Muhammad Mahabat Khan III
Muhammad Mahabat Khanji III Rasul Khanji (2 August 1900 - 7 November 1959) was the last ruling Nawab of Junagadh of the princely state of Junagadh in British India from 1911 to 1947. 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 that saved the world's last few Asiatic Lions from almost certain extinction.
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