The Story of Soldiering and Politics in India and Pakistan

Lahore, Pakistan: Syed Mobin Mahmud and Company, 1988. Third Edition [stated] Popular Edition [stated], presumed first printing thus. Trade paperback. x, [2], 431, vii, [4] pages. Cover wear. Illustrations (some color). Maps. The author's title is Major General Dr. Sher Ali Pataudi, H. J. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Hand written and signed note laid in. Major General Nawabzada Sher Ali Khan of Pataudi (13 May 1913 – 29 May 2002) was a Major General in Pakistan. Sher Ali Khan Pataudi is the son of Ibrahim Ali Khan, the 7th Nawab of Pataudi from 1913 to 1917, and Shahar Bano Begum, daughter of Amiruddin Ahmad Khan, the Nawab of Loharu. Through his mother, he is related to the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan. He commanded the 1st battalion of the First Punjab Regiment during the Second World War. After the war, he served as the Defence Attaché of the British Indian Armed Forces in Washington, D.C. He commanded Pakistan's 14 (Parachute) Brigade during the 1947 Kashmir War in which action he was awarded the first Hilal-i-Jurat of Pakistan. He later served as the Chief of General Staff. He was superseded along with Maj. Gen. Adam Khan and the former Commandant Command and Staff College Maj Gen. M.A. Latif Khan when Maj Gen Muhammad Musa and Maj Gen Habibullah Khan Khattak were made C-in-C and COS respectively in October 1958. On retirement from active service, he was appointed Pakistan's High Commissioner to Malaysia and in 1963 as Ambassador to Yugoslavia with concurrent accreditation to Bulgaria and Greece. He served in the cabinet of Yahya Khan as Federal Minister for Information, Broadcasting & and National Affairs 1969 – 71. He was the author of several books. Preface by S. A. Rahman. Introduction by Field Marshal Auchinleck. This book is perhaps the first of its kind in Pakistan, where the writer is using his full and varied life and career to bring out certain lessons for the benefit of the citizen and soldier- (citizen in uniform)- from the experiences he has gone through in life in uniform and out of uniform in public life. Condition: Good.

Keywords: Pakistan, Partition, Nawab of Pataudi, First Punjab Regiment, Second World War, Defense Attache, 14 (Parachute) Brigade, Kashmir War, Hilai-i-Jurat, Chief of the General Staff, High Commissioner, Ambassador, Minister of Information, Auchinleck

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