Major General Akbar Khan
| Mohammad Akbar Khan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Charsadda, Pakistan |
| Allegiance |
 British India Pakistan
|
| Service/branch |
 British Indian Army Pakistan Army
|
| Years of service | 1934–1951 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Unit | 13th Frontier Force Rifles |
| Battles/wars |
Indo-Pakistan War of 1947 First Baloch insurgency, 1948 |
| Awards | Distinguished Service Order |
Major General Akbar Khan, DSO (1912 - 1993), also known as Mohammed Akbar Khan, was a Pakistan Army officer who is most known as the Brigadier-in-Charge in Kashmir on the Pakistan side in Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. He also served as a commander of the Pakistan Army's division to stop the first Baloch insurgency of 1948. Khan had also served as appointed Chief of National Security under prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Under his guidance, the Army had quelled the Balochi Insurgency during the early and mid-1970s. In spite of his engaging military career, Khan is mostly known in Pakistan as the main conspirator of the first but failed coup attempt of 1951, which came to be known as the Rawalpindi Conspiracy.
Akbar Khan was born 1 December 1912 in a fairly affluent Pashtun family. He was the son of Muhammad Akram Khan. He belonged to a village named Utmanzai (Parichkhail Family) in the district of Charsadda (the same place where the companion of Gandhi, Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan was born). He received his education at Islamia College, Peshawar and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant onto the Unattached List for the Indian Army on 1 February 1934. He returned to India and he was attached to a battalion of the Hampshire Regiment from 1934-35, after which he was admitted to the Indian Army on 18 March 1935 and was posted to the 6th battalion,13th Frontier Force Rifles.
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