Amir Gulistan Janjua (14 August 1925 – 19 February 2019) was a military officer who served as a governor of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. He also served as the ambassador to UAE, Nepal and Saudi Arabia. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Life He was born on 14 August 1925 in village Gorha Rajgan, Chakwal District. His father, Raja Feroz Khan Janjua, then a Havildar of the 56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force), upon hearing the birth news of the son at Fort Lockhart, shared this news with a local Malik. The Malik looked jubilantly at Fort Gulistan and said, "Amir of Gulistan has arrived". So, the child was named Amir Gulistan.
He was awarded Sitara-e-Quaid-e-Azam and Tamgha-e-Pakistan, Nishan-e-Taj (Iran), Grand Order of Kokab (Jordan) and Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu (Nepal).
Janjua died on 19 February 2019 in Rawalpindi.
Awards and decorations
Sitara-e-Quaid-e-Azam (Star of the Great Leader)
(SQA)Tamgha-e-Pakistan (Medal of Pakistan)
(T.Pk)Tamgha-e-Diffa (General Service Medal)
1. 1965 War Clasp
2. 1971 War ClaspSitara-e-Harb 1965 War (War Star 1965)Sitara-e-Harb 1971 War (War Star 1971)Tamgha-e-Jang 1965 War (War Medal 1965)Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War (War Medal 1971)Pakistan Tamgha (Pakistan Medal)Tamgha-e-Jamhuria (Republic Commemoration Medal)
19561939-1945 StarBurma StarWar Medal 1939–1945India Service Medal 1939–1945Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
(1953)Order of the Crown (Pahlavi Iran)Order of the Star of JordanMedal for the Silver Jubilee 1977
(Jordan)King Birendra Coronation Medal
(1975)Order of the Gorkha Dakshina Bahu
(Nepal)
Foreign Decorations Foreign Awards1939-1945 StarBurma StarWar Medal 1939-1945India Service Medal 1939–1945Queen Elizabeth II Coronation MedalOrder of the CrownOrder of the Star of JordanMedal for the Silver Jubilee 1977King Birendra Coronation MedalOrder of the Gorkha Dakshina Bahu
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