Mian Ghulam Jilani
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Major General Mian Ghulam Jilani
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| Birth name | Mian Ghulam Jilani |
| Born | 1 March 1913 Sibi, British Balochistan |
| Died | 1 March 2004(aged 91) Fairfax, Virginia, United States |
| Buried at | Fairfax, Virginia, United States |
| Allegiance |
 British India Pakistan
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| Service/branch |
 British Army Pakistan Army
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| Years of service | 1934–1973 |
| Rank |
 Major General
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| Service number | PA-042 |
| Unit | Royal Scots Regiment |
| Commands held | >the 19th Hyderabad Kumaon Regiment Frontier Force Regiment 14th Infantry Division Commandant of the Command and Staff College 15th Infantry Division 7th Infantry Division |
| Battles/wars |
World War II Indo-Pakistani War of 1965Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
| Awards |
Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam Imtiazi Sanad Legion of Merit |
World War II
Major General Mian Gulam Jilani (SQA, Imtiazi Sanad) (1 March 1913 – 1 March 2004) was a two-star general officer in the Pakistan Army who, as an Indian Army officer during the Second World War had survived a Japanese PoW camp at Singapore. He subsequently rose to help negotiate Pakistan's membership in the Baghdad Pact and the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. An ethnic Pashtun, he retired from the Pakistan Army in 1962 and was jailed 1973 for his political beliefs. Amnesty International declared him a prisoner of conscience in 1974. He escaped from custody and took political asylum in the United States in 1975.
Jilani was born in Sibi, Balochistan, when the British ruled the Indian subcontinent. He was educated at Forman Christian College in Lahore and later finished Law at Aligarh University in India. He completed his officer’s training at the Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College (RIMC) in Dehra Dun in India and was commissioned as second lieutenant on to the Indian Land Forces Special List on 1 February 1936 and attached to the 2nd battalion the Royal Scots Regiment on 24 February 1936. He was accepted for the Indian Army on 24 February 1937 and appointed to the 4th battalion 19th Hyderabad Kumaon Regiment in the British Indian Army. His senority as a second lieutenant was antedated to 3 February 1935 and he was promoted Lieutenant 3 May 1937.
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