'''Mian Hazrat Jamal Kakakhel''' was a Pakistani regional [[politician]], [[Social work|social worker]] and the chief of his tribe "Kakakhel" at village Dandoka.

He was born at District Swabi (Dandoqa) of Islamic Republic of [[Pakistan]] to Mian Ali Akbar Kaka Khel on 27 December 1906. He belonged to a rich landlord family.{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}} He was educated in the government school Nawan Killi from which he passed his 8th standard. He was later admitted to the "Madrassa Uloom e Islamia" Mardan and there received religious education for four years.{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}} Later on he helped his father in his business and farming. He married at the age of 28.{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}}

==Political life==

He was actively involved in the pre-independence politics of the Indian Subcontinent. He started his political career as a young worker of Pakistan Movement from the platform of "All India Muslim League". In 1938, he refused the offer of the British Indian Government to become an Inspector in the [[Indian Police Service|Indian Police]].{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}} He was elected General Secretary of All India Muslim League [[Swabi]] Region in 1938.{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}}

He was the chief presiding officer of the Swabi region during the historic referendum of 1947, held throughout the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|North-West Frontier Province]] (NWFP) to establish its affiliation with either Pakistan or [[India]].{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}} The [[All India Muslim League]] won the referendum and the NWFP became a part of Pakistan.{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}}

Kakakhel was made "Assessor" by the Peshawer High Court on 1 January 1949 and thus received authority for conducting the summary trials of regional cases.{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}} He served in this post till 26 February 1961. In 1952 he was selected Advisor of Rural Affairs to the Governor of NWFP, [[Khurshid Ali Khan]] but he refused this offer and continued serving as an Assessor.{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}}

Early in 1945, General Gracy, a commander in the British Indian Army visited him at his house and controversially praised his personality.{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}}

On the imposition of [[Martial Law]] in 1958, initiated by Field Marshal [[Ayub Khan (Field Marshal)|Ayub Khan]], Kakakhel was unable to participate in politics.{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}} Later on, the Peshawer High Court dissolved his designation as an Assessor while facing a trial regarding a regional clash with the peoples of his village. He remained actively involved in the affairs of his area till 1980, after which he retired from his political career and devoted his life for religious practices till his death.

In 1951, the Governor of NWFP, [[Khurshid Ali Khan]] visited to him at his village and was impressed by his work as "Judicial Assessor". He said: {{Cquote| It has been an honour for me that I have been invited here by a brave, noble, straight forward and devoted worker of Pakistan's Movement. I have found Mian Hazrat Jamal Kakakhel as the most sincere and devoted Assessors among all the Assessors acting through whole of NWFP. The taste of hospitality which I received here enlighteness the grace of the personality of Main Sahib. Such peoples born very rarely even in centuries. I love such peoples and I have always prayed that such personalities may produce in this society. Because societies are fuelled not by impersonals but by personalities, and Mian Hazrat Jamal Kakakhel has been absolutely among those model personalities.<ref>Biography of Sir [[Sahibzada Mohammad Khurshid]]</ref>

<ref>Mian Hazrat Jamal's interview to Lieutanent Colonel. Mian Mujtaba Kamal Kakakhel, At [[Dandoqa]] Swabi. August 19, 2006.</ref>

<ref>A short sketch about the life of Mian Hazrat Jamal Kakakhel, Annual magazine, Government College, Swabi, 2008–09.</ref>

<ref>An interview to [[Mian Yousaf Akbar Kakakhel]], Chairman, Rural Health and Basic Education Programme, Swabi, November 2007.</ref>

<ref>An interview of Mian Hazrat Jamal Kakakhel to Muhammad Ali Johar, compere of [[Radio Pakistan]], Peshawer and Reporter of [[BBC]].</ref>

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Kakakhel was devoted to his profession as an Assesor.{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}} He was known for arranging minor rural trials in his own local gathering house, "Hujra" which was called "Speena Banglow" in Pushto language (the White Castle, in English).{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}} He and the Deputy Commissioner of the District resolved various trials under the [[Pakistan Penal Code]].{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}}

==His role during the independence of Pakistan==

After the [[Pakistan Movement|independence]] of [[Pakistan]] in 1947, a large number of Hindus left Pakistani areas and migrated to India followed by the migration of Muslims in India to Pakistan.{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}} To ensure the peaceful migration of peoples from both sides, after outbreak of the riots, Kakakhel was selected among those supervisors who received responsibility for ensuring the peaceful return of Hindus to India.{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}} All the Hindus living under his responsibility were safely transferred to Peshawer and from there to India by Pakistani helicopters.{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}}

==Further reading==

* The ''Hund'', annual magazine of Government Post Graduate College Swabi.

* The ''Daily Swabi Times'', 21 June 2008. Veteran Personality, Hazrat Jamal Kakakhel expires.

==References==

[[Category:Pakistani Muslims]]

[[Category:Deaths from renal failure]]