Malik Sher Bahadur
Pakistani Major General (born 1911)
About Malik Sher Bahadur
Born 1911.
Malik Sher Bahadur (born 11 April 1911) was a Pakistani two-star rank major general who served as the sixth Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence from 1955 to 1957 and eighth Chief of the General Staff from 1962 to 1966.
Early life Malik Sher Bahadur was born on 11 April 1911 into an Qutb Shahi family belonging to the Punjabi Awan tribe of Talagang Tehsil. His father, Malik Jehan Khan, served in the British Indian Army.
Ancestry Malik Sher Bahadur's great-grandfather, Malik Khan Baig, was described as an "eminent personality of his family". He was a Naib Subedar and went with his irregular cavalry to serve the British Army at Delhi during the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. On 11 June 1959, he was appointed as the Adjutant General of the army.
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Pakistani Major General (born 1911)
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Malik Sher Bahadur was born on 11 April 1911.
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