Akbar Khan (general, born 1912)

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Akbar Khan (1 December 1912 – 5 June 1993) DSO MBE was a highly decorated officer of the British Indian Army and general in the Pakistan Army. A pioneer of proxy warfare, Khan commanded tribal forces in the first Kashmir War. In 1951, he was convicted of planning a left-wing coup. He later became a lawyer and advisor of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Gaining a King's Commission into the British Indian Army in 1934, Khan saw active combat in the Burma campaign during World War II. Displaying bravery and gallantry, he was recommended for a Victoria Cross. He played a key role in planning the tribal invasion of Kashmir in 1947, leading to the first war with India, where he later assumed full command of the tribal forces under the pseudonym General Tariq. In 1951, he was convicted of being the ringleader of a planned left-wing coup along with several other communist figures such as Sajjad Zaheer and Faiz Ahmad Faiz, that came to be known as the Rawalpindi conspiracy. He was released after serving 5 years...

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