In August 1947, the British withdrew from the Indian subcontinent, partitioning their possessions between India and Pakistan and leaving the princely states independent.

[1] In 1962, for his help to the Italian mountaineering expedition to K-2, Italy awarded Jamal its Order of the Grand Officer.

[1] In October 1969, Jamal was invited to Paris to attend the marriage of the Aga Khan with Begum Salimah.

[1] The President of Pakistan also gave Jamal the titles of Hilal-e-Pakistan and Hilal-e-Juraet, and in December, 1964, he was promoted to the rank of honorary Major General in the Pakistani Army.

In 1934 Jamal married Shams-un-Nehar, a princess of the state of Nagar, and they had two sons and three daughters, including Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan.