Muhammad Akram

Shaheed
Muhammad Akram
NH
Nickname(s) rakmi
Born 25 September 1941
Military Hospital, Mari Cantonment, Karachi, British India
Died 5 December 1971(age 30)
Hili, Dinajpur, East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh)(age 30)
Buried Bogra, East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh)
Allegiance  Pakistan
Service/branch  Pakistan Army
Years of service 1961–1971
Rank Major
Unit 4 Frontier Force Regiment
Battles/wars Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Bangladesh Liberation War
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Awards Nishan-e-Haider

Major Muhammad Akram (Urdu: محمد اکرم; c. 1941–1971), was a Pakistan Army officer who was killed at the Battle of Hilli and was posthumously awarded Nishan-e-Haider for his actions.[1]

Military career

Akram was born in Jhelum district, Punjab in Pakistan. He was an alumnus of Military College Jhelum.[2] In 1960, he was accepted by the Pakistan Military Academy and eventually graduated in 1961. He gained a commission in 1961 as part of the 4th Frontier Force Regiment.[1] He participated in 1965 Indo-Pak September War as a Captain where he led several successful military operations against the Indian Army. While stationed in Lahore, he commanded a small company which led several decisive operations against the Indian Armed Forces.

Death

Major Akram Shaheed Memorial

During the east Pakistan War of 1971, the 4th FF Regiment, which at that time was commanded by then Col. Muhammad Mumtaz Malik, was placed in the forward area of the Hilli Municipality (under Hakimpur Upozila, Dinajpur District), in what was then East Pakistan. The regiment came under continuous and heavy air, artillery and armour attacks from the Indian Army. Despite enemy superiority in both numbers and firepower, Akram and his men repulsed many attacks, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy.[3] He was killed in the attack and was posthumously awarded the Nishan-e-Haider, Pakistan's highest military honour.[3]

He was buried in the village of Boaldar, Thana/Upozila-Hakimpur (Banglahilly), District-Dinajpur. There is a monument, Major Akram Shaheed Memorial, in the midst of Jhelum city.

Awards and decorations

Nishan-e-Haider (NH)

References

  1. 1 2 Pakistan Army Website, retrieved 10 February 2013
  2. ↑ "ALAMGIRIAN SHUHADA – Military College Jhelum". militarycollege.edu.pk. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  3. 1 2 Shaheed Foundation Website, retrieved 10 February 2013
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