President Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry | Succeeded by Abdul Kadir Shaikh Name Muhammad Khanji | |
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Preceded by Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan Preceded by Muhammad Mahabat Khan III Succeeded by Nawab Muhammad Jahangir Khanji | ||
Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | ||
Muhammad Dilawar Khanji (Gujarati:મુહમ્મદ દિલાવર ખાન, Urdu:محمد دلاور خان جی; (born 23 June 1922-died July 30, 1989) was a Pakistani politician who was 11th Governor of Sindh from 1 March 1976 to 5 July 1977. He also claimed to be the titular Nawab of Junagarh from 1959–89.
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Early life
Muhammad Dilawar was born in Junagarh to Muhammad Mahabat Khan III. His father, Muhammad Mahabat Khanji III, was the last Nawab of Junagadh.
Politics and Later Life
He was appointed as the Governor of Sindh in 1976 by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. On 5 July 1977, chief of army staff Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq deposed Bhutto in a bloodless coup. General Zia-ul-Haq imposed martial law in the country and dissolved the Provincial and Federal governments. As a result of Coup d'état 1977 , Nawab Khanji was removed as a Governor of Sindh. He died of lung cancer on 30 July 1989. His eldest son, Muhammad Jahangir Khanji, is now the titular claimant to the defunct Junagarh Nawabi title.