Mir Lawang Khan
| Mir Lawang Khan Shaheed | |
|---|---|
| Native name | میر لونگ خان |
| Born | 1901 Killi Mengal, Noshki |
| Died | 1973 (aged 71–72) Dasht-e-Goran, Kalat District |
| Nationality | Pakistan |
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| Relatives | Mir Samand Khan Mir Lal Bux Mir Gul Khan Naseer Mir Sultan.M.Khan |
| Family | Mir Akil Khan Shaheed Mir Shaista Khan Shaheed Mir Asghar Khan Mir Qambar Khan |
Mir Lawang Khan (Urdu: میر لونگ خان) was the second eldest son of Mir Habib Khan, a member of the hugely famed PAINDZAI (Sardarkhel) Family of the Zagr Mengal Tribe. Born in Killi Mengal Noshki, he was the elder brother of the National Awami Party leader and Balochi National Poet Mir Gul Khan Nasir and the First Commander of the Balochistan Reserve Police (BRP), Col.Sultan Mohammad Khan.
Mir Lawang Khan got his early education in his native town of Noshki. After that he got involved in and played quite an important role in the tribal politics of that region and earned the reputation of being an important figure of the area.
The date or year of Mir Lawang Khan's marriage is unknown. He married three times. From his first wife he had two sons (Akil Khan & Shaista Khan) and one daughter. No child survived from his second marriage. He had two sons (Asghar Khan & Qambar Khan) and three daughters from his third marriage. His eldest son, Mir Akil Khan, grew up to be recognized amongst the top literati of Balochistan. It is said that Mir Lawang Khan liked to hunt a lot in his spare time.
Mir Lawang Khan and his siblings had ancestral property in Dasht-e-Goran (a small town in Kalat District). After the Independence of Pakistan in 1947 and the annexation of Balochistan into Pakistan in 1948, Mir Lawang Khan was bothered and harassed a lot in Noshki by the Pakistani Agencies. This forced him to leave his home town and get settled in Dasht-e-Goran.
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