Jan Muhammad Junejo
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Barrister Jan Muhammad Junejo: (Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

:جان محمد جونيجو, title: Raees-Ul-Muhajireen: رۂيس المھاجرين) born in 1886 Larkana
Larkana
Larkana or Larkano is the fourth largest city in the north-western part of Sindh Province, Pakistan, and is located within Larkana District.The old name of larkano is chandka which was changed in 1901. In August 2000 Larkana celebrated its hundred years of existence...

, Sindh
Sindh
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. was a prominent leader of the Khilafat Movement
Khilafat Movement
The Khilafat movement was a pan-Islamic, political campaign launched by Muslims in British India to influence the British government and to protect the Ottoman Empire during the aftermath of World War I...

 and took active part in their struggle against the British Raj
British Raj
British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...

. He died "soon after" February 1921.

Barrister Junejo was leading landlord and politician from larkana took a strong part in Tehreek khilafat at very young age and the large number of intending muhajireen began to register their name and 25 thousand originally announced accompanied by their families, left for Peshawar under Barrister Junejo. Ttempt to stop them did not succeed. The rail fare of the entire kafila amounting to thousand of rupees was paid by Barrister Junejo from his own packet. wherever the train stop the emotional scene were witnessed the local turned out to welcome the thousands of muhajireens who were garlanded and showered with gifts and money speeches were made and recited in their honour at the wazirabad junction when some people began to cry in response to such overtures Barrister Junejo stopped them from doing so saying that it was not the occasion for the crying but time for action, they are going to kabul
Kabul
Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...

 not to eat grapes and pomegranates of kandahar
Kandahar
Kandahar is the second largest city in Afghanistan, with a population of about 512,200 as of 2011. It is the capital of Kandahar Province, located in the south of the country at about 1,005 m above sea level...

 but to save Islam
Islam
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