Mir Jamal Khan I of Hunza (September 23, 1912 – March 18, 1976) was the last King of the State of the Kingdom of Hunza.
Early life
The son and heir of Mir Ghazan Khan CBE, heir to the throne of Hunza, Muhammad Jamal Khan was born in 1912 and educated in Gilgit, mostly at home. For most of his youth Hunza was ruled by his grandfather, Sir Mir Muhammad Nazim Khan, KCSI KCIE, who ruled the state for 79 years, dying in 1938. His father, Ghazan Khan, succeeded as Mir in 1938, when Jamal became the heir apparent.
Reign
In April, 1945 at the age of 33, Jamal succeeded his father. In August 1947, the British withdrew from the Indian subcontinent, partitioning their possessions between India and Pakistan and leaving the princely states independent. Jamal visited Kashmir in the hope of persuading Hari Singh, the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, to accede his state to the new Dominion of Pakistan. In October 1947, Jamal acceded his own state of Hunza to Pakistan. He joined in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 over Jammu and Kashmir and was rewarded with the title of Ghazi-e-Millat.