Miangul Aurangzeb

He was born on 28 May 1928 in Saidu Sharif in the house of Miangul Jahan Zeb (the wali of Swat). He received his initial schooling at Welham Boys' School and The Doon School in Dehradun. He then attended St. Stephen's College, Delhi. ==Army career==

Following the independence of Pakistan, Aurangzeb enrolled at the Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul in 1948. He was commissioned into the Guides Cavalry (FF) of the Pakistan Armoured Corps. During his service in the Pakistan Army, he passed the Junior Officer's Course, the Advanced Infantry Course (Quetta) and the Junior Officer Leadership and Weapons Course (Nowshera). His achievements led to his selection as ADC (aide de camp) to the Army Commander-in-Chief General Ayub Khan. In 1955, he married the daughter of General Ayub Khan and thereafter quit the army service to enter into politics. ==Public life==

Aurangzeb represented Swat State in the West Pakistan Assembly from 1956 to May 1958, when he was nominated to the National Assembly of Pakistan. After the resignation of President Ayub Khan in 1969, the Government of Pakistan under President Yahya Khan took over the administration of all remaining princely states, including Swat. In 1970 the first-ever one-man one-vote general elections were held in Pakistan, which marked a new chapter for the former ruling family of Swat. Aurangzeb He is buried in his ancestral graveyard at Aqba, Saidu Sharif. ==See also==