Muzaffar Hassan

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Muzaffar Hassan
Birth name	Muzaffar Hassan
Born	1920 British India
Died	May 24, 2012 ^{[citation needed]}
Allegiance	Pakistan United Kingdom
Service/branch	Pakistan Navy Royal Navy
Years of service	1932-1972
Rank	Vice Admiral
Service number	PN No. 073
Unit	Naval Executive Branch
Commands held	Chief of Naval Staff Eastern Military High Command Commander Karachi Western Naval Command Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST)
Battles/wars	World War II Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Operation Falcon
Awards	Sitara-e-Pakistan Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam

Vice Admiral Muzaffar Hassan, HQA, SPk, was the last Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Navy from 1969 to 1972, and led the Pakistan Navy during the Indo-Pakistan Naval Operations of the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War. In 1972, he was later sacked and court-martial as Naval Chief of Staff, along with the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant-General Gul Hassan Khan and the Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Abdul Rahim Khan. All of these Armed Forces and Services commanders were forcefully retired in a stand-up military trial led by the Judge Advocate General Branch.

Naval career

Hassan joined the Royal Indian Navy as a Non-Commissioned Officer in 1932. He was later sent to United Kingdom where he attended the Britannia Royal Naval College where he graduated from there. He was quickly inducted in Royal Navy's Executive Branch and served in World War II (in European front) on behalf of Royal Navy. In 1947, he returned to British Indian Empire and briefly served in Royal Indian Navy (RIN). After Independence and Partition of India, he was among one of the 20 Executive officers transferred to Pakistan Navy.^[1] At that time, he had reached the rank of Lieutenant. In 1952, as Commander, he was commanded PNS Tariq, the destroyer. At there, he accompanied Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar, then Governor of Punjab Province, in a Hajj mission led by Pakistan Navy.^[2] He actively participated in Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 where he, as Rear-Admiral, led the Navy's mild operation in the conflict

In 1967, he became commander of Western Naval Command, followed by another 2 star assignment. In 1968, he was made Commander Karachi, a senior staff appointment of Pakistan Navy. In 1969, he was promoted to Vice-Admiral in the Navy and assumed the Command of Pakistan Navy.

Chief of Naval Staff

As Chief of Naval Staff, he led the Pakistan Navy in Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

He then lived in Karachi. Admiral Muzaffar Hassan died on May 24, 2012 at Karachi following a prolonged illness.^{[citation needed]} He was buried in the Naval Graveyard.

References

External links

Official website of Pakistan Navy

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Preceded by LGen Azam Khan	Unified Commander of Eastern Military High Command 11 April 1962 – 11 May 1968	Succeeded by LGen Kamal Mutinuddin
Preceded by Syed Mohammad Ahsan	Commander-in-Chief, Pakistan Navy 1969 – 1972	Succeeded by Hasan Hafeez Ahmed

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Persondata
Name	Hassan, Muzaffar
Alternative names
Short description	Pakistani admiral
Date of birth	1920
Place of birth	British Indian Empire
Date of death	May 24, 2012
Place of death	Karachi

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