death_date children nationality ethnicity birth_date death_place birth_name spouse citizenship name death_cause resting_place birth_place party parents known_for successor religion article_title home_town
2 december 1973 muhammad mahmood khan , hamid khan khan , ahmed khan , bibi khor , pakistani pashtun circa . 7 july 1907 quetta , pakistan abdul samad -lrb- two spouse -rrb- pakistani '' '' ' ` abdul samad khan achakzai عبدالصمد خان اڅکزی assassination inayat ullah karez , gulistan , baluchistan inayat india ullah karez , gulistan , baluchistan , british pakhtunkhwa milli awami party nur mohammad khan political activism mahmood khan achakzai islam abdul samad khan achakzai
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abdul samad khan achakzai

khan shaheed abdul samad khan achakzai -lrb- circa .
7 july 1907 -- 2 december 1973 -rrb- -lrb- -rrb- was a pashtun nationalist and political leader from quetta , pakistan .
known as `` khan shaheed '' , he became the founder and head of anjuman-i-watan , wror pashtoon and pakhtunkhwa national awami party .
he was repeatedly imprisoned for 35 years both during the british indian and the pakistani government for secessionist activities .
during the independence movement , `` anjuman-i-watan '' was first political organ in baluchistan launched by khan shaheed .
he was a member of the congress party in the balochistan area of british india , and campaigned for pashtun autonomy in a united secular india , along with khan abdul ghaffar khan -lrb- bacha khan -rrb- in the then north-west frontier province .
a follower of mohandas gandhi , he was known by many as the `` baloch gandhi '' .
he was a member of the national awami party -lrb- nap -rrb- , before forming a breakaway pakhtunkhwa national party and later on pakhtunkhwa milli awami party .
he was member of the balochistan provincial assembly at the time of his assassination in december 1973 .
after samad khan 's demise , his son engineer mahmood khan achakzai was elected the chairman of the party .
