Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad
Prime Minister of Hyderabad
Died when: 76 years 133 days (916 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad Bahadur Yamin us-Sultanat GCIE (1864 – 13 May 1940) was an Indian noble who served as Prime Minister of Hyderabad twice.
He was a childhood friend of the Nizam and was a staunch Nizam loyalist throughout his life.In 1892, Pershad became the (deputy minister) of the state.
Nine years later, Nizam Mahbub Ali Khan appointed him dewan (prime minister) of the state.During his first tenure as dewan, he was credited with increasing the state's revenue and helping victims of the Great Musi Flood of 1908.
In 1926, he was reappointed as dewan.During this period, he passed the Mulki regulations, which favoured local citizens over British for administrative positions.
A proponent of the Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb (culture of the central plains of Northern India), Pershad also wrote Urdu and Persian poems which were influenced by Sufism.
He was a patron of poetry, paintings and music.He had seven wives including both Hindus and Muslims.Raja Kishen Pershad had built the Chitragupta Bhagwan Temple in Hyderabad.