Sunday, 17 August 2025

Chaudhary Abdul Rehman Khan, 13th Rana of Rahon





Chaudhary Abdul Rehman Khan, Rana of Rahon and Chief of the Ghorewaha Tribe. Son of Chaudhary Ameer Muhammad Khan, his ancestor Rana Udho Singh was awarded the jagir of Rahon for his services in capturing Bairam Khan for Emperor Akbar.

Rana Tikka Pahlwan kept the principal jagir, while his younger brother took the remainder and became Rana of Jadla.

Chaudhary Abdul Rehman Khan would serve as Member Punjab Legislative assembly until partition in 1947 where after he was forced to leave the place he called home.

He helped develop Rahon by giving the fort of Rana Udho to build one of the first schools of Rahon and funded the first train station of Rahon.

He is fondly remembered today in Rahon as a developer who helped modernise Rahon.

He died in 1952. He is buried in Miani Sahib in Lahore.





The haveli of Chaudhary Abdul Rehman Khan,the Rana of Rahon jagir, one of his many residences in Rahon. 

He shifted into this haveli after giving the fort of Rana Udho, his ancestor who had originally got the jagir of Rahon from Emperor Akbar, to be repurposed for a school and police station to be built.

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