Kaizad Maneck Sopariwala

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Kaizad Maneck Sopariwala
Alma materUnited States Army Command and General Staff College
AwardsHilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Military career
AllegiancePakistan
Service/branchPakistan Army
RankMajor General
AwardsHilal-i-Imtiaz (military)

Major General Kaizad Maneck Sopariwala was a Pakistani Army officer.[1] He was the first Pakistani Parsi who became a Major General in the Pakistan Army.[2]

Military career & later life[edit]

He graduated in 1986 from the United States Army Command and General Staff College.[2]

In 2002, he received the Hilal-e-Imtiaz award.[3]

In literature[edit]

In Agha H Amins' book, Pakistan Army Infantry Battalion Performance in the 1948 Kashmir War - A summary,[4] Agha uses Sopariwala as a source for the number of casualties the Baloch regiment suffered during the war.

He states that Sopariwala (metaphorically) "entered the arena like an angel and was crucial in helping me gather the final part of the puzzle i.e Baluch Regiment casualties in this war."[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Capt Safdar's tirade". DAWN.COM. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Raising the white flag: A tribute to our heroes - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  3. ^ "President gives away civil, military awards". DAWN.COM. 24 March 2002. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b Amin, Agha H. (January 2021). "LTG ATIQ UR RAHMAN SIMPLY WHITE WASHES 4 FFS GLORIOUS 1948 WAR PERFORMANCE-LOW MILITARY HISTORY WRITING STANDARDS IN PAKISTAN". Pakistan Army Infantry Battalion Performance in 1948 Kashmir War- A Summary.