Ahmed Tasnim

Ahmad Tasnim
Birth name	Ahmad Tasnim
Nickname(s)	Commander Ahmad
Born	1935 Jalandhar District, East Punjab, British Indian Empire
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Navy United States Navy
Years of service	1954-1994
Rank	Vice Admiral
Service number	PN No. 609
Unit	Submarine Service Branch (SSB)
Commands held	Vice Admiral PNS Hangor Pakistan Fleet (COMPAK) Pakistan Naval War College Chairman Karachi Shipyard Karachi Port Trust Karachi Naval Dockyard
Battles/wars	Vietnam War Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Operation Dwarka Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Operation Falcon Submarine Intelligence Operations
Awards	Tamgha-e-Basalat Hilal-e-Imtiaz (military) Sitara-e-Jurat(Military) Sitara-e-Basalat

Vice Admiral Ahmad Tasnim, HI(M), SJ (Bar), SBt, is a now-retired three-star naval officer who is most famous as the Commander of the PNS Hangor when it sunk the INS Khukri at 20:00 hrs on 8 December 1971 during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, off the coast of Diu, Gujarat, India. (This was the first submarine kill since World War II, and the only one until a Royal Navy nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sank an Argentine cruiser General Belgrano during the Falklands War.) He is also only officer in Pakistan Navy to have been awarded Sitara-e-Jurat (SJ) and Bar.

Ahmad was commissioned in Pakistan Navy as Midshipman in 1954. He is one of the Pakistani military officers who volunteered to participate in Vietnam War with the United States Navy. Before him, Air Chief Marshal (General) Abbas Khattak participated in the conflict with the United States Air Force. He was later sent to trained at the Daphné class submarine in France after the war. He was the senior officer at the PNS Hangor (S131)' crew and, as Lieutenant Commander, he activity participated in the war. After the war, he was conferred with Sitara-e-Basalat in 1965.