Muhammad Azam Khan

Azam Khan
Birth name	Mohammad Azam Khan
Nickname	MA Khan
Born	1908
Died	1994 (86 or 87 years old)
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1928-1962
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Army Armoured Corps
Commands held	Eastern Military High Command I Strike Corps
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 Lahore Operation

Lieutenant General Muhammad Azam Khan (1908–1994) was a senior general of the Pakistan army who served under General Ayub Khan, the first military ruler of Pakistan. As a general, Khan oversaw the suppression of anti-Ahmadiyya violence following the Lahore riots of 1953, and served as the top army commander in East Pakistan before joining Ayub Khan's military regime. He served as the first commander of I Corps when it was raised on 1 July 1957 at Abbottabad (the Corps is currently stationed at Mangla since 1969) as a Lt. Gen. He also served as the Governor of East Pakistan province during the early days of martial regime of Ayub Khan.^[1] During the presidential election of 1964, Azam Khan "supported the presidential candidacy of Fatima Jinnah" and continued to work strongly against Ayub Khan until after the latter's ouster.^[2]

Lt-Gen Azam Khan also served as the President of the Pakistan Olympic Association from 16 November 1958 to 22 September 1963.

References

1. ^ "Relief Work in Pakistan". The Glasgow Herald. October 18, 1960. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jis1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=06ULAAAAIBAJ&pg=5998,7112765&dq=azam-khan+pakistan+general&hl=en. Retrieved 19 December 2010. 
2. ^ Baxter, Craig; Syedur Rahman, Syedur Rahman (2003). Historical dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 49. http://books.google.com/books?id=PWKCmtu-RT4C&pg=PA49&dq=%22Azam+Khan%22+Pakistan+general&hl=en&ei=zYkOTZfaBozksQP8w5SeCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22Azam%20Khan%22%20Pakistan%20general&f=false. Retrieved December 19, 2010. 

Military offices
Preceded by Office established	Unified Commander of Eastern Military High Command 11 April 1960 – 11 May 1962	Succeeded by RAdm Muzaffar Hassan
Political offices
Preceded by Zakir Husain	Governor of East Pakistan 1960 – 1962	Succeeded by Ghulam Faruque

Persondata
Name	Khan, Azam
Alternative names
Short description	Pakistani general
Date of birth	1908
Place of birth
Date of death	1994
Place of death