Muhammad Ayub Khan (Urdu: محمد ایوب خان; 14 May 1907 – 19 April 1974; NPk, HPk, HJ, psc), was the second President of Pakistan and first military dictator from 1958 until 1969. Prior to that, he was a five-star general, also self-appointed field marshal in the Pakistan Army, and the first Chief Martial Law Administrator, a post of which he was appointed by President Iskander Mirza in 1958 until 1966.
Graduating from the Royal Military Academy at ...
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Muhammad Ayub Khan (Urdu: محمد ایوب خان; 14 May 1907 – 19 April 1974; NPk, HPk, HJ, psc), was the second President of Pakistan and first military dictator from 1958 until 1969. Prior to that, he was a five-star general, also self-appointed field marshal in the Pakistan Army, and the first Chief Martial Law Administrator, a post of which he was appointed by President Iskander Mirza in 1958 until 1966.
Graduating from the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst in 1928, his army career served in the World war II, and took participation in Waziristan war from 1936—39, and later proceeded to Burma front from 1944–45, as a battalion commander. After the world war, Khan opted for Pakistan while stationed in East-Pakistan, and became one of ten senior officer in the newly established Pakistan Army, appointing as country's first native Army Commander-in-Chief in 1951, and was also the youngest four-star general of Pakistan. His promotion came over several senior officers with distinguished...
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