Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan
Dr. Khan Sahib | |
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Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province | |
In office 7 September 1937 – 10 November 1939 | |
Governor | George Cunningham |
Preceded by | Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum |
Succeeded by | Governor rule |
In office 16 March 1945 – 22 August 1947 | |
Governor | George Cunningham Olaf Caroe |
Preceded by | Sardar Aurangzeb Khan |
Succeeded by | Abdul Qayyum Khan |
Personal details | |
Born | 1883[1] Utmanzai, Punjab, British India (Now, Utmanzai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) |
Died | 9 May 1958[1] Lahore, West Pakistan, Pakistan (Now, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan) | (aged 74–75)
Political party | Republican Party |
Domestic partner | Mary Khan |
Relations | Abdul Ghaffar Khan (brother) |
Parent | Khan Abdul Bahram Khan |
Dr. Khan Sahib (
As the
Upon independence and establishment of Pakistan, Khan Sahib joined the national politics and was later elected the first Chief Minister of West Pakistan.
Early life
He was born in the village of
After matriculating from the Edwards Mission High School in Peshawar, Khan Sahib studied at
Contribution to the Indian independence movement
In 1935, Khan Sahib was elected alongside Peer Shahenshah of Jungle Khel Kohat as representatives of the North-West Frontier Province to the Central Legislative Assembly in New Delhi.
Along with his brother
With the grant of limited self-government and announcement of 1937 Indian provincial elections, Dr. Khan Sahib led his party to a comprehensive victory. The Frontier National Congress, an affiliate of the Indian National Congress emerged as the single largest party in the Provincial Assembly.
In the 1940s, a Sikh family was killed in the Hazara District of colonial India, with their daughter Basanti being married off to a Muslim man.[6] Basanti asked to be sent to her Sikh relatives and Jabbar Khan agreed with this.[6] The All India Muslim League, however, agitated against Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan's decision, "and made the woman’s return to Islam the principal demand of its civil disobedience movement in the Frontier Province."[6]
In the same district, Jabbar Khan fined the villages of the Hazara District for riots that targeted Hindus and Sikhs.[6] When a crowd of pro-separatist Muslim League supporters arrived at his residence, Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan stated that he did what he considered his rightful duty.[6]
Politics in Pakistan 1947 – 1954
At the time of the
Back in government
He joined the Central Cabinet of
In October 1955, he became the first
He resigned in March 1957 after the provincial budget was rejected by the assembly. In June, he was elected to the
Assassination
He was assassinated by Atta Mohammad at approximately 8:30 am on 9 May 1958, according to some sources on the orders of
In Allama Mashriqi Narrowly Escapes the Gallows: Court Proceedings of an Unpardonable Crime Against the Man Who Led the Freedom of the Indian Subcontinent, scholar and historian Nasim Yousaf, Mashriqi’s grandson, provides a day-by-day account of the court proceedings. [11]
This tragic incident occurred while Dr. Khan Sahib was sitting in the garden of his son Sadullah Khan's house at 16 Aikman Road, GOR, Lahore.
The body of Dr. Khan Sahib was taken to his village Utmanzai, Charsadda about 30 miles from Peshawar, where he was laid to rest by side of his European wife Mary Khan.[14]
Speaking of his passing, Pakistani President
Legacy
A major shopping district in
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Profile of Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (Dr. Khan Sahib)". Story of Pakistan website. 22 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-000-46760-4.
Founded in 1951, the Khan Market was named after Muslim Indian independence activist Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan.
- ^ a b Hamdani, Yasser Latif (21 December 2013). "Mr Jinnah's Muslim opponents". Pakistan Today (newspaper). Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ISBN 9780786724819. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ Yasser Latif Hamdani (25 December 2011). "Was Jinnah democratic? — II". Daily Times (newspaper). Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Ashraf, Ajaz (20 January 2018). "On Frontier Gandhi's death anniversary, a reminder of how the Indian subcontinent has lost its way". Scroll.in.
- ^ Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan on Dawn newspaper website, Published 20 October 2002, Retrieved 14 April 2023
- ^ Victoria Schofield Afghan (2004)Frontier: Feuding and Fighting in Central Asia. Tauris Parke Paperbacks,
- ^ Dr Khan Sahib (Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan) on Encyclopedia Britannica website Retrieved 14 April 2023
- ^ Dr Ali Muhammad Khan, 'Allama Mashriqi, Khaksar Tehreek aur uss ki Qatilana Siyasat' (Urdu: Allama Mashriqi, the Khaksars and the Politics of Assassination') pub Lahore: Rang Mahal Publishers, 1978, pp 121-123
- ^ Allama Mashriqi Narrowly Escapes the Gallows: Court Proceedings of an Unpardonable Crime Against the Man Who Led the Freedom of the Indian Subcontinent. AMZ Publications. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ Khan, p 121
- ^ Tendulkar, D. G. (1967). Abdul Ghaffar Khan: Faith is a Battle. Gandhi Peace Foundation. p. 506. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "Khan Sahib assassinated". The Hindu (newspaper). 10 May 1958. Archived from the original on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ Frontier Post, 27 May 2004 Dr Khan Sahib Remembered By Syed Afzaal Hussain Zaidi
- ^ Lakhani, Somya (17 May 2019). "Khan Market's humble beginnings: Meant for refugees, 'doomed to fail'". Indian Express. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
"This market was set up for those who had been displaced; refugees who had migrated from the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) ..." said Sanjiv Mehra, president of Khan Market Traders' Association and owner of Allied Toy Store.It was aptly named after popular NWFP leader Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan or Dr Khan Sahib, the elder brother of Pashtun Independence activist Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan or Frontier Gandhi.
Notes
- Mahmud, Makhdumzada Syed Hassan (1958). A Nation is Born