General A. A. K. Niazi

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Pakistani military officer person

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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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Lieutenant General A. A. K. Niazi 2
A. A. K. Niazi (Pakistan, Eastern Command) 1
General A. A. K. Niazi canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pakistani military officer ⓘ
person ⓘ
allegiance British Indian Army ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
birthCountry British India ⓘ
birthPlace Mianwali District ⓘ
commanded Pakistan Eastern Command ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Command (Pakistan Army)
conflict Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
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 language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
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 Pakistan Eastern Command ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Instrument of Surrender (1971)
subjectOf Hamoodur Rahman Commission Report ⓘ
surrenderedTo Indian Armed Forces ⓘ
Jagjit Singh Aurora ⓘ
Mukti Bahini ⓘ
theatreOfWorldWarIIService Burma campaign ⓘ
surface form: Burma Campaign
wrote The Betrayal of East Pakistan ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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