General Abdul Hamid Khan, (what is the official, and "lingua franca" of Pakistan: عبد الحمید خان), was a four-rank army general in the Pakistan Army, serving as Chief of Staff under President Yahya Khan and led the army during the events in the war with India in 1971?
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Abdul Hamid Khan (general) General Abdul Hamid Khan, (Urdu: عبد الحمید خان) , was a four-rank army general in the Pakistan Army, serving as Chief of Staff under President Yahya Khan and led the army during the events in the war with India in 1971.
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Urdu Urdu ( ; Urdu: ‎ "Urdū" ] , or Modern Standard Urdu) is a Persianised and standardised register language of the Hindustani language. It is the official and "lingua franca" of Pakistan.
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Khalq Khalq ("Masses" or "People" in Pashto) was a faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan. Its historical leaders were Presidents Nur Muhammad Taraki and Hafizullah Amin. It was also the name of the leftist newspaper produced by the same movement. It was supported by the USSR and was formed in 1965 when the PDPA was born. The Khalqist wing of the party was made up primarily of Pashtuns from non-elite classes. However, their Marxism was often a vehicle for tribal resentments. Bitter resentment between the Khalq and Parcham factions eventually led to the failure of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan that was formed as a result of the Saur Revolution. It was also responsible for the radical reforms that encouraged the rebellion of the religious segments present in the Afghan society, which led to the creation of the Mujahideen and, eventually, to the Soviet military intervention in December 1979.
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Malik Nur Khan Air Marshal Malik Nur Khan (Urdu: ‎ ; 22 February 1923 – 15 December 2011) , commonly known as Nur Khan, was a three-star rank air force general, politician, sports administrator, and the Commander in Chief of Pakistan Air Force, serving under President Ayub Khan from 1965 until 1969.
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Yastur-ul-Haq Malik Admiral Yastur-ul-Haq Malik (Urdu: یسطور الحق ملک; b. 20 March 1933), , is a retired four-star rank admiral who served as the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of Pakistan Navy from 10 November 1988 until retiring from his military service on 8 November 1991.
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Raja Habib ur Rahman Khan Raja Habib ur Rahman Khan (1913–1978) was an Indian nationalist during British colonial rule of India, an officer in the Indian National Army (INA) who was charged with "waging war against His Majesty the King Emperor". Along with Gen. Shah Nawaz Khan, Col. Prem Kumar Sahgal & Col. Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon, he was tried by the British at the end of World War II in the INA trials that began on 5 November 1945 at Red Fort. Rahman also played an important role in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. Khan later participated in the war to liberate Kashmir from Dogra rule, fighting against Maharaja Hari Singh's Dogra army and conquering Bhimber in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. During the Jammu & Kashmir agitation, he trained many people of the area as Mujahids to fight against the Dogra army in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.
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Lieutenant general (Bangladesh) Lieutenant general (abbreviated as Lt. Gen. and in contraction simply known as 'general') is a senior rank in the Bangladesh Army. It is the second-highest active rank of the Bangladesh Army and was created as a direct equivalent of the British military rank of lieutenant general. It is also considered a 3 star rank. Till 2007 it was the highest rank in the Bangladesh Armed Forces as all chiefs of army staff held this rank and navy and air chiefs were of two-star ranks.
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Agha Shahi Agha Shahi (Urdu: آغا شا ﮨی‎ ; 25 August 1920 – 6 September 2006), "NI", was a Pakistani career Foreign service officer who was the leading civilian figure in the military government of former President General Zia-ul-Haq from 1977 to 1982. A diplomat and technocrat by profession, he joined Foreign Services in 1951 and held important diplomatic assignments in the United States, China, and the United Nations. He served as the Foreign secretary— a leading bureaucratic position in Pakistan Government— in 1973 until 1977, after Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's government was dismissed (see Codename "Fair Play").
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K. M. Azhar Lieutenant General Khwaja Mohammad Azhar Khan (Urdu: خواجہ محمد اظہر خان‎ ) (usually shortened to K.M. Azhar) (1918 – 29 October 2006) was the chairman of the high-powered committee of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan and a former governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
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Farooq Feroze Khan Farooq Feroze Khan, NI(M), SBt, (born 17 August 1939), is a retired four-star air officer (Air Chief Marshal) of the Pakistan Air Force who was the 13th Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) from 1991 to 1994. ACM Farooq Khan was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1994 to 1997, the only Air Force officer to be appointed to this designation till date.
