Hashmat Ullah Khan

Indian artist
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IntroIndian artist
PlacesIndia
isArtist
Work fieldArts
Gender
Male
Birth1954
Age71 years
Awards
Padma Shri in arts 
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Biography

Hashmat Ullah Khan, also spelled Hashmatullah Khan, (born in 1954 in Nawab Bazaar, Srinagar City, India) is a Kashmiri Kani shawl promoter and entrepreneur. In 2009, he was conferred the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, for reviving the weaving of Kani shawls.

Also in 2009, Khan was spokesman of the Kashmir Handicrafts Traders' Welfare Association.

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