Mir Muhammad Jamal Khan (1912-76) was the last ruler or Mir of Hunza of the former princely state, known as Hunza. He was born on September 23, 1912. After the mysterious death of his father, Mir Ghazanfar Khan in April, 1945 he became the ruler. After a mass movement in Gojal, Brushal and Shinaki (parts of Hunza) the despotic 950 years’ Mir rule in Hunza came to an end in 1974, when Z. A. Bhutto, the Prime Minister of Pakistan abolished the state and annexed it to the Northern Areas of Pakistan under the federal government. Two years after his dismissel from power, Muhammad Jamal Khan expired as a common citizen of Pakistan on March 18, 1976 at his residence in Karim Abad the former capital of Hunza. He had married a princess of the former state of Nagar in 1934. Some of his family members now use words of Mir, Rani, prince and Raja etc but actually they are no longer in power. After the abolition of the state the world was opened to the poor people of Hunza and only after that they started getting higher education, which was not allowed (to the common people) during the Mir rule.
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Pakistan's Northern Areas dilemma (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1491179.stm)
Northern Areas Development Gateway (http://www.northernareas.org.pk)
Pakistan's Northern Areas (http://paknews.com/articles.php?id=1&date1=2003-04-17)
Major General, Hilal-e-Pakistan, Hilal-e-Juraet, Ghazi-e-Millat, the President and Personal Representative of the Imam in Central Asia, MuhammadJamalKhan was the prominent Ismaili ruler of an enchanting valley of Hunza, situated in the remotest northern corner of Pakistan bordering with China and Russia.
MuhammadJamal, the ruler or the Mir of Hunza was born on September 23, 1912.
The Mir of Hunza lived in a newly built modern styled two-storied palatial castle, known as the Jamal Palace situated on a 8000 ft. high mountain peak in the village of Karimabad, the state capital.
MirMuhammadJamalKhan (1912-76) was the last ruler or Mir of Hunza of the former princely state, known as Hunza.
After a mass movement in Gojal, Brushal and Shinaki (parts of Hunza) the despotic 950 years Mir rule in Hunza came to an end in 1974, when Z. Bhutto, the Prime Minister of Pakistan abolished the state and annexed it to the Northern Areas of Pakistan under the federal government.
Two years after his dismissel from power, MuhammadJamalKhan expired as a common citizen of Pakistan on March 18, 1976 at his residence in Karim Abad the former capital of Hunza.
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