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Azad Kashmir Regiment, the Glossary

The Azad Kashmir Regiment (AK Regt) is one of six infantry regiments in the Pakistan Army named after Azad Kashmir (Pakistan Administered Kashmir).^[1]

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Infantry regiments of Pakistan
Military in Azad Kashmir

Abdul Waheed Kakar

General Abdul Waheed Kakar (عبدالوحید کاکڑ; born 23 March 1937), is a retired senior officer of the Pakistan Army who served as the ninth chief of army staff, appointed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 12 January 1993 upon death of his predecessor Asif Nawaz Janjua, he remained in office until retiring on 12 January 1996.

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Akhtar Hussain Malik

Major General Akhtar Hussain Malik (1910s – 22 August 1969) was a Pakistani senior military officer, and a widely decorated war hero of the Pakistan Army due to his leadership and command during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.

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Attock District

Attock District (Urdu and ضلع اٹک) is a district in Pothohar Plateau of the Punjab Province of Pakistan.

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Ayub Khan

Muhammad Ayub Khan (14 May 190719 April 1974), better known as Ayub Khan, was a Pakistani military officer who served as the second president of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969.

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Azad Kashmir

Azad Jammu and Kashmir abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir, is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee.

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Azad Kashmir Regular Force

The Azad Kashmir Regular Force (AKRF), formerly known as the Kashmir Liberation Forces(KLF), were the irregular forces of Azad Kashmir until 1948. Azad Kashmir Regiment and Azad Kashmir Regular Force are military in Azad Kashmir.

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Budhal tehsil

Budhal is a tehsil in Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

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Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan)

The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) is a position in the Pakistani Army held by a four-star general.

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Colonel commandant

Colonel commandant is a military title used in the armed forces of some English-speaking countries.

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Colonel-in-chief

Colonel-in-chief is a ceremonial position in a military regiment.

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Dogra dynasty

The Dogra dynasty of Dogra Rajputs from the Shivalik hills created Jammu and Kashmir when all dynastic kingdoms in India were being absorbed by the East India Company.

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East Pakistan

East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, covering the territory of the modern country Bangladesh.

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Evolution of Pakistan Eastern Command plan

The Eastern Command of the Pakistan Army (initially designated as III Corps) was a corps-sized military formation headed by a lieutenant-general, who was designated the Commander Eastern Command.

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F. S. Lodhi

Lieutenant-General Farooq Shaukat Lodhi (سردار فاروق شوکت خان لودھی&lrm;; 17 June 1931 – 14 September 2004), best known as F.S. Lodhi, was a Pakistani public official and military officer who served as the Governor of Punjab and Balochistan in 1984, and later serving as the Interior Minister in Zia administration in 1985..

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General officer

A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry.

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Hilal-e-Kashmir

Hilal-e-Kashmir (ہلالِ کشمیر; abbreviated as "HK") is the highest military gallantry award of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Azad Kashmir Regiment and Hilal-e-Kashmir are military in Azad Kashmir.

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Hilal-i-Imtiaz

The Hilaal-e-Imtiaz, also spelled and transliterated as Hilāl-e-Imtiyāz, is the second-highest (in the hierarchy of "Hilal") civilian award and honour given to both civilians and military officers of the Pakistan Armed Forces by the Government of Pakistan.

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Indian Army

The Indian Army is the land-based branch and largest component of the Indian Armed Forces.

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Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948

The Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948, also known as the first Kashmir war, was a war fought between India and Pakistan over the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir from 1947 to 1948.

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Indo-Pakistani war of 1965

The Indo-Pakistani war of 1965, also known as the second India–Pakistan war, was an armed conflict between Pakistan and India that took place from August 1965 to September 1965.

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Indo-Pakistani war of 1971

The Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, also known as the third India-Pakistan war, was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred during the Bangladesh Liberation War in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 until the Pakistani capitulation in Dhaka on 16 December 1971.

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Insurgency in Balochistan

The Insurgency in Balochistan is an insurgency or revolt by Baloch separatist insurgents and various Islamist militant groups against the governments of Pakistan and Iran in the Balochistan region, which covers the Pakistani province of Balochistan, Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan, and Balochistan of southern Afghanistan.

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Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, also known as the War in North-West Pakistan or Pakistan's war on terror, is an ongoing armed conflict involving Pakistan and Islamist militant groups such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jundallah, Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI), TNSM, al-Qaeda, and their Central Asian allies such as the ISIL–Khorasan (ISIL), Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, East Turkistan Movement, Emirate of Caucasus, and elements of organized crime.

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Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad

Lieutenant General Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad (Urdu: اشفاق ندیماحمد; died 24 September 2021) HI(M), was a retired three star rank Pakistan Army general who served as Corps Commander II Corps of the Pakistan Army.

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Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)

Jammu and Kashmir, also known as Kashmir and Jammu, was a princely state in a subsidiary alliance with the British East India Company from 1846 to 1858 and under the paramountcy (or tutelage) of the British Crown, from 1858 until the Partition of India in 1947, when it became a disputed territory, now administered by three countries: China, India, and Pakistan.

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Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry

The Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JAK LI) is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army.

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Jammu and Kashmir Rifles

The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army.

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Kargil War

The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was fought between India and Pakistan from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Ladakh (erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir) and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LoC).

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Kumaon Regiment

The Kumaon Regiment is one of the oldest infantry regiments of the Indian Army. The regiment traces its origins to the 18th century and has fought in every major campaign of the British Indian Army and the Indian Army, including the two world wars, and is one of the highest decorated regiments of the Indian Army.

