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	'''Kacho Sikander Khan Sikander''' was an eminent [[India~~\|Indian~~]] writer from [[Kargil District]] of [[Ladakh]]. His work ''Qadeem Ladakh - Tarikh-o-Tamaddun'' is a major study of the history of Ladakh from the time people settled in the region up to the post-[[Indian independence movement\|independent]] era.		'''Kacho Sikander Khan Sikander''' (1917-2007) was an eminent [[India]]n writer from [[Kargil District]] of [[Ladakh]]. His work ''Qadeem Ladakh - Tarikh-o-Tamaddun'' is a major study of the history of Ladakh from the time people settled in the region up to the post-[[Indian independence movement\|independent]] era.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	===As a public servant===		===As a public servant===
	In 1947, due to the turmoil that followed [[Partition of India~~\|partition~~]] of the ~~country~~ he could not sit for his B.A. exams. He came back to his village where he helped among others his brother Mehdi Ali Khan in keeping peace intact in the aftermath of the ongoing turmoil. Prior to that, he got appointed as a teacher at [[Leh]] in 1940. He had a good command over the [[Urdu]] and [[Persian Language\|Persian]] languages. In the late forties, he gave up teaching after he was unable to return to Leh following winter vacation in his native village because of the occupation of Kargil by the [[Gilgit Scouts]] who had invaded the Ladakh region on behalf of [[Pakistan]]. Later, he joined the Kashmir Administrative Service and remained in government service for thirty-four years until his retirement.<ref>{{cite journal \|last=Bredi \|first=Daniela \|title=History Writing in Urdu: ~~Hashmatu’l~~-Lah Khan, Kacho Sikandar Khan Sikandar, and the History of the Kargil District \|url=http://www.urdustudies.com/pdf/26/05BrediHistory.pdf \|journal= The Annual of Urdu Studies \|issue=26\|publisher=Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia,University of Wisconsin, Madison \|access-date=2014-08-18 }}</ref> He served in the capacities of treasurer, Naib-Tehsildar and then became the Tehsildar. He was the ''Mohtamin-e-Bandobast'' at Srinagar and retired as an Assistant Commissioner in 1980 and returned to his village.		In 1947, due to the turmoil that followed the [[Partition of India]] and the [[First Kashmir War]] he could not sit for his B.A. exams. He came back to his village where he helped among others his brother Mehdi Ali Khan in keeping peace intact in the aftermath of the ongoing turmoil. Prior to that, he got appointed as a teacher at [[Leh]] in 1940. He had a good command over the [[Urdu]] and [[Persian Language\|Persian]] languages. In the late forties, he gave up teaching after he was unable to return to Leh following winter vacation in his native village because of the occupation of Kargil by the [[Gilgit Scouts]] who had invaded the Ladakh region on behalf of [[Pakistan]]. Later, he joined the Kashmir Administrative Service and remained in government service for thirty-four years until his retirement.<ref>{{cite journal \|last=Bredi \|first=Daniela \|title=History Writing in Urdu: Hashmatu'l-Lah Khan, Kacho Sikandar Khan Sikandar, and the History of the Kargil District \|url=http://www.urdustudies.com/pdf/26/05BrediHistory.pdf \|journal= The Annual of Urdu Studies \|issue=26\|publisher=Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison \|access-date=2014-08-18 }}</ref> He served in the capacities of treasurer, Naib-Tehsildar and then became the Tehsildar. He was the ''Mohtamin-e-Bandobast'' at Srinagar and retired as an Assistant Commissioner in 1980 and returned to his village.

	===As a writer===		===As a writer===
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	[[File:Heastone of the grave of Kacho Sikander Khan.jpg\|thumb\|Grave of Kacho Sikander Khan at Zamstiang, [[Kargil]]]]		[[File:Heastone of the grave of Kacho Sikander Khan.jpg\|thumb\|Grave of Kacho Sikander Khan at Zamstiang, [[Kargil]]]]

	His next book ''"Qadeem Ladakh - Tarikh-o-Tamaddun"'' ("Ancient Ladakh - History & Civilization") came out in 1987. For this book he collected all the previous works done on the history of Ladakh and added a critical and well researched view of his own. He discusses the ''"Asaar-e-Qademaah"'', folk songs and ''"Dev Malas"'' with great details. The books' introduction reads,{{centered pull quote\|''He has picturised the events of the past in a fashion that the reader could easily get a panoramic view of the past of this region. He lay special stress on the importance of the cultural heritage and the Art and Literature of the bygone days.		His next book ''"Qadeem Ladakh - Tarikh-o-Tamaddun"'' ("Ancient Ladakh - History & Civilization") came out in 1987. For this book he collected all the previous works done on the history of Ladakh and added a critical and well researched view of his own. He discusses the ''"Asaar-e-Qademaah"'', folk songs and ''"Dev Malas"'' with great details. The books' introduction reads,{{centered pull quote\|''He has picturised the events of the past in a fashion that the reader could easily get a panoramic view of the past of this region. He lay special stress on the importance of the cultural heritage and the Art and Literature of the bygone days.''}}
	''}}
	He followed it up with a study on Ladakhi folklores in his third book entitled "Ladakh in the Mirror of Her Folklores" in the year 1997 which, after a broad survey of Ladakhi culture, included English translations and transliterations into Roman script of 100 Ladakhi folksongs.		He followed it up with a study on Ladakhi folklores in his third book entitled "Ladakh in the Mirror of Her Folklores" in the year 1997 which, after a broad survey of Ladakhi culture, included English translations and transliterations into Roman script of 100 Ladakhi folksongs.

	His fourth book, ''Afkaar-e-Parishan'', is an autobiography which also contains a number of Urdu poems. Sikandar Khan was pained by the erosion of Ladakh's traditional communal harmony, the deterioration of moral values and growing corruption in society. His autobiography sheds light on his views on these matters. He left one more text, Gachu Lha Brok, which is yet to be published. ''Gachu'' is the name of the ''broq'' (summer pasture) of Yokma Kharboo, the village where he spent his childhood. It has many features that are related to the epic [[Epic of King Gesar\|Kesar Saga]].<ref>{{cite journal \|journal=Ladakh Studies, July 2008\|publisher=International Association for Ladakh Studies }}</ref>		His fourth book, ''Afkaar-e-Parishan'', is an autobiography which also contains a number of Urdu poems. Sikandar Khan was pained by the erosion of Ladakh's traditional communal harmony, the deterioration of moral values and growing corruption in society. His autobiography sheds light on his views on these matters. He left one more text, Gachu Lha Brok, which is yet to be published. ''Gachu'' is the name of the ''broq'' (summer pasture) of Yokma Kharboo, the village where he spent his childhood. It has many features that are related to the epic [[Epic of King Gesar\|Kesar Saga]].<ref>{{cite journal \|journal=Ladakh Studies \|date=July 2008\|publisher=International Association for Ladakh Studies }}</ref>

	==Later years==		==Later years==
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	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==
	Source:<ref>{{cite journal \|last=Bray \|first=John \|title=Obituaries : Kacho Sikander Khan Sikander (1917-2007) \|url=http://www.ladakhstudies.org/resources/Resources/Resources/LS22.pdf \|journal=Ladakh Studies, July 2008 \|publisher=International Association for Ladakh Studies \|access-date=2014-09-04 }}{{Dead link\|date=February 2020 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>		Source:<ref>{{cite journal \|last=Bray \|first=John \|title=Obituaries : Kacho Sikander Khan Sikander (1917-2007) \|url=http://www.ladakhstudies.org/resources/Resources/Resources/LS22.pdf \|journal=Ladakh Studies \|date=July 2008 \|publisher=International Association for Ladakh Studies \|access-date=2014-09-04 }}{{Dead link\|date=February 2020 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
	* ''Nurbu Zangpo and Ithoq Lhamo '' (1978)		* ''Nurbu Zangpo and Ithoq Lhamo '' (1978)
	* ''Qadeem Ladakh, Taarik-o-Tamaddun'' (1987)		* ''Qadeem Ladakh, Taarik-o-Tamaddun'' (1987)
	* ''Ladakh in the Mirror of her Folklores'' (1997)		* ''Ladakh in the Mirror of her Folklores'' (1997)
	* ''Afkaar-e-Pareshan'' (2004)		* ''Afkaar-e-Pareshan'' (2004)
	* ''Gachu Lha Broq'' (~~Unpublished~~)		* ''Gachu Lha Broq''( UNPUBLISHED)

	==References==		==References==
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			[[Category:Ladakhi people]]
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	~~[[Category:People from Jammu and Kashmir]]~~
	[[Category:People from Ladakh]]		[[Category:People from Ladakh]]
	[[Category:People from Kargil district]]		[[Category:People from Kargil district]]
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{{Infobox writer 
| name = Sikander Khan
| honorific_prefix = Kacho
| honorific_suffix =
| image = Kacho Sikander Khan Sikander.jpg
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| alt =
| caption = A picture taken at a younger age.
| nickname = Sikander
| birth_name = Sikander Khan
| birth_date = 1917 
| birth_place = Yoqma Kharboo, [[Kargil]]
| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|2007|06|14}}
| death_place =
| resting_place = Zamstiang, Kargil
| occupation = Public Servant
| language =
| nationality = Indian
| education =
| alma_mater = S.P College, [[Srinagar]]
| period =
| genre = 
| subject = History, folk songs
| movement =
| notableworks = ''Qadeem Ladakh - Tarikh-o-tamaddun'' (Urdu), Ladakh in the Mirror of her Folklore,
| spouse = Roqiya Begum
| children = 7 sons, 1 daughter
| awards = Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy Award
| signature =
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| years_active = 1978-2007
}}

'''Kacho Sikander Khan Sikander''' was an eminent [[India|Indian]] writer from [[Kargil District]] of [[Ladakh]]. His work ''Qadeem Ladakh - Tarikh-o-Tamaddun'' is a major study of the history of Ladakh from the time people settled in the region up to the post-[[Indian independence movement|independent]] era.

==Early life==
Sikander Khan belonged to the ''Gasho'' family of Chiktan. Born in 1917 he was the eldest son of Kacho Isfindyar Khan. His mother belonged to the family of the Raja Haider Khan of Tambis. There were no schools in his village so at the age of nine he was admitted to a school in the Kargil town so that he could get modern education. His father made him stay with a simple household, the ''Abaa pa'' of the Aba Grong, a small locality in the vicinity of [[Kargil]] town. When he was in the 9th standard, his father died, and he and his mother had to shoulder the responsibility of the family. After the death of his father, he had to leave his education half way and had to return to his native village. He was then married to Roqiya Begum, who belonged to the ''Wazir'' family of Pashkyum. Later, he studied at the [[Sri Pratap College|S.P College, Srinagar]] and then went to [[Amar Singh College]], Srinagar.<ref>{{cite book |last= Sikander|first= Kacho Sikander Khan|date=11 Feb 1987 |title= ''Qadeem Ladakh - Tarikh-o-Tamaddun'' |trans-title=Ancient Ladakh - History and Culture| chapter =Introduction |language= ur |location=Leh, Ladakh |publisher= Kacho Publishers }}</ref>

