Raja Jahandad Khan

Khan Bahadur Raja Jahandad Khan, was a politician and the chief of the Gakhars in the British Indian Empire. He was granted the title of Khan Bahadur on 24 May 1881 and the Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire on 1 January 1904.

Biography

Khan was from the Khanpur family of Gakhars. Raja Jahandad inherited the Khanpur estate containing 84 villages from his father Sultan Raja Haider Bukhsh. He was invested with the gold Kaisar-i-Hind Medal by the Viceroy of India, Lord Hardinge, in recognition of the many years of service since 1877 he had so loyally rendered to the British Raj. Raja Jahandad Khan remained Assistant Commissioner of Rawalpindi, Punjab. He was sent as an ambassador of the British Government of India to Afghanistan to congratulate Amir Habibullah Khan of Kabul on his accession.

Family

Raja Jahandad Khan had three sons Captain Sultan Raja Haider Zaman ; Raja Manochehar Khan and Raja Safdar Jung. His grandson Raja Sikander Zaman later served as CM of NWFP.