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Pakistan Artillery Historian hostile to Brigadier Amjad Ali Khan Chaudhry and his brother Saadat Ali Khan Chaudhry
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military review, 2023
I was surprised that British artillery historians simply hoodwinked and whitewashed the brilliant handling of the company’s artillery in this battle ! The only reason that I could deduct was “professional jealousy” . Colonel Tombs commanding the company’s artillery in this battle was an outstanding soldier , who had excelled at the two battles of Ghaziabad as well as at Badli as an artillery leader ! He had already won a VC at Delhi and his role in the great cavalry action of 9th June 1857 was crucial. Dictionary of Indian Biography by Buckland described the real artillery hero of this battle as below:-- “BLUNT, CHARLES HARRIS (1824-1900) Major General : entered the Army, 1842 : was in the Bengal Horse Artillery : was in the Satlaj campaign, 1846, at Sobraon : also in the Panjab campaign : in the mutiny, raised " Blunt's Horse," was at the siege of Delhi, battle of Najafghar, action at Agra, (Lord Clyde's) relief of Lucknow, where he was the hero of a very dashing performance with the guns at the Sikandarbagh, at the action of Shamsabad, the capture of the fort and town of Kalpi : Brevets of Major and Colonel : C.B : Lord Roberts refers to his splendid courage in leading his guns in the advance on Lucknow : his troops suffered severely at Delhi and Agra, seldom, if ever, has a battery and its commander had a grander record to show " - died. Aug 15, 1900.” 25 Later Lord Roberts who was also from the Artillery and won a VC in 1857-59 war described Blunt as below:--26 “At the commencement of the Mutiny Blunt was a subaltern, and in ten months he found himself a Lieutenant-Colonel and a C. B. Quick and great rewards indeed, but nothing more than he richly des Pakistani Brigadier BrigadierAmjad Ali Khan Chaudhry HJ (9 January 1917 Poonch – 5 December 1990 Lahore) was a Pakistani military officer who fought in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. He was decorated for his service during the Battle of Chawinda. Chaudhry was born in Poonch, Kashmir on 9 January 1917, where his father, Sher Ali Khan was on tour with his family. Due to his academic achievements, he was scholarship holder throughout his school and college career. Chaudhry did his BA (Honours) in English from the Government College, Lahore . (The Nation, "The Gunner at Chawinda", Lahore, 6 December 1991). Chaudhry was commissioned in the then British Indian Army in 1942 in the 25 Mountain regiment. In 1949, after the Partition of India, he served as second-in-command of the 2 Field Regiment, Royal Pakistan Artillery 1949-50. Chaudhry was Brigade Major (BM)7 Division Artillery during the Kashmir Operations 1947-49. Chaudhry commanded the 4 Field Regiment Pakistan Artillery from 1956–57 and raised the 26 Field Regiment Artillery in 1957-59. He was Instructor (1954–55) and then Chief Instructor (1966–67) at the Command and Staff College, Quetta earning him the nickname "thinking colonel". Chaudhry also served as Director Weapons and Equipment (DWE) at the General Headquarters (GHQ) 1959-61 of the Pakistan Army in Rawalpindi. He was Commander 7 Division Artillery 1961-64 and Commander 4 Corps Artillery 1964-66. Chaudhry commanded the 4 Corps Artillery in the Kashmir Operations that preceded the 1965 war. When the war started, his unit participated in the battle of Chamb and the battle of Jaurain during Pakistan's thrust into Kashmir. The unit also participated in the battle of Chawinda in the Sialkot sector in Pakistan. Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan during the 1965 War wrote the following tribute on the performance of 4 Corps Artillery: From Dr Hamid Hussain. Brigadier FB Ali had an important role in two big events: the coup against Yahya Khan in Dec 1971 and a planned/imagined coup against Bhutto in 1973.. Details below.. Obituary of an officer & gentleman of a bygone era. Brigadier Furrukh Bakht Ali Hamid Hussain Brigadier F. B. Ali (February 1929 – February 2021) passed away in Canada. He was one of the last of the generation of Pakistan army officers commissioned right after the independence in 1947. He was a highly respected officer of Pakistan army. His family was from Patiala. His maternal grandfather Safdar Jung Khan was Lodi Pathan and served with police department. He was kotwal (city police chief) of Amritsar city. His maternal grandmother was from Turkmenistan who had migrated to India as a young girl. His father Bakht Yawar Ali was orphaned at young age but with hard work graduated from Government College Lahore and joined Indian Police Service (IPS). F.B. Ali was born in Delhi where his father was posted at that time. In view of frequent posting of Ali’s father to different locations (Karnal, Hoshiarpur, Muzzafargarh), it was decided to enroll Ali in Convent of Jesus and Mary in Mussoorie. He then joined his father’s alma mater Government College Lahore. In 1945, demand for a separate Muslim homeland had gained momentum. Students of Government College were from middle class families of government service and not involved in any political activity. Ali organized Muslim League student political activities where he met Khurshid Anwar. Anwar was organizing armed struggle in Kashmir after partition in August 1947 and asked Ali to join him. Ali wanted to join but his father vetoed the idea. He joined the first Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) course in January 1948. Due to war, course was shortened to ten months and cadets passed out in November 1948. He joined first PMA course and commissioned in November 1948. He won Norman Gold Medal and could opt for h FB Ali was a rising star in the Pakistan Army when, in 1969, Gen Yahya Khan, the army chief, declared martial law and took over the country. Disheartened at the direction in which Pakistan was heading, and his inability to do anything about it, he contemplated resigning, but the 1971 war with India intervened. Given an important combat command shortly before it began he witnessed firsthand how badly this disastrous war was mismanaged by the military regime and the incompetent generals it had appointed. The resulting debacle drove him to initiate and lead the army action that forced Gen Yahya Khan to hand over power to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who had won the 1970 election. The usual fate of kingmakers befell him: in 1972 he was retired from the army and a few months later arrested and tried on charges of trying to overthrow the government. Narrowly escaping a death sentence, he ended up with life imprisonment, spending over 5 years in prison before he was released following Bhutto's ouster in another military coup. Though offered a significant role in the new setup he decided to move to Canada with his family. This memoir contains an insider account of many important events of that decade, including the 1971 India-Pakistan war and the troubles in East Pakistan that led to the creation of Bangladesh. It is also a poignant tale of courage and endurance in the face of adversity.Amjad Ali Chaudhri
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Role of 4 Corps Artillery in the 1965 Indo-Pak War
Prison Journey: A Memoir