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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji
| title = [[Nawab]], [[Khan (title)|Khan]]
| image = Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji of Manavadar.jpg
| image_size =
| alt = Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji
| caption = Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji in 1940s.
| succession = [[Bantva Manavadar|Khan of Manavadar]]
| reign = 19 October 1918 – 15 August 1947
| coronation =
| predecessor = Fatehuddin Khanji
| successor = ''Monarchy abolished''
| birth_name = Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji
| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|12|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Manavadar]], [[Bantva Manavadar]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Gujarat]], India)
| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|2|13|1911|12|22|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], Pakistan
| burial_place =
| spouse = Qudsia Siddiqa, Nawab Abida
| spouse-type = [[Begum]]
| issue = [[Aslam Khan (cricketer, born 1935)|Aslam Khan]] and 10 others
| full name =
| era name =
| house =
| father = Fatehuddin Khanji
| mother = Fatima Siddiqa Begum
| religion = [[Islam]]
| signature_type =
| signature =
| module = {{Infobox cricketer | child=yes
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 12
| runs1 = 546
| bat avg1 = 27.30
| 100s/50s1 = 0/4
| top score1 = 88[[Not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 240
| wickets1 = 2
| bowl avg1 = 70.51
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 2/86
| catches/stumpings1 = 0
| source = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/31428.html Cricinfo]
}}
}}
'''Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji''' (22 December 1911 – 13 February 2003) was the ruler of [[Bantva Manavadar|Manavadar State]], one of the [[princely state]]s associated with [[British India]]. Although Khanji chose to [[Instrument of Accession|accede]] to Pakistan after the [[partition of India]], the state was soon annexed by India and a subsequent referendum resulted in a massive Indian victory.

An able sportsman, Khanji played [[first-class cricket]] for [[Western India cricket team|Western India]] and in his later life, was also the president of the [[Pakistan Hockey Federation]].

==Early life==
Khanji was born as Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji at [[Manavadar]], [[Bantva Manavadar]] (in present-day [[Gujarat]], India) on 22 December 1911. He was the eldest son of Nawab Fatehuddin Khanji. His mother, Fatima Siddiqa Begum was the second wife of Fatehuddin. Moinuddin graduated from [[Rajkumar College, Rajkot]].<ref name=who>''Who's Who in India, Burma & Ceylon'' (Who's Who Publishers (India) Limited, 1936), p. 541</ref>

==Reign==
Khanji ascended the throne of Manavadar on 19 October 1918 after the death of his father.<ref name=who/> Since he was only seven years old, his mother acted as Regent until 1931, when 20-year-old Khanji's investiture took place.<ref name="RH">{{cite book |first1=Richard |last1=Heller |first2=Peter |last2=Oborne |title=White on Green: A Portrait of Pakistan Cricket |date=2016 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=9781471156434 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UumUCgAAQBAJ&q=nawab+manavadar&pg=PT22}}</ref>

Following the [[Independence of India|independence]] and [[partition of India]] in 1947, the [[princely state]]s were invited to either join India or Pakistan or remain independent. On 24 September, Khanji acceded to the new [[Dominion of Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Junagadh: Legally Pakistan |url=http://tns.thenews.com.pk/junagadh-legally-pakistan/#.XKbh69Izbcc |publisher=The News on Sunday |access-date=5 April 2019 |date=2 March 2014 |archive-date=27 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227203708/http://tns.thenews.com.pk/junagadh-legally-pakistan/#.XKbh69Izbcc |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, on the orders of the [[Deputy Prime Minister of India]] [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]], India annexed the state on 22 October.<ref name="Scroll">{{cite web |title=Patel wanted Hyderabad for India, not Kashmir – but Junagadh was the wild card that changed the game |url=https://scroll.in/article/884176/patel-wanted-hyderabad-for-india-not-kashmir-but-junagadh-was-the-wild-card-that-changed-the-game |publisher=[[Scroll.in]] |access-date=5 April 2019}}</ref> A referendum was held in [[Manavadar]], [[Mangrol State|Mangrol]], and three other states. Out of 31,434 votes which were cast, 34 were in favour of Pakistan.<ref name="Scroll"/>

Khanji was initially put under house arrest at [[Songadh]] and later arrested at [[Rajkot]]. In 1951, he left for Pakistan following the [[Liaquat–Nehru Pact]].<ref>[[Vidya Dhar Mahajan]], ''Fifty Years of Modern India: 1919-1969'' (S. Chand & Co., 1970), pp. 327–328</ref>

==Sportsman==
Khanji was the founder of the Manavadar hockey team coached by Mirza Nasiruddin Masood. Under his captaincy (?), the team toured New Zealand and won all the matches in 1934.<ref name="RH"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mirza Nasiruddin Masud - 1936 Olympics Gold Medallist, UNESCO Chief, Ambassador|url=https://www.twf.org/bio/MNMasud.html|access-date=2020-10-13|website=www.twf.org}}</ref> In the same year, he was a member of the [[India men's national field hockey team|India hockey team]] representing the country at the [[Western Asiatic Games]].<ref name="RH"/>

Khanji also played cricket and represented [[Western India cricket team|Western India]] in the [[Ranji Trophy]] between 1935 and 1941.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nawab of Manavadar |url=http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Players/39/39718/39718.html |publisher=PCB Board |access-date=5 April 2019}}</ref> After migrating to Pakistan, he became the president of the [[Pakistan Hockey Federation]].<ref name="death"/>

KhanSaheb was sometime captain of the [[Ranji Trophy|Ranji Trophy cricket team]], beside he led Manavadar cricket-hockey teams in national and international expeditions.


==Personal life==
Khanji married his first wife Qudsia Siddiqa Begum, daughter of the [[Kurwai State|Nawab of Kurwai]] on 14 November 1933. He married for a second time in July 1945 to Nawab Abida Begum. He had five sons and six daughters, the last of whom was born in 1963.<ref name="RH" /> His eldest son [[Aslam Khan (cricketer, born 1935)|Aslam Khan]] was also a cricketer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Aslam Khan |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/39727.html |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=5 April 2019}}</ref> One of Khanji's granddaughters, [[Sarwat Gilani]], is an actress.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sharma |first1=Sandeep |title='I have a really good memory package from my India roots' |url=http://www.theweekendleader.com/Culture/2157/border-crossing.html |publisher=The Weekend Leader |access-date=5 April 2019 |date=27 April 2015}}</ref>

Khanji's full name, with titles, was ''Major Nawab Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji Fatehuddin Khanji Babi, Khan Sahib of Manavadar''. He received the [[Civil decorations of Pakistan|Hilal-e-Quaid-i-Azam]] in 1953.

Khanji died on 13 February 2003 at the age of 92 at [[Karachi]], [[Sindh province]].<ref name="death">{{cite web |title=KARACHI: Nawab Moinuddin laid to rest |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/82136 |publisher=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |access-date=5 April 2019 |date=15 February 2003}}</ref>

==References==
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