ISKANDER MIRZA(1899-1996)



EARLY LIFE

Sahibzada Iskander Ali Mirza
speaking  Urdu ا Bengali.
Born in 13 November 1899  and died in 13 November 1969),  Pakistani general officer and Bengali civil servant who was the first President of Pakistan. He was elected in this capacity in 1956 until being dismissed by his appointed army commander General Ayub Khan in 1958.

EDUCATION

Mirza was educated at the University of Bombay.
And after it attending the military college in
Sandhurst in the United Kingdom. After a brief military service in the British Indian Army, he joined the Indian Political Service.
And spent the majority of his career as a political
agent in india, until elevated as joint secretary at the
Ministry of Defence in 1946.
1954, he was appointed as Governor of his
home province of East Bengal by Prime Minister Mohammad Ali of Bogra.

Defence Secretary (1947–50)

As the partition of India took place by the United Kingdom, Mirza played a
substantial role in a committee that was responsible for dividing British India's Army,
Navy and Air Force into the future militaries of India and Pakistan.
Due to rapid political instability in East Bengal, Mirza was relieved as Defence Secretary and took over the governorship of East Bengal, and this  appointment approved by then
Governor-General Sir Malik Ghulam on 29 May 1954.

MARITAL LAW OCT 1958

First time and three weeks ago, I (Iskander Mirza) imposed martial law in
Pakistan and appointed General Ayub Khan as Supreme
Commander of the Armed Forces and also as Chief Martial
Law Administrator. By the grace of God.

END OF PRESIDENCY AND DEATH

Ayub dispatched the military unit to enter in
presidential palace on the midnight of 26–27 October 1958 and placed him in an airplane
to exile in England.
Exiled in 1959, Mirza lived a remainder of his life in exile in London, England where he
financially struggled running a small Pakistan cuisine hotel until his death.

FAMILY
Mirza was married twice: his first marriage took place on 24 November 1922, when he
married an Iranian woman, Rifaat Begum (1907–23 March 1967). The couple had two
sons and four daughters.

By Dr Muhammad Abid

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