Mian Arshad Hussain (9 January 1910 – 4 October 1987), was a Pakistani politician and diplomat who served as

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(1968–1969). In 1959, Mian Arshad Husain was appointed Pakistan's

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, in 1961 to

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, and in 1963, he was appointed High Commissioner to India. In 1968, he gave the Chinese leader

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a basket of Pakistani mangoes, which caused the rise of a "

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" in China.

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1910 births 1987 deaths Ministers for foreign affairs of Pakistan Ambassadors of Pakistan to Sweden Ambassadors of Pakistan to the Soviet Union High commissioners of Pakistan to India {{Pakistan-politician-stub