Died in January

1 January 1752:
Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (Pakistan)
Sindhi Sufi scholar, mystic, saint and poet, the greatest poet of Sindhi language

2 January 2019:
Major Geoffrey Langlands (British)
Teacher and educator who lived in Pakistan since the partition of the British Indian Empire in 1947

4 January 1316:
Alauddin Khilji (India)
2nd ruler of Khilji Dynasty from 19 July 1296 to 4 January 1316
4 January 1931:
Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar (India)
Indian Muslim leader, activist, scholar, journalist and a poet and was among the leading figures of the Khilafat Movement
4 January 1965:
TS Eliot (UK)
Essayist, publisher, playwright, litrary and social critic, Nobel laureate in 1948
4 January 1980:
James Wilfred Jefford (UK)
1st Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of Pakistan Navy
4 January 2011:
Salmaan Taseer (Pakistan)
Businessman and a liberal politician and 26th Governor of Punjab from 15 May 2008 to 4 January 2011
4 January 2018:
Zubaida Aapa (Pakistan)
Pakistani chef and cooking expert

5 January 2018:
Asghar Khan (Pakistan)
1st native Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) from 23 July 1957 to 22 July 1965

6 January 1775:
Sultan-ul-Aulia Khawaja Muhammad Zaman of Luari (Pakistan)
Sindhi poet and saint
6 January 1852:
Louis Braille (France)
Educator and inventor of Braille writing and reading system
6 January 1884:
Gregor Johann Mendel (Czech Republic)
Founder of Genetics
6 January 1918:
Georg Cantor (Russia)
German mathematician and inventor of set theory
6 January 1996:
Begum Shafiq Zia (Pakistan)
Wife of Pakistani President Zia-ul-Haq
6 January 2013:
Qazi Hussain Ahmed (Pakistan)
Islamic scholar, clergyman, democracy activist and 3rd Emir of Jamat-e-Islami Pakistan (JIP)

7 January 1718:
Sufi Shah Inayat Shaheed (Pakistan)
Sindhi sufi warrior poet, first social reformer of Sindh
7 January 1932:
Mian Muhammad Shafi (Pakistan)
Lawyer and politician, founder of All India Muslim League Shafi faction

8 January 1642:
Galileo Galilei (Italy)
Astronomer, physicist and engineer, founder of modern Physics

9 January 1324:
Marco Polo (Italy)
Merchant, explorer and writer

10 January 1778:
Carl Linnaeus (Sweden)
Founder of Taxonomy
10 January 2004:
Khan Bahadur Abdul Hameed Khan Jatoi (Pakistan)
Pakistani politician and father of Liaquat Ali Jatoi
10 January 2011:
Naseerullah Babar (Pakistan)
12th Governor of KPK from 1 March 1976 to 6 July 1977
10 January 2012:
Pir Pagara-VI (Pakistan)
Real name Syed Shah Mardan Shah, spiritual leader of Hurs

11 January 1872:
Mirza Faridoon Beg (Pakistan), father of Mirza Qaleech Beg
11 January 1966:
Lal Bahadur Shastri (India)
2nd Prime Minister of India from 9 June 1964 to 11 January 1966
11 January 1978:
Ibne Insha (Pakistan)
Real name Sher Muhammad Khan, Urdu poet, humorist, travelogue writer and columnist
11 January 1993:
Makhdoom Muhammad Zaman Talib ul Maula (Pakistan)
Pakistani politician, scholar and poet
11 January 2017:
Justice Retd Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui (Pakistan)
Jurist and legislator, 31st Governor of Sindh from 11 November 2016 to 11 January 2017

14 January 2012:
Arfa Karim Randhawa (Pakistan)
World's the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)

15 January 1873:
Faqir Qadir Bux Bedil (Pakistan)
Sindhi poet
15 January 1996:
Muhsin Naqvi (Pakistan)
Urdu poet

17 January 1986:
Shaheed Fazil Rahu (Pakistan)
Pakistani politician and peasant leader

18 January 1955:
Saadat Hassan Manto (Pakistan)
Urdu writer, playwright and author
18 January 2018:
Dr Ishfaq Ahmed (Pakistan)
Pakistani nuclear physicist

19 January 2018:
Munno Bhai (Pakistan)
Pakistani columnist and writer

20 January 1988:
Bacha Khan (Pakistan)
Real name Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pashtun independence activist

21 January 1924:
Vladimir Lenin (Russia)
Russian communist revolutionary politician and political theorist
21 January 1926:
Camillo Golgi (Italy)
Discoverer of Golgi apparatus in cell
21 January 1943:
Hemu Kalani (Pakistan)
Sindhi revolutionary and freedom fighter during Indian Independence Movement

22 January 1666:
Shahabuddin Shahjahan (India)
5th Mughal Emperor of Indian subcontinent from 19 January 1628 to 31 July 1658
22 January 1897:
Sir Isaac Pitman (UK)
Founder of Shorthand writing (Stenography)
22 January 1910:
Sant Satram Das (Pakistan)
Hindu saint

23 January 1628
Prince Shehryar (India)
Son of Mughal Emperor Jahangir
23 January 1963:
Muhammad Ali Bogra (Pakistan)
3rd Prime Minister of Pakistan from 17 April 1953 to 12 August 1955

24 January 1965:
Sir Winston Churchill (British-American)
Politician, statesman, army officer and writer, Prime Minister of UK, Nobel laureate

25 January 1992:
Mir Khalil ur Rehman (Pakistan)
Founder of Jang Group of newspapers

27 January 1556:
Nasiruddin Humayun (India)
2nd Mughal Emperor of Indian subcontinent from 26 December 1530 to 17 May 1540
27 January 1917:
Nawab Waqar ul Mulk Kamboh (Bangladesh)
One of the founders of All India Muslim League (AIML)
27 January 2006:
Khan Abdul Wali Khan (Pakistan)
Pashtun leader, founder of Wali group of Awami National Party (ANP)

30 January 1948:
Mahatma Gandhi (India)
Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian Independence Movement

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