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Armed Forces Division The Armed Forces Division (AFD) (Bengali: "বাংলাদেশ সশস্ত্র বাহিনী বিভাগ" — "Bangladesh saśastra bāhinī bibhāga" ) is the principal national command authority national defense of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The command and control of the Bangladesh Armed Forces is exercised in this division, under direct control and supervision by the Prime Minister’s office. Lieutenant General Md Mahfuzur Rahman is the present Armed Forces Division’s Principal Staff Officer. The headquarters are located in Sector two of Uttara Thana.
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War in Afghanistan (1978–present) The War in Afghanistan began on 27 April 1978, when the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) took power in a military coup, known as the Saur Revolution. Most of Afghanistan subsequently experienced uprisings against the PDPA government. The Soviet war in Afghanistan began in December 1979 to replace the existing communist government. Afghanistan's resistance forces, known as the mujahideen, fought against the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. Some factions received support by the United States, with the Pakistani ISI serving as the U.S. middleman, and Saudi Arabia. The Soviet Union had to withdraw its troops in February 1989. The Soviet-backed Afghan communist government survived for three more years until the fall of Kabul in 1992.
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Muhammad Anwar Khan Lieutenant-General Raja Muhammad Anwar Khan was the Pakistan army engineer officer and the first Muslim engineer in Chief of the Pakistan Army. He was the first Muslim to be an officer in the Indian Corps of Engineers.
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Indian Army The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and it is commanded by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who is a four-star general. Two officers have been conferred with the rank of field marshal, a five-star rank, which is a ceremonial position of great honour. The Indian Army originated from the armies of the East India Company, which eventually became the British Indian Army, and the armies of the princely states, which finally became the national army after independence. The units and regiments of the Indian Army have diverse histories and have participated in a number of battles and campaigns across the world, earning a large number of battle and theatre honours before and after Independence.
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1971 in Bangladesh The Bangladesh Liberation War breaks out between East Pakistan and West Pakistan, the 2 sudivisions of Pakistan postBritish India. Lasting for nine months, the entire Liberation War ended with the surrender of (West) Pakistan's military to the Bangladesh-India Allied Forces at Dacca on 16 December 1971. The formal establishment of the independent nation of Bangladesh was on same day.
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Henry Lowrie Davies Major General Henry Lowrie Davies {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (25 January 1898 – 6 July 1975) was a British Indian Army officer, who commanded the 25th Indian Division during the Second World War. Following the Partition of India, he briefly served as Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Pakistan before returning to the United Kingdom to work as a civil servant.
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Mirza Aslam Beg General Mirza Aslam Beg (Urdu: مرزا اسلم بیگ; born 2 August 1931) , is a retired four-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army, who served as its Chief of Army Staff from 1988 until his retirement in 1991. His appointment as chief of army staff came when his predecessor, President General Zia-ul-Haq, died in an air crash on 17 August 1988.
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Ved Prakash Malik General Ved Prakash Malik PVSM, AVSM (born 1 November 1939) served as the 19th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 30 September 1997 till 30 September 2000. He was the Army Chief during the Kargil War.
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Yahya Khan Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan (Urdu: ‎ ; 4 February 1917 – 10 August 1980), widely known as Yahya Khan, , was the third President of Pakistan, serving in this post from 25 March 1969 until turning over his presidency in December 1971. His presidency witnessed the breaking-up the unity of Pakistan from being the largest Muslim country in the world to economic and military collapse through a foreign intervention in 1971.
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Inamul Haque Khan Air Marshal Inamul Haque Khan (Urdu:إنعام الحـــق خان; May 23, 1927 – August 10, 2017) , was a three-star rank air force general in the Pakistan Air Force who is known for his role as AOC of the Eastern Air Command of the Pakistan Air Force.
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Taliban insurgency The Taliban insurgency began shortly after the group's fall from power following the 2001 War in Afghanistan. The Taliban forces are fighting against the Afghan government, formerly led by President Hamid Karzai, now led by President Ashraf Ghani, and against the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The insurgency has spread to some degree over the Durand Line border to neighboring Pakistan, in particular the Waziristan region and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Taliban conduct low-intensity warfare against Afghan National Security Forces and their NATO trainers. Regional countries, particularly Pakistan and Iran, are often accused of funding and supporting the insurgent groups.
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Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman Mahbubur Rahman is a retired lieutenant general of the Bangladesh Army and served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army from May 1996 to December 1997 . Presently he is a member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.