==Career==

===As a public servant===
In 1947, due to the turmoil that followed [[Partition of India|partition]] of the country he could not sit for his B.A. exams. He came back to his village where he helped among others his brother Mehdi Ali Khan in keeping peace intact in the aftermath of the ongoing turmoil. Prior to that, he got appointed as a teacher at [[Leh]] in 1940. He had a good command over the [[Urdu]] and [[Persian Language|Persian]] languages. In the late forties, he gave up teaching after he was unable to return to Leh following winter vacation in his native village because of the occupation of Kargil by the [[Gilgit Scouts]] who had invaded the Ladakh region on behalf of [[Pakistan]]. Later, he joined the Kashmir Administrative Service and remained in government service for thirty-four years until his retirement.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Bredi |first=Daniela |title=History Writing in Urdu: Hashmatu’l-Lah Khan, Kacho Sikandar Khan Sikandar, and the History of the Kargil District |url=http://www.urdustudies.com/pdf/26/05BrediHistory.pdf |journal= The Annual of Urdu Studies |issue=26|publisher=Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia,University of Wisconsin, Madison |access-date=2014-08-18 }}</ref> He served in the capacities of treasurer, Naib-Tehsildar and then became the Tehsildar. He was the ''Mohtamin-e-Bandobast'' at Srinagar and retired as an Assistant Commissioner in 1980 and returned to his village.

===As a writer===
His first book, an Urdu translation of a Ladakhi epic of ''"Nurboo Zangpo and iThoq Lhamo"'' came out in 1978. It was published with the help of the Jammu and Kashmir Cultural Academy. He was awarded for this book by the [[Uttar Pradesh]] [[Urdu Academy, Uttar Pradesh|Urdu Academy]].
[[File:Heastone of the grave of Kacho Sikander Khan.jpg|thumb|Grave of Kacho Sikander Khan at Zamstiang, [[Kargil]]]]

His next book ''"Qadeem Ladakh - Tarikh-o-Tamaddun"'' ("Ancient Ladakh - History & Civilization") came out in 1987. For this book he collected all the previous works done on the history of Ladakh and added a critical and well researched view of his own. He discusses the ''"Asaar-e-Qademaah"'', folk songs and ''"Dev Malas"'' with great details. The books' introduction reads,{{centered pull quote|''He has picturised the events of the past in a fashion that the reader could easily get a panoramic view of the past of this region. He lay special stress on the importance of the cultural heritage and the Art and Literature of the bygone days.
''}}
He followed it up with a study on Ladakhi folklores in his third book entitled "Ladakh in the Mirror of Her Folklores" in the year 1997 which, after a broad survey of Ladakhi culture, included English translations and transliterations into Roman script of 100 Ladakhi folksongs.

His fourth book, ''Afkaar-e-Parishan'', is an autobiography which also contains a number of Urdu poems. Sikandar Khan was pained by the erosion of Ladakh's traditional communal harmony, the deterioration of moral values and growing corruption in society. His autobiography sheds light on his views on these matters. He left one more text, Gachu Lha Brok, which is yet to be published. ''Gachu'' is the name of the ''broq'' (summer pasture) of Yokma Kharboo, the village where he spent his childhood. It has many features that are related to the epic [[Epic of King Gesar|Kesar Saga]].<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Ladakh Studies, July 2008|publisher=International Association for Ladakh Studies }}</ref>

==Later years==
Later in his life, he acted as the patron of the [[International Association for Ladakh Studies]]. [[Tashi Rabgias]], a contemporary historian belonging to the neighboring Leh district, is now the only living patron after Sikander Khan's death.

==Bibliography==
Source:<ref>{{cite journal |last=Bray |first=John |title=Obituaries : Kacho Sikander Khan Sikander (1917-2007) |url=http://www.ladakhstudies.org/resources/Resources/Resources/LS22.pdf |journal=Ladakh Studies, July 2008 |publisher=International Association for Ladakh Studies |access-date=2014-09-04 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* ''Nurbu Zangpo and Ithoq Lhamo '' (1978)
* ''Qadeem Ladakh, Taarik-o-Tamaddun'' (1987)
* ''Ladakh in the Mirror of her Folklores'' (1997)
* ''Afkaar-e-Pareshan'' (2004)
* ''Gachu Lha Broq'' (Unpublished)

==References==
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