Mujib Ahmad Khan Lodhi SJ TPk ( Eng. Mujeeb Ahmad Khan Lodhi , Urdu مجيب احمد خان لودهى ; 1921 ) - Rear Admiral of the Pakistan Navy, defense analyst, author of memoirs and writer, leading a column in the newspaper The News International [1] . He was led by the Western Command of the Pakistan Navy, commander of the Pakistan Navy in 1971 during the third Indo-Pakistan war. He was dismissed by order of the President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto . The author of the memoirs "Blue Sea: Memoirs of Admiral Lodhi" ( Eng. Ocean Rift: Memoirs of Admiral Lodhi ) about the third Indo-Pakistani war.
| Mujib Ahmad Khan Lodhi | |
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| English Mujeeb Ahmad Khan Lodhi , Urdu مجيب احمد خان لودهى | |
| Date of Birth | 1921 |
| Place of Birth | |
| Affiliation |  Great Britain (1941-1947) Pakistan (1947-1971) |
| Type of army | navy :
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| Years of service | 1941-1971 |
| Rank |   rear admiral |
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| Awards and prizes | |
| Retired | Saudi Arabian Navy Advisor, writer |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
- 3.1 Own books
- 3.2 Other books
Biography
He served during the Second World War in the Indian Royal Navy of the Royal Navy of Great Britain. As part of a group of 20 sailors of the Royal Indian Fleet, he took the oath of the Pakistan Navy [2] . At the time of the oath, Pakistan had the rank of lieutenant [3] . One of his colleagues was Vice Admiral E.K. Kuruwila (1922–1997), with whom they both served in the British Navy in World War II, but after the partition of India were on opposite sides of the barricades [4] .
In 1965, Lodhi participated in the second Indo-Pakistani war: a member of the Joint Task Force (CTG), a member of Operation Dwarka [5] . During the operation, he led the destroyer of the Pakistani Navy “Babur” (the former destroyer of the British Navy “Diadem”) and was responsible for monitoring the station [6] . The destroyer with its fire damaged the lighthouse at the radar station, and then safely returned to the base and continued to serve until 1967 [7] .
In 1969, Commodore Lodhi served in East Pakistan and was appointed port administrator of Chittagong Port [8] . In 1970 he was promoted to rear admiral and appointed commander of the Western Navy command and commander of the Pakistan Navy [9] [10] .
Rear Admiral Lodhi commanded the Joint Task Force of the Western Command of the Pakistan Navy during the third Indo-Pakistani War, which included one cruiser, five destroyers, two frigates, four submarines and a tanker [9] . He also had at his disposal the only Gazi long-range submarine, which had to be put into operation, since there was no way to support the Pakistani Eastern Command, subordinate to Rear Admiral Mohammed Shariff [11] . Lodhi appointed Commodore Hassan Hafiz Ahmed as his chief of staff [12] .
After Pakistan signed the Surrender Act in 1971, the independence of East Pakistan, which became the Republic of Bangladesh , was recognized. The surrender was signed by Rear Admiral Mujib Lodhi, Rear Admiral Rashid Ahmed and Vice Admiral Muzaffar Hassan [13] . After surrender, Lodhi was removed from his post and sent to the reserve, and Commodore Ahmed took the post of chief of staff of the Pakistan Navy in April 1972 [14] [15] . After the resignation, Lodhi went to work as a military adviser to the Saudi Navy, staying there for a while [16] . Since 2015, collaborates with the newspaper The News International , where he leads a column on defense and security [1] .
In 2017, he released his memoirs about the third Indo-Pakistani war Sea Blue: Memoirs of Admiral Lodhi ( English Ocean Rift: Memoirs of Admiral Lodhi ).
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 MAK Lodhi: Writer - The News International: Latest News Breaking, Pakistan News . The News International. Date of treatment August 14, 2017.
- ↑ Sainik Samachar, 1973 , p. 9.
- ↑ AGN Kazi. The first few executive officers transferred to the Pakistan Navy on Partition . Flickr Flickr, Kazi. Date of treatment August 14, 2017.
- ↑ Sainik Samachar, 1973 , pp. 9-10.
- ↑ Roy, 1995 , p. 83.
- ↑ Usman Shabir. 1965 War ( html) (link not available) . pakdef.org . Karachi, Sindh, Pk .: PakDef Military Consortium (June 2003). Date of treatment August 14, 2017. Archived March 30, 2014.
- ↑ Sirohey, 1995 , pp. 170-172.
- ↑ Dacca Law Cases, 1969 , p. 41.
- ↑ 1 2 Haroon, 2005 , p. 437.
- ↑ Roy, 1995 , p. 194.
- ↑ Rai, 1987 , p. 47.
- ↑ Roy, 1995 , p. 198.
- ↑ Hussain, 1979 , p. 77.
- ↑ Rizvi, 2000 , p. 144.
- ↑ Jafri, 2008 , p. 92.
- ↑ IMCO, 1973 .
Literature
Own books
- Rear Admiral MAK Ladi. OCEAN RIFT Memoirs of Admiral Lodhi. - Islamabad, Pakistan: Royal Book Co., Pakistan, 2017 .-- S. 570. - ISBN 9789694074382 .
Other books
- Dacca Law Cases: A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Reports of Decisions of the High Court of East Pakistan and the Board of Revenue (East Pakistan) with East Pakistan Statutes . - Dacca, East Pakistan: Dacca Law Cases, 1969.
- Asif Haroon. Roots of 1971 Tragedy . - 1st. - Karachi: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2005 .-- S. 642. - ISBN 9789693516777 .
- Syed Shabbir Hussain. The Death Dance . - Lahore: Kamran Pub. House, 1979.- S. 129.
- Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization. Acte Final de la Conférence Avec Documents Joints Comprenant Le Texte Du Protocole Adopté. - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: IMO Publishing, 1973.- S. 60. - ISBN 9789280100228 .
- Maqsood Jafri. The Ideals of Bhutto . - 2008 .-- 390 s.
- Ranjit Rai. A nation and its navy at war. - 1st. - New Delhi : Lancer International, 1987. - S. 190. - ISBN 9788170620136 .
- H. Rizvi . Civilian interlude // Military, State and Society in Pakistan . - 1. - Islamabad : Springer, 2000 .-- 289 p. - ISBN 9780230599048 .
- Mihir K. Roy. Trumps and Aces // War in the Indian Ocean . - 1st. - Delhi: Lancer Publishers, 1995 .-- S. 290. - ISBN 9781897829110 .
- Sainik Samachar (English) // Sainik Samachar. - Director of Public Relations, Ministry of Defense, 1973. - Vol. 20. - P. 73 .
- Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey. Truth Never Retires: An Autobiography of Admiral Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey . - Karachi: Jang Publishers, 1995 .-- S. 562.