Khan Bahadur Allah Bakhsh Gabol ( ur, خان بهادرالله بخش گبول ) (15 August 1895 – December 1972) was a political leader of the 20th century and an exponent of the

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Movement from

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He owned a considerable portion of land in Karachi, including the area of Lea Market and the stretch of land where Safoora Goth, Abdullah Gabol Goth, Chutta Khan Goth and Gadap now exist. He also possessed the land where Gabol Town and

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are now located. Allah Bakhsh Gabol was the son of a landlord Khudadad Khan Gabol, and the grandfather of Sardar Nabil Ahmed Gabol, who is a notable politician and nawab of Gabol tribe.

Political life

Gabol was the first Deputy Speaker of the

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, after the imposition of

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He defeated Haji Sir Abdullah Haroon in 1937 in the first election after

was separated from Bombay. He was also twice elected the Mayor of the then

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Municipal Corporation in 1951 and 1961. It is now the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation

Due to his outstanding status, he was awarded the title of Khan Bahadur by the

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and after the independence of

in 1947, he was awarded the Sitara i Imtiaz by President Ayub Khan in 1966. Thus he was considered to be an influential politician of Karachi of his times.

Baloch League

Karachi is not only the cradle of the modern Balochi literary movement, but also the centre to uphold the modern Baloch political trends. Simultaneous with formation of the Anjuman, the Baloch literary class in Karachi formed a nationalist organisation, called the Baloch League. Gholam Mohammad Noor ud-Din, educated from

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, was appointed its president. The other members of its leadership were: Waja Umar Bux Subra Khan, a famous merchant, Maolavi Mohammad Osman, Mehrab Khan, Issa Khan, Maolavi Abdul Samad Sarbazi, Khan Sahib Osman, Pir Bakhsh Shahdad and Gabol. In its annual conference in 1930 the League condemned Magasi's imprisonment and openly demanded his immediate release from the British authorities. In the late 1930s, after his graduation from Aligarh University, the nationalist leader,

Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo (Urdu/ Baloch: میرغوث بخش بزنجو ) was a Pakistani politician from Balochistan. He served as the 3rd Governor of Balochistan. Early life He was born in Nall Khuzdar Balochistan in either December 1917 or 191 ...

also joined the League.

References

External links

Provincial Assembly of SindhBalochNationalismitsOriginandDevelopment.pdf
*https://web.archive.org/web/20080322062006/http://www.albloushi.net/baloosh/baloosh4.htm *http://www.ansab-online.com/phpBB2/archive/index.php?t-1824.html
Sindh Government website
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