Iftikhar Janjua Military person

Major General Iftikhar Khan Janjua, HJ & Bar, SPk, SQA, (died December 9, 1971) of the Pakistan Army is the most senior Pakistani officer to have been killed in action. He is known in Pakistan as the hero of Rann of Kutch, as he was a brigadier in command of 6 Brigade, during the fighting in April 1965 prior to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. He died in a helicopter crash, in Kashmir, while in command of 23 Infantry Division during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971

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Iftikhar Janjua
Date of deathDecember 09, 1971
Place of death
Kashmir

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allegiancePakistan
award
Hilal-i-Jur'at
military operations
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
World War II
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
military branch
Pakistan Army
military command
6 Armoured Division
10 Baloch
23 Division
6 Brigade
military unit
Baloch Regiment
service start1943
service end1971

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