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Sahabzada Yaqub Khan

1920 - 2016

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Sahabzada Mohammad Yaqub Ali Khan SPk (Urdu: صاحبزادہ یعقوب خان ; 23 December 1920 – 26 January 2016) was a Pakistani politician, diplomat, military figure, linguist, and a retired general in the Pakistani Army. After the Partition of India in 1947, he opted for Pakistan and joined the Pakistan Army where he participated in the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965. He was the commander of the army's Eastern Command in East Pakistan. He was appointed as governor of East Pakistan in 1969 and 1971 but recalled to Pakistan after he submitted his resignation amid civil unrest. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sahabzada Yaqub Khan is the 18,473rd most popular politician (down from 18,158th in 2019), the 1,192nd most popular biography from India (down from 1,099th in 2019) and the 283rd most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sahabzada Yaqub Khan ranks 18,473 out of 19,576Before him are Everett Dirksen, Norm Coleman, John Slidell, Nadhim Zahawi, Martin Helme, and Talant Mamytov. After him are Igor Kravchuk, Andrea Sartoretti, Marianne Thieme, Dave Heineman, Seth Moulton, and Penny Wong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Sahabzada Yaqub Khan ranks 463Before him are Rex Allen, Edwin Morgan, Don Branson, Reg Harris, Jerome Richardson, and Helen O'Connell. After him are Little Jimmy Dickens, Ram Swarup, Gene Nelson, Constance Moore, and David Brinkley. Among people deceased in 2016, Sahabzada Yaqub Khan ranks 599Before him are Marcos Danilo Padilha, Dalian Atkinson, Donald Henderson, Balram Jakhar, Ali Hussein Shihab, and Deborah S. Jin. After him are David Hahn, Ralph Stanley, Ronnie Corbett, Lonnie Mack, Vasyl Slipak, and David Herd.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sahabzada Yaqub Khan ranks 1,192 out of 1,861Before him are Darshan Ranganathan (1941), Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy (1972), Poonam Dhillon (1962), Durga Khote (1905), Vijay Deverakonda (1989), and Vidit Gujrathi (1994). After him are Raja Rao (1908), Aravind Adiga (1974), Farooq Sheikh (1948), Sushma Seth (1936), Om Birla (1962), and Parvathy Thiruvothu (1988).

Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Sahabzada Yaqub Khan ranks 283Before him are Balram Jakhar (1923), Pawan Kumar Chamling (1950), Parkash Singh Badal (1927), Parmanand Jha (1944), Seema Rao (1970), and Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy (1972). After him are Om Birla (1962), Manik Sarkar (1949), Uma Bharti (1959), Michael Bennet (1964), Salabat Jung (1718), and Devendra Fadnavis (1970).