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.

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General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan 2
Yahya Khan 1

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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
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

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Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 politicalLeader Yahya Khan (President of Pakistan)
President Mohammad Ayub Khan succeededBy Yahya Khan (President of Pakistan)
subject surface form: Mohammad Ayub Khan
this entity surface form: Yahya Khan
Operation Searchlight plannedBy Yahya Khan (President of Pakistan)
this entity surface form: General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan
Operation Searchlight crackdown commandedBy Yahya Khan (President of Pakistan)
this entity surface form: General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan