Tikka Khan Military person

General Tikka Khan, HJ, HQA, SPk, (Punjabi, Urdu: ٹکا خان‎; 7 July 1915 – 28 March 28, 2002) was a four-star general in the Pakistan Army who served as the first Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army from 3 March 1972 to 1 March 1976. Prior Tikka's take over the appointment of Chief of Army Staff was known as Commander-in-Chief. Before the four-star assignment (in 1971), Tikka Khan was a Martial Law Administrator of erstwhile East-Pakistan (later, Bangladesh). He succeeded Brigadier-General Mitty Masud, and assumed the command of Eastern Military High Command on 26 March 1971. As a Commander of Eastern Command, (then) Lieutenant-General Tikka Khan was the architect and top planner of Operation Searchlight. He is still remembered as the "Butcher of Bengal" for his ruthlessness against separatists and brutality inflicted in the erstwile East Pakistan, in the remaining Pakistan. He got his first Butcher title "Butcher of Balochistan" because of his infamous atrocities in Balochistan in 1970.

Personal facts

Birth date	July 07, 1915
Birth place	Punjab Province (British India) , Rawalpindi , Presidencies and provinces of British India , British Raj
Date of death	March 28, 2002
Place of death	Pakistan , Punjab Pakistan , Rawalpindi

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award	Nishan-e-Pakistan Hilal-i-Jur'at
military operations	Bangladesh Liberation War Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Operation Searchlight Battle of Chawinda Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
military command	Chief of Army Staff IV Corps 15th Infantry Division Sialkot II Strike Corps Eastern Military High Command 8th Infantry Division Rann of Kutch
military unit	Pakistan Army
service number	(PA – 124)
service start	1940
service end	1976