S. M. Ahsan

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Syed Mohammad Ahsan (21 November 1920 – 4 August 1989) known as S. M. Ahsan, was a Pakistani former three-star rank naval officer who served as the fourth Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Navy from 1966 to 1969, the eighth Finance Minister of Pakistan in 1969, and the eleventh Governor of East Pakistan from September 1969 to March 1971. He later served as chairman of the National Shipping Corporation from 1974 to 1976 and the fourth chairman of the Port Qasim Authority from 1978 to 1980. Born in Hyderabad, Ahsan was educated at Nizam College before joining the Royal Indian Navy as an executive cadet in 1936. Commissioned in the early years of the Second World War, he commanded two Motor Launches against Japanese forces up the Naf River in January 1943 and sank a Japanese vessel in the Bay of Bengal. For his gallantry, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. He later served as an aide-de-camp to Louis Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India. One week shy of the Partition of 1947...

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