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Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan (4 February 1917 – 10 August 1980) was a Pakistani military officer, who served as the third president of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971. He also served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army from 1966 to 1971.
Yahya Khan was the president of Pakistan (1969–71), a professional soldier who became commander in chief of the Pakistani armed forces in 1966. Yahya was born to a family that was descended from the elite soldier class of Nāder Shah, the Persian ruler who conquered Delhi in the 18th century.
Yahya Khan was a Pakistani military general, who also served as the third president of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971. At 34, he became Pakistan’s youngest brigadier general, and at 40, he was his country’s youngest general.
Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan (February 4, 1917 – August 10, 1980) was the President of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971, following the resignation of Ayub Khan who has promoted him rapidly through the ranks of the army and hand-picked him as his successor.
Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan (February 4, 1917 – August 10, 1980) was the third president of Islamic Republic of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971, following the resignation of Ayub Khan. He has one son, Ali Yahya and one daughter, Yasmeen Khan.
Aug 10, 1980 · Gen. Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan, whose role as Pakistan's military strongman grew out of bloody turmoil and ended in the trauma of military defeat and national breakup with the birth of Bangladesh...
Aug 28, 2017 · Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan Nishan-e-Pahlavi, generally recognized as Yahya Khan, was a Pakistan-based general and served as 3 rd Pakistani President, from 25 th March 1969 until Dec 1971.
Dec 25, 2011 · When Ayub Khan stepped down and asked Gen Yahya Khan to take over, first by promulgating martial law and then as president, it was a reflection of Ayub’s self-generated perception that as ...
Dec 20, 2020 · General Yahya Khan was the man who pointed a gun at President Iskandar Mirza in October 1958, forcing him to quit office and leave General Ayub Khan free to exercise dictatorial rule in the country. In March 1969, Yahya would not let Ayub Khan stay on or let the presidency pass into the hands of Abdul Jabbar Khan, the Bengali Speaker of the ...
Aug 1, 2020 · The Yahya Khan years were among the most eventful in the history of Pakistan with the first countrywide and free parliamentary elections (December 1970) and the subsequent climax of the conflict between West and East Pakistan leading to the secession of the latter in the war of December 1971.
