Hashmat Ullah Khan

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Hashmat Ullah Khan, also spelled Hashmatullah Khan, (born in 1954 in Nawab Bazaar, Srinagar City, India) is a Kashmiri Kani shawl promoter and entrepreneur.{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/needless-row-says-omar-hashmatullah-s-padma-shri-legit/416867/|title=Needless row, says Omar, Hashmatullah's Padma Shri legit|work=The Indian Express|access-date=3 October 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-khans-in-shawl-biz-for-75-yrs-1226174|title=Khans in shawl biz for 75 yrs|date=29 January 2009|work=Daily News and Analysis|access-date=3 October 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090130/jsp/nation/story_10458593.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203002431/http://telegraphindia.com/1090130/jsp/nation/story_10458593.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2009|title=The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Nation - Padma award row|work=The Telegraph (Calcutta)|access-date=3 October 2015}} In 2009, he was conferred the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour,{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=46983|title = Untitled Page}} for reviving the weaving of Kani shawls.{{cite web|url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LB05Df02.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207135305/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LB05Df02.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=7 February 2010|title=India's awards lose honorable luster|work=Asia Times Online|access-date=3 October 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Padma-goof-up-Exporter-passed-off-as-JK-craftsman/articleshow/4044705.cms|title=Padma goof-up: Exporter passed off as J&K craftsman|work=The Times of India|date=29 January 2009 |access-date=3 October 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main41.asp?filename=Ne140209fight_for.asp|title=Fight For The Padma Brand|work=Tehelka|date=14 February 2009|access-date=3 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003213837/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main41.asp?filename=Ne140209fight_for.asp|archive-date=3 October 2015}}

Also in 2009, Khan was spokesman of the Kashmir Handicrafts Traders' Welfare Association.{{cite web|url=http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/south-asia/shahtoosh-ban-hits-kashmir-weavers|title=Shahtoosh ban hits Kashmir weavers|author=Yusuf Jameel|work=The National (Abu Dhabi)|access-date=3 October 2015}}