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1947 Pakistan war hero Brig. Mohammed Usman
remembered
Sunday July 15, 2012 09:00:35 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
The Indian Army Sunday remembered Brig. Mohammed Usman - its
highest-ranking officer killed in the 1947 India-Pakistan war.
A commemorative function was organised here to celebrate the birth
centenary of the late officer. who described as a "symbol of
India's inclusive secularism".
"At the time of partition, he with many other officers declined to
move to the Pakistan Army and continued to serve the Indian Army,
despite the bait of becoming the Pakistan Army Chief and intense
pressure from the Pakistani leadership to join the army of the new
nation," a statement issued on the occasion recalled.
Usman was serving the Baluch Regiment that went to the Pakistan
Army at the time of partition.
He was transferred to the the Dogra Regiment and was commanding 50
Para Brigade, deployed at Jhangar in December 1947 when the war
with Pakistan broke out.
He was posted at the Jammu and Kashmir front as the brigade
commander and led his soldiers from front in repulsing a fierce
attack on Naushera and Jhangar, two highly strategic locations in
the state.
He won himself a name "Lion of Naushera" for defending the sector
with an unparallelled courage and valour.
He was, however, killed in action July 3, 1948.
He was awarded a posthumous Maha Vir Chakra for his role in the
1947-48 operations.
The commemorative function at Manekshaw Centre here was attended
by Vice President M. Hamid Ansari, Defence Minister A.K. Antony,
his deputy M.M. Pallam Raju, and Army Chief Gen. Bikram Singh,
among others.
Ansari described Usman as "the hero of the battle of Naushera",
who, he said, "is one of the most inspiring military leaders of
Independent India".
"The heroic deeds of Usman will continue to inspire the Indian
Army in the years to come."
A film, "Naushera Ka Sher", on his life was also screened.
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