Chaudry Mohammad Aslam

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Chaudry Mohammad Aslam (1900-1965), Surveyor General of Pakistan, was a mathematician and cartographer instrumental in the demarcation of the borders of the then newly established Republic of Pakistan. He was born in British India in 1900 and was initially educated in Amritsar and Lahore, Punjab. He became Professor of Mathematics at Khalsa College, Amritsar. He subsequently became an officer in the British Indian Civil Service and joined the Survey of India. His contribution to the mapping of the troubled North West Frontier province in 1930s was rewarded by the bestowment of the title of 'Khan Bahadur' by the British in 1946. On the independence and partition of British India he lead various survey missions to map the new dominions of East and West Pakistan, the borders of which were disputed in a number of areas. He was responsible for the demarcation of the border with Persia. As a result of this he was awarded the Nishan-i-Humayun by the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He subsequently rose to the rank of Surveyor General of Pakistan. He was called to chair the boundary commision between Pakistan and China in 1963 that lead to a historic boundary agreement being signed between the two countries on 2 March 1963 at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing (then Peking). His delegation was hosted by Chairman Mao Ze Dong and Premier Zhou Enlai. Much of this boundary continues to remain disputed by the government of India. He was awarded the Tamgha-Quaid-e-Azam posthumously by the government of Pakistan in 1966.