General A. A. K. Niazi

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General A. A. K. Niazi was a senior Pakistani military officer best known for leading the Eastern Command that surrendered in Dhaka in December 1971, effectively ending the Bangladesh Liberation War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Pakistani military officer ⓘ
person ⓘ
allegiance British Indian Army ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
birthCountry British India ⓘ
birthPlace Mianwali District ⓘ
commanded Eastern Command (Pakistan Army) ⓘ
conflict Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
countryOfCitizenship Pakistan ⓘ
dateOfSurrender 1971-12-16 ⓘ
deathCountry Pakistan ⓘ
deathPlace Lahore ⓘ
ethnicGroup Niazi Pashtun ⓘ
familyName Khan ⓘ
Niazi ⓘ
fullName Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi ⓘ
givenName Abdullah ⓘ
Amir ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
militaryAward Hilal-i-Jurat ⓘ
Military Cross ⓘ
Sitara-i-Jurat ⓘ
militaryBranch Pakistan Army ⓘ
militaryRank Lieutenant General ⓘ
notableEvent Oversaw Pakistani military operations in East Pakistan in 1971 ⓘ
Publicly blamed for Pakistan’s defeat in East Pakistan ⓘ
notableFor Surrender of Pakistani forces in East Pakistan in December 1971 ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
placeOfSurrender Dhaka ⓘ
positionHeld Commander Eastern Command (Pakistan) ⓘ
Corps Commander ⓘ
Governor-designate of East Pakistan ⓘ
postWarConsequence Faced court of inquiry in Pakistan ⓘ
Forced retirement from Pakistan Army ⓘ
postWarStatus Repatriated to Pakistan as prisoner of war ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
serviceIn British Indian Army ⓘ
Pakistan Army ⓘ
signedDocument Instrument of Surrender (1971) ⓘ
subjectOf Hamoodur Rahman Commission Report ⓘ
surrenderedTo Indian Armed Forces ⓘ
Jagjit Singh Aurora ⓘ
Mukti Bahini ⓘ
theatreOfWorldWarIIService Burma Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Burma campaign
wrote The Betrayal of East Pakistan ⓘ

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Bangladesh Liberation War → commandedBy → General A. A. K. Niazi ⓘ
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 → commandedBy → A. A. K. Niazi (Pakistan, Eastern Command) ⓘ
linked to: General A. A. K. Niazi
Operation Searchlight → commandedBy → Lieutenant General A.A.K. Niazi ⓘ
linked to: General A. A. K. Niazi
Instrument of Surrender → principalSignatory → Lieutenant General A. A. K. Niazi ⓘ
linked to: General A. A. K. Niazi
Instrument of Surrender → signedByRank → Lieutenant General (A. A. K. Niazi) ⓘ
linked to: General A. A. K. Niazi
Bijoy Dibos → surrenderSignedBy → Lieutenant General A. A. K. Niazi ⓘ
linked to: General A. A. K. Niazi
Eastern Front (Indo-Pakistani War of 1971) → commandedBy → Lieutenant General A. A. K. Niazi ⓘ
subject linked to: Eastern Front
linked to: General A. A. K. Niazi