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| birth_place        = [[Mong, Azad Kashmir|Mong]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[British Indian Empire|British India]] (now in [[Azad Kashmir]])

| death_place        = [[Sudhanoti]], [[Azad Kashmir|Azad Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Pakistan]]

| citizenship        = Azad Jammu and Kashmir (post-1947)<br>Jammu Kashmir (pre-1947)

'''Khan Muhammad Khan''' ([[Urdu]]: خان محمد خان) ({{birth date|1912|4|25}} – June 1995) commonly known as '''Khan of Mong''', was a Captain in the [[British Indian Army]] during the World War II. After demobilisation, he served as a rebel leader during the [[First Kashmir War]]. He is credited with the capture of [[Mirpur, Azad Kashmir|Mirpur]], even though the real action was carried out by Pakistan's [[PAVO Cavalry]].<ref name=":0">Regimental History Cell ''History of the Azad Kashmir Regiment, Volume 1 (1947-1949)'',  Azad Kashmir Regimental Centre, NLC Printers, Rawalpindi,1997</ref><ref>{{citation |last=Effendi |first=Col. M. Y. |title=Punjab Cavalry: Evolution, Role, Organisation and Tactical Doctrine 11 Cavalry, Frontier Force, 1849-1971 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MeXeAAAAMAAJ |year=2007 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Karachi |isbn=978-0-19-547203-5 |pages=157–160}}</ref> He was also allegedly involved with the [[Rawalpindi Conspiracy]] and the [[Poonch Uprising]].

Khan Muhammad Khan was born in April, 1919 in [[Mong, Azad Kashmir|Mong]] to Alam Sher Khan, a local dignitary. He joined the [[British Indian Army]] and received his commission in 1938. He was with [[Fusiliers]] for 18 months and served as a [[King's Commissioned Indian Officer]] for 2 years. He participated in [[World War II]] and was posted to 3rd Battalion of [[1st Punjab Regiment]] in the Middle East and Italy.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=War Office: British Forces, Middle East: War Diaries, Second World War. PAIFORCE. INDIAN INFANTRY.|journal=National Archive War Diaries|volume=WO 169/22363}}</ref>

Khan took part in the [[First Kashmir War]] as a rebel leader. He was active in the [[Mirpur, Azad Kashmir|Mirpur]] sector. He led the Mirpur campaign and later raised the 24 Azad Kashmir Battalion (Khan) of the [[Azad Kashmir Regiment]].<ref name=":0" />

According to his personal memoirs, during the [[1955 Poonch uprising]] against the state of [[Azad Jammu and Kashmir]], Khan of Mong was involved in the rallying of support for the movement. He fled to [[Indian-administered Kashmir]] and was later accused by Pakistan Government of being a [[double agent]], attempting to gather resources and ammunition to instigate a movement against the state. Upon return from India, he was imprisoned by [[Pakistan]] in [[Haripur District]] for 10 years.