Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan
| Dr Khan Sahib | |
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| 1st Chief Minister of West Pakistan | |
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In office 14 October 1955 – 27 August 1957 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| President | Iskander Mirza |
| Governor-General | Iskander Mirza |
| Governor | Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani |
| Preceded by | First |
| Succeeded by | Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan |
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| Born | 1882 Utmanzai, Charsadda, British India, now Charsadda District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Died | 9 May, 1958 (aged 76) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (Pashto: خان عبدالجبار خان) ( born 1882, Utmanzai – 9 May 1958, Lahore), popularly known as Dr. Khan Sahib, was a pioneer in the Indian Independence Movement and a Pakistani politician.
He was born in the village of Utmanzai, in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of British India (now in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan). His father, Bahram Khan was a local landlord. He was eight years older than his brother, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Bacha Khan).
After matriculating from the Edwards Mission High School in Peshawar, Khan Sahib studied at Grant Medical College, Bombay. He subsequently completed his training from St Thomas' Hospital in London. During the first World War he served in France,during his stay at France he met a Scottish girl Mary. They fell in love and soon they get married though his younger brother Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was against this marriage. Mary had a daughter from her earlier relation and her name was Meriam. After the war, he joined the Indian Medical Service and was posted in Mardan with the Guides regiment. He resigned his commission in 1921, after refusing to be posted in Waziristan, where the British Indian Army was launching operations against fellow Pakhtuns.
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.
With the grant of limited self-government and announcement of provincial elections in 1937, 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.
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