Colonel Muhammad Khan (1910 – 23 October 1999) was a

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officer and a war veteran. He also served in the Indian Army of the undivided British India and was a veteran of World War II. While serving in

, he wrote his first book ''Bajung Aamad'' ( ur, بجنگ آمد) which was a humorous autobiography. This book became extremely popular and became one of the most famous books in Urdu literature. The success of his first book earned him critically acclaimed prominence among Urdu humorists and he is considered one of the most influential authors of this genre. He was the fellow of Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi,

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.Daily Jung, 24 October 1999 He is mostly known as ''Colonel Muhammad Khan'' to distinguish him from other bearers of this common name, despite his efforts to be recognised by his birth name. Later editions of his books show his name as just ''Muhammad Khan''.

Biography

He was born as Muhammad Khan in the village of Balkasar which is a part of the city of Chakwal. He studied in

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and when World War II broke out, he joined the

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. He served in Iraq, Egypt,

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and in the Western Desert during the Second World War, where he valorously fought against the Germans. He rose to fame when he surprised the literary circles through his book ''

Bajung Aamad Bajung is a village development committee in Parbat District in the Dhawalagiri Zone of Western Development Region, Nepal. It is surrounded by Deupurkot to the north-east, Tilahar to the south-east, Durlung to the south-west and Kyang to the n ...

''. It was an autobiographical account of his life as a soldier in World War II. In 1974, he went on a tour of the UK and later published his account of the UK tour in ''Basalamat Ravi''. Later he published another book, ''Bazam Arayan'', a collection of semi autobiographical short stories.

Books

*Bajang Aamad *Basalamat Ravi *Bazam Araiyan *Badesi Mazah *Tasneefat-e-Kernal Muhammad Khan

References

Indian Army personnel of World War II Pakistan Army officers People from Chakwal District 1910 births 1999 deaths Pakistani military writers British Indian Army officers {{Pakistan-mil-bio-stub