

He later served as Chief Engineer and Director of the North Caucasian Project Trust in Woroschilowsk, Ukraine, till August 1942.

Murat-Khan planned and designed many buildings of the Soviet Union, which includes a Lenin Memorial.

1944

As a result, he had to flee from Dagestan— in fear of his life—to Germany where he landed sometime in 1944.

1946

He stayed as a refugee in one of the camps established by the UNRRA in Berlin, later moving to Mittenwald where he married Hamida Akmut, a Turkish refugee, in 1946.

1950

After the six-year-long exile in West Germany, Murat-Khan migrated with his family to Pakistan, in 1950.

In 1950, after his migration to Pakistan, he was hired as Executive Engineer for PWD at Wah Ordinance Factory.

1951

He then was reassigned in 1951 as Special Architect, B&R Deptt., PWD, where he designed the buildings of the Nishtar Hospital and the Nishtar Medical College.

1959

In addition, he also prepared the designs of the Mansehra Mental Hospital, the Sahala Police Training College, the Sinclair Hall in Forman Christian College, the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore (completed in 1959 and initially called the Lahore Stadium) and the Textile College in Faisalabad among many other buildings, townships, residences and other structures.

Murat-Khan's most notable and memorable work is his design of the Minar-e-Pakistan monument, located at Minto Park (now Iqbal Park) in the walled city of Lahore.

1960

The foundation stone of Minar-e-Pakistan was laid at Minto Park on 23 March 1960.

1963

In 1963, President Ayub Khan reportedly summoned Murat-Khan to his office and took out a fountain pen from his pocket, placed it upright on his desk and instructed Murat-Khan to "build me a monument like this."

Murat-Khan was very keen on the supervision of the construction and the design.

He frequently visited the site to inspect building material, construction quality.

He did not take his prescribed fee of Rs.

250,000 and instead donated the amount to the fund created for financing the construction of the Minar-e-Pakistan.

In recognition of Murat-Khan's services, the then President of Pakistan, General Ayub Khan, conferred on him the Tamghah-yi Imtiyaz (Medal of Excellence) in 1963.

Murat-Khan was of the view that each local body should have a chief architect of its own.

He was also a proponent of Islamic architecture, advocating the retention of a national character in Pakistani architecture.

1968

The construction of the tower took eight years and by 31 October 1968, the minar was completed at a cost of Rs.

7.5 million.

1970

Nasreddin Murat-Khan (1904 – 15 October 1970) was a Russian-born Pakistani architect and civil engineer.

He is renowned for designing the iconic national monument, the Minar-e-Pakistan.

He was also the architect of the Gaddafi Stadium and several other notable buildings and structures.

Murat-Khan died of a heart attack on 15 October 1970.