General Gul Hassan Khan, SPk, SQA, (9 June 1921 – 10 October 1999) was the last Commander-in-Chief, Pakistan Army. General Gul Hassan, a Sunni Pashtun born in Quetta, was educated at La Martiniere College in Lucknow and the Royal Indian Military College (now the Rashtriya Indian Military College), Dehradun, India. He was commissioned in the Indian Army on 22 February, 1942. After independence, he served the Pakistan Army for 25 years. Later in hi...
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General Gul Hassan Khan, SPk, SQA, (9 June 1921 – 10 October 1999) was the last Commander-in-Chief, Pakistan Army. General Gul Hassan, a Sunni Pashtun born in Quetta, was educated at La Martiniere College in Lucknow and the Royal Indian Military College (now the Rashtriya Indian Military College), Dehradun, India. He was commissioned in the Indian Army on 22 February, 1942. After independence, he served the Pakistan Army for 25 years. Later in his career, he commanded the 1st Armoured Division at Multan. In 1969, he was made the Chief of General Staff (CGS) of the Pakistan Army.
Following the defeat of Pakistan to the Indian Military and the secession of East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh), he was appointed acting C-in-C on 20 December 1971 as Yahya Khan, his predecessor had to resign after widespread protests in Pakistan. He thus became the first person to be appointed to the post in a divided Pakistan (erstwhile West Pakistan). He superseded one of his seniors at ascension, Lt...
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