Abdul Ghani Khan

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Abdul Ghani Khan عبدالغني خان SI
Khan in the 1940s
Born	c. 1914 Hashtnagar, North-West Frontier Province, British India (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Died	15 March 1996(1996-03-15) (aged 81–82) Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Pen name	غني (lit. 'Ghani')
Citizenship	British Indian (1914–1947) Pakistani (1947–1996)
Notable work	Da Panjre Chaghar Panoos The Pathans Da Ghani Latoon Kuliat-e-Ghani[citation needed]
Notable awards	Sitara-i-Imtiaz (1980)
Parents	Abdul Ghaffar Khan (father)
Relatives	Abdul Wali Khan (brother) Abdul Ali Khan (brother)

Khan Abdul Ghani Khan (Pashto: خان عبدالغني خان; c. 1914 – 15 March 1996) was a Pashtun Pashto language philosopher, poet, artist, writer and politician. He was a son of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a prominent British Raj-era independence activist. Throughout his life as a poet in both British India and Pakistan, Khan was known by the titles Lewanay Pālsapay (لېونی فلسفي, 'Mad Philosopher') and Da īlam Samander (د علم سمندر, 'Ocean of Knowledge').^{[citation needed]}