Mir Jaffar Khan Jamali (1911 – 7 April 1967) was a prominent

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and an

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veteran from

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province,

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Early life and career

Mir Jaffar Khan Jamali was born in 1911 at

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also known as Rojhan Jamali, Jhatpat area of

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. He was an associate of Quaid-e-Azam

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.Mir Jafar Khan Jamali's profile and commemorative postage stamp on findpk.com website
Retrieved 4 November 2019 He belonged to the Jamali tribe, a powerful and influential Baloch tribe. He actively participated in the struggle for the creation of Pakistan and

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in 1947. He also was an uncle and family leader of former

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of Pakistan Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali who served as Prime Minister during

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's regime. The district of Jaffarabad, Balochistan, is named after Jafar Khan Jamali.

Leader of Pakistan movement

Mir Jaffar Khan Jamali is widely considered to be one of the key leaders that made the idea of Pakistan popular in Baluchistan. In

, Mir Jafar Khan Jamali led delegations of notable political figures from Baluchistan to the

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's annual sessions in

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(1939),

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(1940),

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(1941),

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(1942), and

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(1943).Remembering Mir Jaffar Khan Jamali
Daily Times (newspaper), Published 6 April 2017, Retrieved 4 November 2019

Commemorative postage stamp

Pakistan Post Office issued a commemorative postage stamp to honor him in its 'Pioneers of Freedom' series in 2007.

Mir Jaffar Khan Jamali Foundation

Mir Jaffar Khan Jamali Foundation (MJKJ-F) was founded in 1998 by a group of committed development workers and experts from backgrounds such as education, environment, water & sanitation, law, engineering, and women's activism. The foundation's vision was "A prosperous and progressive society where people have access to all basic amenities and facilities of life on equitable basis." MJKJ-Foundation committed to come forward and join hands with the poor communities, stop

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and facilitate the communities in improving their living, social, cultural and education conditions of the communities without any discrimination of ethnic background and religion.

Death

Jafar Khan Jamali died on 7 April 1967.

References

External links

southasiananalysis.org
South Asia Analysis Group (Archived) Jamali family 1911 births 1967 deaths People from Jafarabad District Leaders of the Pakistan Movement Pakistan Movement activists from Balochistan {{Pakistan-politician-stub