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Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi

Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi
General A. A. Niazi.jpg
Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi (1915-2004)
Governor of East Pakistan
In office
14 December 1971 – 16 December 1971
President Yahya Khan
Prime Minister Nurul Amin
Preceded by Abdul Motaleb Malik
Succeeded by Office disestablished
Commander of Eastern Command
In office
4 April 1971 – 16 December 1971
Lieutenant Rear-Admiral Mohammad Shariff
Preceded by Lt.Gen Tikka Khan
Succeeded by Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh Army
Personal details
Born Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi
1915
Mianwali, Punjab, British India
(Present-day Pakistan)
Died 1 February 2004
(aged 89 or 90)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Resting place Military Graveyard in Lahore
Citizenship  Pakistan 1947–2004
British Raj British India (1915-1947)
Alma mater Indian Military Academy
Command and Staff College
Signature
Military service
Nickname(s) Tiger
Jackal of Bengal
(In Pakistan)
Service/branch  Pakistan Army (1947–71)
British Raj Red Ensign.svg British Indian Army (1937–47)
Years of service 1937–71
Rank US-O9 insignia.svg OF-8 PakistanArmy.svg Lieutenant-General (S/No. PA-477)
(stripped of his rank)
Unit 4/7 Rajput Regiment
Commands GOC 10th Infantry Division
GOC 8th Infantry Division
4th Para Brigade
Battles/wars

World War II

Indo-Pakistani war of 1965
Bangladesh Liberation War
Awards Military Cross.jpg Military cross BAR.svg Military Cross
Official Army Release of the Hilal-i-Ju'rat.jpg Hilal-Jurat Ribbon.gif Hilal-i-Jurat (withdrawn)

World War II

Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi (Urdu: امیر عبداللہ خان نیازی; b. 1915–1 February 2004), MC, popularly known as A.A.K. Niazi, was a former three-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army and the last Governor of East Pakistan known for commanding the Eastern Command of Pakistan military in East Pakistan during the third war with India until surrendering on 16 December 1971 to Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh of the Eastern Command of the Indian Army.

Niazi had the area responsibility of defending the borders of East Pakistan from India and held morally responsible by authors and critics within Pakistan's military for having surrendering the Eastern Command, consisting of ~93,000–95,000 men, to the Indian Army when the preparations underwent to lay siege on Dacca. Thus ending the liberation struggle led by the Bengali Mukti Bahini which also ended the war with India amid a unilateral ceasefire called by Pakistan in 1971.


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