History of Pakistan Army.

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Officers And VCOs Of 6/13 Frontier Force Rifles (Earlier 59th Scinde Rifles And Now 1 FF In The Pakistan Army) Photographed At Razmak In Waziristan In 1938.

Interesting To See How The Indian Officers Fared In Their Later Careers.

Musa Tops Of Course As A Full General And CinC, Pakistan Army For 8 Years. Army Commander - Kashmir Katoch, MC. Lt Gen - Bakhtiar Rana Pakistan Army). Maj General - Nazir Ahmad (Pakistan Army, Dismissed Because Of His Involvement In The Rawalpindi Conspiracy, 1951) Brigadiers - VD Jayal, DSO, Kl Atal, MVC And Bikram Ajit Singh Bajwa (Later Director, Military Farms). The VCOs All Wear Turbans In Keeping With The Times.

 

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23rd January,1951. Rawalpindi.

On this day, 71 years ago, General Muhammad Ayub Khan assumed charge as Commander in Chief of Pakistan Army. He succeeded Gen Douglas Gracy, and became the first non British, and at age 43, the youngest Pak Army chief, till date.
In later years, he became the second president of Pakistan, after seizing power as President in a coup in 1958, a role he continued till 1969. Ayub Khan's impact and influence on history and politics of Pakistan is perhaps more than any other leader in its 75 years history.
Notice the size and simplicity of his office, with basic furniture and flags of the military units he commanded.

 

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Waziristan Campaign, North-West Frontier, 1919-20 (c).

A) Bullock Transport In Waziristan Field Force.
B) Showing Good Condition Of Camels Under "Stall Feeding" In Waziristan Field Force.
Source - Army Veterinary Service In War

 

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Mohmand Field Force In Camp At Nahakki, During The Indian Frontier Rising, 1897 (c).
© Melton Prior / Britishbattles.

 

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circa 1949

Pakistan army regulars and the national guard, during an exercise at Malir, Karachi.

 

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Dropping Message To Brigade Headquarters' From Photographs Relating To Col Alexander Bennett's Service With The Mohmand Field Force, North-West Frontier Province, 1936-36 (c).

 

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Farewell to outgoing British MGO, Officers L-R, Brig Fazle Muqeem (PA155), outgoing British MGO, Maj Gen Syed Shahid Hamid (first Pakistani MGO of the Pakistan Army) and Brig (later Maj Gen) Sherjan, Rawalpindi, 1952...

 

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King Faisal II of Iraq visiting 501 Workshop, Rawalpindi.
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Rawalpindi Members of the newly formed Pakistani Security Guard marching past troops of the regular Pakistani Army during parade review for Pakistan's new leader Mohammed Ali Jinnah, who did not attend due to illness.

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Tirah Field Force "Tirah-Kurram-Khyber", Circa 1897-1898.
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The Nursing Sister's Of Tirah Expedition.

Source - The Navy And Army Illustrated March 20th, 1898.

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This Is a Staged Picture Depicts Men Of The Ghurka Rifles Aiming Their Weapons At Karuppa Tirah, Circa 1897.....

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Liaquat Ali Khan is briefed by "General Tariq" at the frontlines of Azad Kashmir, circa 1949..
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Bungalow at Dalbandin, Balochistan in 1955..

Kharan Rifles..
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Having Removed Their Turbans - Muslims, Hindu And Sikhs Police Recruits Are Instructed In Drill At A Frontier Constabulary Training Establishment, Nowshera, NWFP, 1944 (c).

© Cecil Beaton / Imperial War Museum
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PAVO at Dera Ismail Khan, circa 1890s. then known as the 1st Punjab Cavalry.

Immaculate drip. love what looks like a Martini-Henry cavalry carbine........

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