Khwaja Wasiuddin
Khwaja Wasiuddin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 March 1920 Ahsan Manzil, Dhaka, British Raj |
| Died | 22 September 1992 (aged 72) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Allegiance | British Empire (1940–1947) Pakistan (1947–1971) Bangladesh (1971–1977) |
| Service | British Indian Army Pakistan Army Bangladesh Army |
| Years of service | 1940–1977 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Battles / wars | |
Khwaja Wasiuddin (1920–1992) was a Bangladeshi army officer and diplomat. He started his career in the British Indian army. He retired as a Lieutenant general. He was the permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations.
Early life
Khwaja Wasiuddin was born on 20 March 1920 in Ahsan Manzil, Dhaka, Bengal Presidency (Present Bangladesh).[1] His father Khwaja Shahabuddin was the governor of North-west Frontier Province of Pakistan and member of the Dhaka Nawab family. His mother was Farhat Banu the niece of sir salimullah and member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly. He studied at Dhaka Muslim High School and later in St Gregory's High School.[1] In 1938 he graduated from Prince of Wales Royal Military College.[1][2]
Career
After graduation, he joined the Indian Military Academy and was commissioned on April 1940 in the artillery corps of the British Indian army. He served in the Burma campaign of World War two.[1] He reached the rank of major by 1943, and commanded an artillery battalion. In 1945 he was promoted to rank of Lieutenant Colonel and appointed as the additional deputy president of Inter Services Selection Board of British Indian Armed Forces.[1]
After the partition of India he opted for Pakistan army. In Pakistan, he continued to work in Pakistani Inter Services Selection Board, eventually becoming its president. In 1951 he went for further studies in Camberley Staff College in United Kingdom and subsequently was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General. In 1960 he was made the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Fourteenth Division located in East Pakistan and in 1963 he was the Commander of Tenth Division located in Lahore, West Pakistan.[1] In 1962 he was a provincial martial law administrator.[3] In 1964 he was promoted to Major General and got his higher educations from Imperial Defense College in United Kingdom. After he completed his course he was appointed the Master General of Ordnance of Pakistan Army.[1] In 1968 he was promoted to lieutenant General and placed in charge of the Second corps of Pakistan Army.[1]
During the Bangladesh Liberation War he was detained in West Pakistan. In 1974 He was repatriated to Bangladesh from Pakistan.[4] After returning to Bangladesh he would serve as the ambassador of Bangladesh to Kuwait and France.[1][5] He retired from Bangladesh Army in 1977 and was made the permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations,[6] position he held till 1986.[1] As the representative he supported Indonesia's annexation of East Timor in the United Nation.[7]
Death
He died on 22 September 1992 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Alamgir, Muhammad. "Wasiuddin, Lt General Khwaja". en.banglapedia.org. Banglapedia. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ Mishra, editors, Bikram Singh, Sidharth (1997). Where gallantry is tradition : saga of Rashtriya Indian Military College : plantinum jubilee volume, 1997. New Delhi: Allied Publishers. p. 46. ISBN 9788170236498.
{{cite book}}:|first1=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Von Vorys, Karl (2015). Political Development in Pakistan. Princeton University Press. p. 55. ISBN 9781400876389. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ Kumar Roy, Asish (2002). Praetorian politics in Bangladesh : 1975-1981. Progressive Publishers. p. 50. ASIN B0000CPM3O. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ Badrul Ahsan, Syed. "Old images from a long-ago war". archive.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ Hossain, Golam (1991). Civil-military relations in Bangladesh: a comparative study. Academic Publishers, the University of Michigan. p. 227. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ Krieger, Heike, ed. (1997). East Timor and the International Community: Basic Documents (1st paperback ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-521-58134-9.