A. A. K. Niazi

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Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi (1915 – 1 February 2004), commonly known as General Niazi, was a Pakistani three-star rank general who served as the final governor of East Pakistan. Niazi commanded the Eastern Command of the Pakistan Armed Forces during the Bangladesh Liberation War and eventually the India–Pakistan war of 1971. He signed the instrument of surrender as on 16 December 1971, his forces had to surrender to the Indian Army's Eastern Command's commander Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora by the order of the then President of Pakistan Yahya Khan. Niazi's area of responsibility comprised the defense of East Pakistan from India during the war in 1971. His surrender in Dhaka effectively ended the war. The result was an Indian victory as well as the independence of Bangladesh. After being held as a prisoner of war by the Indian military, he was repatriated to Pakistan on 30 April 1975 as part of the Delhi Agreement. He was dishonourably discharged from his military service at the War...

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