Dilawar Khan, Crown Prince of Junagadh

Muhammad Dilawar Khanji (Gujarati: મુહમ્મદ દિલાવર ખાન, Urdu: ) (23 June 1918 – 30 July 1989) was a Pakistani politician who was 11th Governor of Sindh from 1 March 1976 to 5 July 1977. He also claimed to be the titular Nawab of Junagarh from 1959 to 1989.

Early life Muhammad Dilawar was born in Junagarh to Muhammad Mahabat Khan III, who was the last Nawab of Junagarh state.

Politics and later life He was appointed as the Governor of Sindh in 1976 by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. On 5 July 1977, chief of army staff Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq deposed Bhutto in a bloodless coup. General Zia-ul-Haq imposed martial law in the country and dissolved the Provincial and Federal governments. As a result of Coup d'état 1977, Nawab Khanji was removed as a Governor of Sindh. He died of lung cancer on 30 July 1989. His eldest son, Muhammad Jahangir Khanji, became the titular claimant to the defunct Junagarh Nawabi title.