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Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi

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Pakistani general (1915-2004)

Lived 1915 to 2004 · aged 89
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Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, commonly known as General Niazi, was a Pakistani military officer who served as the final governor of East Pakistan. Niazi commanded the Eastern Command of the Pakistan Armed Forces during the Bangladesh Liberation War and eventually the India-Pakistan war of 1971.

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Niazi's strategy of defending the India-East Pakistan border by deploying the troops at the border.Niazi's strategy of defending the India-East Pakistan border by deploying the troops at the border.Lieutenant-General Niazi signing the Instrument of Surrender under the gaze of Indian Army's Eastern Command's commander Lt. Gen. J.S. Aurora (sitting beside Niazi), on 16 December 1971 in Dhaka.Lieutenant-General Niazi signing the Instrument of Surrender under the gaze of Indian Army's Eastern Command's commander Lt. Gen. J.S. Aurora (sitting beside Niazi), on 16 December 1971 in Dhaka.

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Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, commonly known as General Niazi, was a Pakistani military officer who served as the final governor of East Pakistan. Niazi commanded the Eastern Command of the Pakistan Armed Forces during the Bangladesh Liberation War and eventually the India-Pakistan war of 1971. He signed the instrument of surrender as on 16 December 1971, his forces had to surrender to the Indian Army's Eastern Command's commander Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora by the order of the then President of Pakistan Yahya Khan.

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Lived 1915 to 2004 · aged 89
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