Amir Gulistan Janjua (c. 14 August 1925 – 19 February 2019) was a former governor of the

North-West Frontier Province The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP; ps, شمال لویدیځ سرحدي ولایت, ) was a Chief Commissioner's Province of British India, established on 9 November 1901 from the north-western districts of the Punjab Province. Followin ...

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Biography

He was born on 14 August 1925 in village Gorha Rajgan,

Choa Saiden Shah Choa Saidan Shah ( Punjabi, ur, ), is a town and Tehsil of Chakwal District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is the capital and of one of the seven Union Councils of Choa Saidan Shah Tehsil. Geography Choa Saidan Shah is located in the ...

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. His father, Raja Feroz Khan Janjua, upon hearing the birth news of the son at Fort Lockhart, shared this news with a local Malik. The Malik looked jubilantly at Fort Gulistan and said , “Amir of Gulistan has arrived ”. So, the child was named Amir Gulistan. He was awarded Sitara-e-Quaid-e-Azam and Tamgha-e-Pakistan, Nishan-e-Taj (Iran), Grand Order of Kokab (Jordan) and

Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu The Most Puissant Order of the Gorkha Dakshina Bahu ( ne, गोरखा दक्षिण बाहु; Order of the Gurkha Right Arm ''or Hand'') was an order of knighthood of Nepal. It was one of the highest honors given traditionally by the ...

(Nepal). Janjua died on 19 February 2019 in

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Awards and Decorations

Foreign Decorations

References

Governors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1920s births 2019 deaths Pakistan Army officers Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu {{Pakistan-politician-stub