Niranjan Das (politician)
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Niranjan Das was an Afghan Hindu who headed the Department of Taxation in the Emirate of Afghanistan under the premiership of Amanullah Khan (r. 1919 - 1926).[1][a] Carrying the honorary rank of a Civil Colonel, Das commanded over four hundred Mohammadzai and Barakzai officers.[3] In 1919, Khan included him among the ten delegates to represent Afghanistan in the Rawalpindi-Mussourie Peace Conference with the United Kingdom — it was probably the first time a Hindu had political representation in the Afghan Emirate.[3][b] After Khan abdicated in the face of a popular rebellion by Saqqawists, Das fled Afghanistan and settled in India.
