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A. A. K. Niazi. Lieutenant General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi HJ & Bar SPk SK MC (1915 – 1 February 2004) commonly known as General Niazi was a Pakistani military officer. During the Bangladesh Liberation War and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, he commanded the Pakistani Eastern Command in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh ).
AAK Niazi was a retired three-star General of the Pakistan Army who commanded the Eastern Command during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War. The war ended on 16 December 1971, after President Yahya Khan ordered AAK Niazi to surrender to the Indian Army’s Eastern Command, which was led by Lt Gen Jagjit Singh Aurora.
Oct 14, 2022 · IMAGE: December 16, 1971. Lieutenant General A A K Niazi, Pakistan's military commander in then East Pakistan, signs the Instrument of Surrender.
Niazi was appointed commander of the Eastern Garrison after hostilities had begun. He admittedly stopped into a situation that his predecessor found hopeless. At his disposal, Niazi had comparatively few military and paramilitary troops with only obsolescent equipment, and additionally was denied any re-supply or reinforcements by the central ...
Lieutenant General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi commonly known as General Niazi was a Pakistani military officer. During the Bangladesh Liberation War and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, he commanded the Pakistani Eastern Command in East Pakistan.
Apr 4, 2021 · On Dec 11, Niazi was still convinced that foreign help was on the way - China from the north frontier and America from the south border. East Pakistani forces continued to disintegrate and Niazi's fears materialised in quick succession.
Lieutenant-General A. A. K. Niazi of the Eastern Command was the man whose fate it was to direct the operation that resulted in the dismemberment of Pakistan. Many books...
