Muhammad Anwar Khan
| Muhammad Anwar Khan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 October 1915 |
| Allegiance |
 British Raj Pakistan
|
| Service/branch |
 British Indian Army (1936-1947) Pakistan Army (1947-19??) |
| Years of service | 1936–19?? |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Unit | Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers |
| Commands held | Pakistan Army |
| Battles/wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 |
Lieutenant-General Raja Muhammad Anwar Khan was the Pakistan army engineer officer and the first Muslim engineer in Chief of the Pakistan Army. He was the first Muslim to be an officer in the Indian Corps of Engineers.
Khan belonged to the Mair-Minhas Rajput clan from Chakwal. The Mair Minhas tribe has a long martial tradition which has continued into modern times. Muslim Minhas Rajputs, being recognised in history as the warrior aristocracy, prior to this they were designated by the British Empire as a Martial Race and recruited into the British Indian Army.
His father Raja Fazal Dad Khan was a minor Zamindar (landowner) and had been a Viceroy's Commissioned Officer with a British Indian Army cavalry unit.
He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant on 15 July 1936 and was attached to the Corps HQ of the King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners on 9 August 1936. His date of initial commission was antedated to 1 September 1935 and he was promoted Lieutenant 1 December 1937. He was posted to the 5th Field Company 1 August 1939.
He later became an officer of the British Indian Army Engineers Corps; Khan was inherited by the Pakistan Army after the creation of Pakistan. He was one of the early engineer officers at the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers where he also completed his B.Sc. in structural engineering at the Pakistan Military Academy.
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