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Leepa Valley

The Leepa Valley (وادی لیپہ) is an arable valley situated in the Jehlum Valley of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan.

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Lieutenant general (Pakistan)

Lieutenant General is a three-star army officer rank in the Pakistan Army.

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Light Commando Battalion

The Light Commando Battalions (LCB) are commando units of the Pakistan Army, tasked with special operations and counter-terrorism.

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List of wars involving Pakistan

Since its establishment in 1947, Pakistan has been involved in numerous armed conflicts both locally and around the world.

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Madras Regiment

The Madras Regiment is the oldest infantry regiment of the Indian Army, originating in the 1750s as a unit of the British East India Company.

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Mahar Regiment

The Mahar Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army.

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Malik Munawar Khan Awan

Malik Munawar Khan Awan was a Major rank officer in the Pakistan Army, whose career had begun in the British Indian Army and included spells in the Imperial Japanese Army and the revolutionary Indian National Army that fought against the Allies in World War II where he commanded 2nd INA Guerrilla Battalion during famous Battle of Imphal.

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Mansar, Pakistan

Mansar (Urdu:مانسر) is a town in the Chach Valley of Attock District in Punjab Province, Pakistan.

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Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians, and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor.

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Mendhar Tehsil

Mendhar is a tehsil (administrative district) in the Poonch district of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

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Military operations in Poonch (1948)

Military operations took place in Poonch district, then part of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, in 1948 during the conflict in Jammu and Kashmir between the Indian Army and Pakistani and Azad Kashmir rebel forces.

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Militia

A militia is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional or part-time soldiers; citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel; or, historically, to members of a warrior-nobility class (e.g.

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Mohmand District

Mohmand District (مومندو ولسوالۍ, ضلع مہمند) is a district in Peshawar Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan.

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Muhammad Anwar Khan (politician)

Major General Muhammad Anwar Khan, (9 May 1945 – 19 January 2023) was a career soldier and politician who served as the President of Azad Kashmir from 25 August 2001 to 23 August 2006.

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Muhammad Haroon Aslam

Muhammad Haroon Aslam (محمد ہارون اسلم) is a retired 3-Star general of Pakistan Army.

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Mujahida Hussain Bibi

Mujahida Hussain Bibi usually known as Bibi Sahiba or Shaheeda Mai Hussain Bibi registered as a regular soldier in the Pakistan Army who fought in the First Kashmir War.

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Nishan-e-Imtiaz

The Nishan-e-Imtiaz is one of the state organized civil decorations of Pakistan.

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Operation Gibraltar

Operation Gibraltar was the codename of a military operation planned and executed by the Pakistan Army in the territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India in August 1965.

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Operation Grand Slam

Operation Grand Slam was a key military operation of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.

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Pakistan Army

The Pakistan Army, commonly known as the Pak Army (پاک فوج|translit. Azad Kashmir Regiment and Pakistan Army are military units and formations established in 1947.

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Poonch (town)

Poonch (or Punch), (called Prunts in the Kashmiri, Gojri & Pahari languages) is a town and the administrative headquarters of the Poonch district, of the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which is part of the larger disputed territory of Kashmir.

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Rajouri

Rajouri or Rajauri is a city in the Rajouri district in the Jammu division of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

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Ramban district

Ramban district is an administrative district in the Jammu division of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tertiary sources (a) through (d), reflecting due weight in the coverage.

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Saif Ali Janjua

Naik Saif Ali Janjua (23 April 1922 — 26 October 1948) was a Pakistani non-commissioned officer in the Azad Kashmir Regiment.

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Sarfraz Ali (general)

Lieutenant General Chaudhary Sarfraz Ali (1 December 1968 – 1 August 2022) was a three star Pakistani general who was serving as Corps Commander Quetta since December 2020 and Commander of the Azad Kashmir Regiment since December 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash on 1 August 2022.

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Siachen conflict

The Siachen conflict, sometimes referred to as the Siachen Glacier conflict or the Siachen War, was a military conflict between India and Pakistan over the disputed Siachen Glacier region in Kashmir.

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Sitara-e-Basalat

Sitara-e-Basalat (ستارہِ بسالت||Star of Valour) is a non-operational gallantry (courageous behaviour, especially in battle) award of Pakistan Armed Forces given to individuals for distinguished acts of gallantry, valor or courage while performing their duty It is given by the President of Pakistan on the recommendation of a service chief.

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Sitara-e-Jurat

Sitara-e-Jurat (Star of Courage) is the third highest military award of Pakistan.

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Tamgha-i-Basalat

Tamgha-i-Basalat (Medal of Good Conduct) is an award of the Pakistan Armed Forces.

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Tamgha-i-Jurat

Tamgha-i-Jurat (Medal of Courage), is the fourth highest military award of Pakistan.

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The Grenadiers

The Grenadiers is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army, formerly part of the Bombay Army and later the pre-independence British Indian Army, when the regiment was known as the 4th Bombay Grenadiers. Azad Kashmir Regiment and the Grenadiers are military units and formations established in 1947.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azad_Kashmir_Regiment

Also known as A.K Regimental Center, AK Regiment, Azad Kashmir Army, Azad Kashmir Regimental Center, Azad Kashmir Regimental Centre.

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Azad Kashmir Regiment, the Glossary

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See also

Infantry regiments of Pakistan

Military in Azad Kashmir

References