Mohammed Zaman Kiani
Mohammed Zaman Kiani | |
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 Kiani in the 1940s | |
| Minister of Information of Pakistan | |
| President | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq |
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| Born | 1 October 1910 Major General |
| Battles/wars | World War II
First Kashmir War |
Mohammed Zaman Kiani (Urdu: محمد زمان کیانی; c. 1 October 1910 – 4 June 1981) was an officer of the British Indian Army who later joined the Indian National Army (INA), led by Subhas Chandra Bose, and commanded its 1st Division.
After Indian independence, Kiani opted for
Early life
Mohammad Zaman Kiani was born in the village of Tyal, near Bara Kahu in the Rawalpindi District, now part of Islamabad, Pakistan.[1]
A keen
Second World War and the Azad Hind
In March 1941 the 1st Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment was sent to
After the arrival of Subhas Chandra Bose in 1943 and the revival of the Indian National Army (INA), as well as the proclamation of the Free India government, Kiani was appointed the commander of the first division, which he led during the invasion of India in 1944.[3][4][5] At the time of the fall of Rangoon, Kiani led the personnel of the Indian National Army and the Azad Hind Government who, along with Bose, marched to Bangkok.[4] After Bose flew to Tokyo in August 1945, Kiani surrendered to the British 5th Division at Singapore on 25 August 1945 as the commander of the INA, along with the rest of his troops.[6] He was repatriated to India and interned until 1946, before being cashiered and discharged from the British Indian Army.[7]
Poonch Rebellion
Following the
In September 1947, the Pakistani prime minister
Later life
Kiani was later appointed the political agent of the Government of Pakistan at Gilgit.[7] He wrote his memoirs while in retirement in Rawalpindi. They were published after his death:
- Kiani, M. Z. (1994), India's Freedom Struggle and The Great INA - Memoirs of Maj Gen Mohammad Zaman Kiani Foreword by Sisir Kumar Bose., Reliance Publishing House, New Delhi, ISBN 81-85972-04-4
References
- ^ Nawaz, Crossed Swords (2008), p. 25, note 49.
- ^ Shah Nawaz Khan (1946). My Memories of I.N.A. & Its Netaji. Rajkamal Publications. pp. 60–62.
- ^ Shah Nawaz Khan (1946). My Memories of I.N.A. & Its Netaji. Rajkamal Publications. pp. 247–248.
- ^ a b Bose 2006, p. 141
- ^ Mercado 2002, p. 78
- ^ Bose 2006, p. 143.
- ^ a b Bose 2006, p. 144.
Sources
- Bose, Sugata (2006), A Hundred Horizons: The Indian Ocean in the Age of Global Empire, Harvard University Press, ISBN 978-0-674-02857-9
- Bose, Sugata (2011), His Majesty's Opponent, Harvard University Press, ISBN 978-0-674-04754-9
- Mercado, Stephen C. (2002), The Shadow Warriors of Nakano: A History of the Imperial Japanese Army's elite intelligence school., Brassey's., ISBN 1-57488-538-3
- Nawaz, Shuja (2008), Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army, and the Wars Within, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-547660-6
- Saraf, Muhammad Yusuf (2015) [first published 1979 by Ferozsons], Kashmiris Fight for Freedom, Volume 2, Mirpur: National Institute Kashmir Studies – via archive.org
External links
- Extract from Sugata Bose, A Hundred Horizons, world-journal.net, archived on 6 October 2007.
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