Yahya Khan (President of Pakistan)
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Yahya Khan was a Pakistani military general who served as the country’s president and oversaw its government during the 1971 crisis that led to the secession of East Pakistan as Bangladesh.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan | 2 |
| Yahya Khan | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan
ⓘ
Pakistani military officer ⓘ President of Pakistan ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
British Indian Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pakistan Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1917-02-04 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Chakwal, Punjab, British India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blamedFor | Disintegration of Pakistan in 1971 ⓘ |
| causeOfResignation | Military and political defeat in 1971 war with India ⓘ |
| conflict |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1980-08-10 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Rawalpindi, Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Indian Military Academy, Dehradun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College, Dehradun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Pashtun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Yahya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentFormDuringRule | Military dictatorship in Pakistan ⓘ |
| handedOverPowerTo | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | General ⓘ |
| implemented | Martial law in Pakistan in 1969 ⓘ |
| militaryRank | General ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Failure to peacefully transfer power after 1970 elections
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Military crackdown in East Pakistan in 1971 ⓘ Presiding over Pakistan during the 1971 crisis ⓘ |
| officeEnd |
Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army, 1971
ⓘ
President of Pakistan, 20 December 1971 ⓘ |
| officeStart |
Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army, 1966
ⓘ
President of Pakistan, 25 March 1969 ⓘ |
| ordered | 1970 general elections in Pakistan ⓘ |
| oversawEvent |
Bangladesh Liberation War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Secession of East Pakistan as Bangladesh ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | Authoritarian military rule ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Martial Law Administrator of Pakistan
ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army ⓘ President of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postPresidencyStatus | Placed under house arrest after resignation ⓘ |
| precededBy | Ayub Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| replaced | Constitutional government of Ayub Khan with martial law ⓘ |
| serviceEnd | Pakistan Army, 1971 ⓘ |
| serviceStart | British Indian Army, 1939 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatreOfWar | Middle East theatre of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mohammad Ayub Khan
this entity surface form:
Yahya Khan
this entity surface form:
General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan
this entity surface form:
General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan