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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.^[1]^[2]^[3] In 2009, he was conferred the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour,^[4] for reviving the weaving of Kani shawls.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Also in 2009, Khan was spokesman of the Kashmir Handicrafts Traders' Welfare Association.^[8]

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^ "Padma goof-up: Exporter passed off as J&K craftsman". The Times of India. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
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^ Yusuf Jameel. "Shahtoosh ban hits Kashmir weavers". The National (Abu Dhabi). Retrieved 3 October 2015.

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