Muhammad Mahabat Khan III

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Sir Muhammad Mahabat Khanji III Rasul Khanji, (2 August 1898 – 17 November 1959) was the last ruling Nawab of the princely state of Junagadh in British India from 1911 to 1948. He was the father of Muhammad Dilawar Khanji, a former Governor of Sindh and his claimed successor. Famed for his extravagant lifestyle and his love of dogs, his decision to accede Junagadh to the Dominion of Pakistan following India's Independence led to the Indian Army taking military action. He is credited with pioneering a conservation effort in the Nawab of Junagarh's private hunting grounds, in what is now the Gir National Park, that saved India's last few lions from almost certain extinction.

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