Dr. Khan Sahib | |
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| 1st Chief Minister of West Pakistan | |
| In office 14 October 1955 – 27 August 1957 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| President | Iskander Mirza |
| Governor‑General | Iskander Mirza |
| Governor | Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan |
| 2nd and 4th 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 (aged 74–75)[1] Lahore, West Pakistan, Pakistan (Now, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan) |
| Political party | Republican Party |
| Domestic partner | Mary Khan |
| Relations | Abdul Ghaffar Khan (brother) |
| Parent | Khan Abdul Bahram Khan |
Abdul Jabbar Khan (Pashto: خان عبدالجبار خان) (born 1883, Utmanzai, Charsadda – 9 May 1958, Lahore), popularly known as Dr. Khan Sahib (ډاکټر خان صاحب), was a pioneer in the Indian Independence Movement and later, a Pakistani politician.[2] He was the elder brother of the Pashtun activist Abdul Ghaffar Khan, both of whom opposed the partition of India. [3] Upon independence, he pledged his allegiance to Pakistan and later served as the First Chief Minister of West Pakistan.
As the Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province, Dr Khan Sahib along with his brother Abdul Ghaffar Khan and the Khudai Khidmatgars boycotted the July 1947 NWFP referendum about the province joining India or Pakistan after the partition of India, citing that the referendum did not have the options of the NWFP becoming independent or joining Afghanistan.[4][5]
Upon independence and establishment of Pakistan, Khan Sahib joined the national politics and was later elected the first Chief Minister of West Pakistan.
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Founded in 1951, the Khan Market was named after Muslim Indian independence activist Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan.
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- ^ Meyer, Karl E. (5 August 2008). The Dust of Empire: The Race For Mastery In The Asian Heartland – Karl E. Meyer – Google Boeken. PublicAffairs. ISBN 9780786724819. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ Yasser Latif Hamdani (25 December 2011). "Was Jinnah democratic? — II". Daily Times (newspaper). Retrieved 14 April 2023.