Amir Habibullah Khan Saadi

This article is about the pre-1947 Indian freedom fighter and post-1947 Pakistani political leader. For the Amir of Afghanistan, see Habibullah Khan.

Rai Amir Habibullah Khan Saadi
رائے امیر حبیب الله خان سعدی
(1909 – 1989)
Born(1909-12-21)21 December 1909
Jalandhar District, Punjab, British India
Died6 March 1989(1989-03-06) (aged 79)
CitizenshipPakistani (post-1947)
British Indian (pre-1947)
Occupation(s)Ruler of Talwan, army officer, 2nd royal horse (lancers), British Indian army, politician and political leader
Known forRevolting against the British for maltreatment of Indians in the British Indian Army; Support of Pakistan Movement; Member of the Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan (Fifth Assembly) (9 June 1962 to 8 June 1965); Role in Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (MRD) in Pakistan in the 1970s; Pakistan National Alliance (PNA) candidate for the National Assembly of Pakistan in the 1977 General Elections

Rai Amir Habibullah Khan Saadi (Urdu:رائے امیر حبیب الله خان سعدی) (1989–1909) was a Manj Rajput ruler of Talwan in Jalandhar District, Punjab, British India, and a military officer who became a freedom fighter in British India and a political leader in Pakistan. He is known in the pre-1947 era for struggling against British rule in India and in favour of the Pakistan Movement and, in the post-1947 era for the restoration of democracy in Pakistan under various autocratic rulers.

Amir (pronounced "Ameer") Habibullah Khan Saadi was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan (Fifth Assembly) (9 June 1962 to 8 June 1965).[1] He was one of the prominent leaders of the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (MRD) in the 1970s against the government of Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and stood as the candidate of the Pakistan National Alliance (PNA) against Mian Salahuddin of the Pakistan Peoples Party in the 1977 General Elections for a seat in the National Assembly of Pakistan from Lahore but was defeated in what were widely alleged to be rigged elections.[2]

Habibullah Khan Saadi was a member of the Khaksar Tehreek, an anti-colonial social uplift movement, and an associate of its leader, Allama Mashriqi.

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  2. ^ "General Elections 1977". Story of Pakistan website. 1 June 2003. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2024.