Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Ghulam Tawab (1 July 1930 – 23 February 1999) was the second chief of the air staff of

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who also served as deputy chief martial law administrator of

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with General

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and Admiral

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from 1975 to 1976.

Early life

Tawab was born in a village near Sylhet, of Bengal Province,

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, on 1 July 1930. He was married to Henrietta, a

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national, and has two sons and a daughter.

Career

After graduating college Tawab joined the Pakistan Air Force in 1951 and was commissioned with the 9th GD(P) course as a pilot officer in the

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. He graduated from PAF College Risalpur on September 15, 1951. In 1975, Tawab was promoted to Air Vice Marshal and appointed as Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force. After Sheikh Mujib's assassination in August 1975, Tawab was immediately recalled from West Germany to active duty by

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upon then

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's advice.

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was promptly dismissed, and Tawab was reinstated to Bangladesh Air Force and appointed the Chief of Air Staff with the rank of Air Vice Marshal. M. G. Tawab retired from Bangladesh Air Force in 1977 and returned to

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. He died in

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on 23 February 1999 from prostate cancer after several years of illness.

Awards & Decorations

References

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