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{{Short description|Bengali politician}}{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Khurram Khan Panni
|office = Chief Whip of the [[East Pakistan Provincial Assembly]]
|term_start = 1962
|term_end = 1965
|office2 = High Commissioner of Pakistan to [[Kenya]]
|predecessor2= [[Amjad Ali Noon]]
|successor2 = [[Hamid Raza Gilani]]
|term2 = 1963
|office3 = Ambassador of Pakistan to [[Philippines]]
|term3 = 1971
|office4 = Ambassador of Bangladesh to [[Indonesia]]
|term_start4 = 1974
|term_end4 = 1975
|party = [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]
|birth_date = 1921
|birth_place =
|death_date = {{Death year and age|1997|1921}}
|father = [[Masud Ali Khan Panni]]
|relatives = [[Wajed Ali Khan Panni]] (grandfather)<br/>[[Abdul Halim Ghaznavi]] (grandfather)<br/>[[Muhammad Bayazeed Khan Panni|Bayazeed Khan Panni]] (cousin)
|children = [[Morshed Ali Khan Panni]]<br/>[[Wajid Ali Khan Panni]]
}}
'''Khurram Khan Panni''' had served as the Chief Whip of the [[East Pakistan Provincial Assembly]] and former Ambassador of Pakistan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite Banglapedia|author=Mahbub, Khan|article=Karatia Zamindari}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Khurram Khan Panni was born in 1921, to the [[Bengali Muslim]] family known as the [[Karatia Zamindari|Zamindars of Karatia]]. His father, Masud Ali Khan Panni, was descended from a [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] belonging to the [[Panni (Pashtun tribe)|Panni tribe]], who had migrated from [[Afghanistan]] to Bengal in the 16th century where the family became [[Cultural assimilation|culturally assimilated]].<ref name=":0"/>

He studied at [[St. Paul's School, Darjeeling]], [[St. Xavier's Collegiate School]], and [[Presidency University, Bangladesh|Presidency University]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Muktijuddho (Bangladesh Liberation War 1971) - Bengali Ambassadors par excellence - History of Bangladesh|url=http://www.londoni.co/index.php/23-history-of-bangladesh/1971-muktijuddho/128-muktijuddho-bangladesh-liberation-war-1971-bengali-ambassadors-par-excellence-history-of-bangladesh|access-date=2021-04-30|website=Londoni|language=en-gb}}</ref>

== Career ==
Panni was elected to East Bengal Legislative Assembly but was unseated as he was underage, below 21.<ref name=":1" />

Panni contested the April 1949 election from Tangail as a Muslim League candidate against former Muslim League politician [[Shamsul Huq]]. On 26 April 1949, he lost the election to Huq for representing Nagarpur, Mirzapur and Basail.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-10-22|title=Birth of AL: Funds from sale of pens, watches paved the way|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/the-legacy-awami-league-1302331|access-date=2021-04-30|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Umar|first=Badruddin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=14tjAAAAMAAJ&q=Khurram+Khan+Panni|title=Language Movement in East Bengal|date=2000|publisher=Jatiya Grontha Prakashan|isbn=978-984-560-094-1|pages=51–53|language=en}}</ref>

In 1954, Panni lost the election to [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], candidate of the [[United Front (East Pakistan)|United Front]].<ref name=":1" />

In 1962, Panni was elected to the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly and went on to become whip of the ruling party.<ref name=":1" />

In 1963, Panni was appointed the High Commissioner of Pakistan to [[Kenya]].<ref name=kenya>{{Cite book|last=Assembly|first=Pakistan National|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=85JRAQAAMAAJ&q=Khurram+Khan+Panni|title=Debates: Official Report|date=1964|publisher=Manager of Publications.|pages=87|language=en}}</ref>

During Bangladesh Liberation war, Panni served as the ambassador of Pakistan to the [[Philippines]] in 1971.<ref>{{Cite book|last=State|first=United States Department of|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3D2yAAAAMAAJ&q=Khurram+Khan+Panni&pg=PA519|title=United States Foreign Policy, 1969-1970: A Report of the Secretary of State|date=1971|publisher=Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Office|pages=519|language=en}}</ref> He declared allegiance to Bangladesh during the war along with two other Bengali Pakistan ambassadors, [[Abdul Momin (ambassador)|Abdul Momin]] and [[Abul Fateh]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 1141|url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/08/14/d708141503116.htm|access-date=2021-04-30|website=archive.thedailystar.net}}</ref>

In 1974, Panni was appointed the ambassador of Bangladesh to [[Indonesia]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EWKq37tBYmIC&q=Khurram+Khan+Panni|title=Daily Report: Asia & Pacific|date=1974|publisher=The Service|language=en}}</ref> He retired in 1975 and moved to [[Seattle]], Washington, United States.<ref name=":1" />

== Personal life ==
Panni was the grandson of [[Wajed Ali Khan Panni]], the zamindar of [[Karatia Zamindari]].<ref name=":0" /> His maternal grandfather was [[Abdul Halim Ghaznavi]], for whom he worked as a Private secretary.<ref name=":1" />

== References ==
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[[Category:Bengali politicians]]
[[Category:People from Tangail District]]
[[Category:Members of the Karatia Zamindari family]]
[[Category:1997 deaths]]
[[Category:1921 births]]
[[Category:Pakistani politicians]]
[[Category:Pakistani expatriates in Kenya]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League politicians]]
[[Category:High Commissioners of Pakistan to Kenya]]
[[Category:Pakistani expatriates in the Philippines]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of Pakistan to the Philippines]]
[[Category:Expatriates in Indonesia]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi expatriates in the United States]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi diplomats]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of Bangladesh to Indonesia]]
[[Category:20th-century Bengalis]]

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->SalamAlayka at 17:51, 9 January 2022