Malik Sher Bahadur

Major General Malik Sher Bahadur SPk
ملک شیر بہادر

8th Chief of the General Staff Pakistan Army
In office 24 December 1962 – May 1966
Preceded by	Yahya Khan
Succeeded by	Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
Adjutant General GHQ (Pakistan)
In office 11 June 1959 – December 1962
Preceded by	Syed Shahid Hamid
Deputy Chief of Staff Pakistan Army
In office September 1957 – May 1959
6th Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence
In office August 1955 – September 1957
Preceded by	Syed Ghawas

Personal details
Born	(1911-04-11)11 April 1911 Lawa Tehsil, Talagang District, British India
Children	2
Relatives	Nur Khan (uncle)
Education	Indian Military Academy Joint Services Staff College (UK)
Military service
Branch/service	British Indian Army (1933) Pakistan Army (1947)
Years of service	1933-1966
Rank	Major General
Commands	Inter-Services Intelligence
Battles/wars	World War II Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948 Battle of Pandu Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 Operation Gibraltar

Malik Sher Bahadur^[a] (born 11 April 1911) was a Pakistani two-star rank major general who served as the sixth Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence from 1955 to 1957 and eighth Chief of the General Staff from 1962 to 1966.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Malik Sher Bahadur was born on 11 April 1911 into an Qutb Shahi family belonging to the Punjabi Awan tribe of Talagang Tehsil. His father, Malik Jehan Khan, served in the British Indian Army.^[4]

Ancestry

Malik Sher Bahadur's great-grandfather, Malik Khan Baig, was described as an "eminent personality of his family". He was a Naib Subedar and went with his irregular cavalry to serve the British Army at Delhi during the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857.^[4]

Personal life

He had two daughters. His eldest son-in-law, Sarfraz Khan, was the son of Malik Mohammad Nawaz, while his second son-in-law, Brigadier Haq Nawaz Khan, was from Dab, Chakwal and serving in the Pakistan Army in 1971.^[4]

Military career

Notes

References

↑ Cloughley, Brian (5 January 2016). A History of the Pakistan Army: Wars and Insurrections. Simon and Schuster. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-63144-039-7.
↑ Sirrs, Owen L. (1 July 2016). Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate: Covert Action and Internal Operations. Routledge. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-317-19608-2.
↑ Bhattacharya, Brigadier Samir (December 2013). NOTHING BUT!. Partridge Publishing. p. 482. ISBN 978-1-4828-1626-6.
1 2 3 4 Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan. 1970. p. 846. Sher Bahadur, Malik; Major General (Retd); Chairman Board of Directors Associated Cement (Government of West Pakistan); born village Lawa, Tehsil Talagang, District Campbellpur 4th April, 1911; belongs to a respectable Qutab Shahi Awan family of Tehsil Talagang; ancestors settled in this area since several generations ; His great grandfather, Malik Khan Baig was an eminent personality of his family he was petty chief and went with his irregular cavalry to serve the Army at Delhi during the mutiny of 1857; several members of this family have served Indian and Pakistan Army; they were awarded landed property for their meritorious services in the Army; Khan Baig had four sons, Malik Lal Khan, Malik Mohammad Khan, Malik Meher Khan and Malik Aulia Khan; Malik Lal Khan the eldest son of Malik Khan Baig led a religious life, therefore Malik Mohammad Khan the younger brother of Malik Lal Khan became Zaildar; Malik Mohammad Khan has four sons, Malik Allah Yar Khan, Malik Jehan Khan the father of the subject of the sketch, Malik Noor Khan and Malik Yar Khan: Malik Allah Yar Khan uncle of the subject of the sketch served as Tehsildar for some time ; on his retirement he became Honorary Magistrate, Zailda, Provincial Darbari and Member of the District Board; father Malik Jehan Khan served in the Indian Army; Major General Malik Sher Bahadur joined Indian Army as a cadet in the year 1933 and educated at Dehradun; he was commissioned in the Indian Army in the year 1936; saw active service in World War II and visited far eastern front; took part in the Kashmir operations where his services were mentioned in des-patches during 1947; worked as Chief of the General Staff of Pakistan Army during Indo-Pakistan War and was awarded Sitarai Pakistan for his brilliant services; retired from the Army in the year 1966; he was appointed as Chairman Board of Directors, Associated Cement (Govt. of West Pakistan) till date; has two daughters eldest son-in-law Sarfraz Khan son of Malik Mohammad Nawaz; 2nd son-in-law Brigadier Haq Nawaz Khan of Dab serving in Pakistan Army. Travels : U.K., U.S.A., Hongkong. Games: Tennis. Hobbies: Riding. Phone : 81888. Address : 12/C-1, Gulberg 3, Lahore. Permanent Address : 955 Cobb Lines, Rawalpindi Cantt
↑ "Brigadier Sher Bahadur Promoted". The Civil and Military Gazette. 19 January 1959.
↑ The Army List. H.M. Stationery Office. 1960. p. 123.

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