British Indian Army
The British Indian Army, commonly referred to as the Indian Army, was the main military of the British Raj before its dissolution in 1947. It was responsible for the defence of the British Indian Empire, including the princely states, which co ...
during the World War II. After demobilisation, he served as a rebel leader during the
First Kashmir War
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. He is credited with the capture of Mirpur, even though the real action was carried out by Pakistan's
PAVO Cavalry
The 11th Cavalry (Frontier Force), is an armoured regiment of the Pakistan Army. It was previously known as the 11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry and was a regular cavalry regiment of the old British Indian Army. It was formed in 1921 by th ...
.Regimental History Cell ''History of the Azad Kashmir Regiment, Volume 1 (1947-1949)'', Azad Kashmir Regimental Centre, NLC Printers, Rawalpindi,1997 He was also allegedly involved with the
Rawalpindi Conspiracy
The Rawalpindi Conspiracy (also known as the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case) was an attempted ''coup d'état'' against the governments of Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, in 1951. The conspiracy was the first of many subsequen ...
Khan Muhammad Khan was born in April, 1919 in Mong to Alam Sher Khan, a local dignitary. He joined the
British Indian Army
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and received his commission in 1938. He was with
Fusiliers
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for 18 months and served as a
King's Commissioned Indian Officer A King commissioned Indian officer (KCIO) was an Indian officer of the British Indian Army who held a full King's commission after training in the United Kingdom, either at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst for infantry officers, Woolwich for a ...
for 2 years. He participated in
World War II
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and was posted to 3rd Battalion of
1st Punjab Regiment
The 1st Punjab Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. Upon the Partition of India, it was transferred to the newly-raised Pakistan Army. It ceased to exist in this form in 1956, when it was amalgamate ...
in the Middle East and Italy.
Khan took part in the
First Kashmir War
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as a rebel leader. He was active in the Mirpur sector. He led the Mirpur campaign and later raised the 24 Azad Kashmir Battalion (Khan) of the
Azad Kashmir Regiment
The Azad Kashmir Regiment, also known as AK Regt, is one of the six infantry regiments in the Pakistan Army. The regiment takes its name from Azad Kashmir, which is the Pakistani-administered territory of the Kashmir region. As per the order of ...
.
According to his personal memoirs, during the
1955 Poonch uprising
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The 1955 Poonch revolt, also known as the 1955 Poonch uprising, was a Civil revolt in Azad Jammu and Kashmir against the State of Pakistan. The uprising broke out in February 1955 and was provoked largely by the dismissal of Sardar I ...
against the state of
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
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, Khan of Mong was involved in the rallying of support for the movement. He fled to
Indian-administered Kashmir
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and was later accused by Pakistan Government of being a
double agent
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, attempting to gather resources and ammunition to instigate a movement against the state. Upon return from India, he was imprisoned by
Pakistan
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in
Haripur District
Haripur District ( ps, هریپور ولسوالۍ, ur, "The Town of Hari") is a district in Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The town of Haripur (meaning 'Hari's town') was founded in 1822 by Hari Singh Nalwa, the Com ...