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Sahibzada Iskandar Ali Mirza[a] (13 November 1899 – 13 November 1969) was a Pakistani politician, statesman and military general who served as the Dominion of Pakistan 's fourth governor-general of Pakistan from 1955 to 1956, and then as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan 's first president from 1956 to 1958. [citation needed] Mirza ...
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Major-General Iskander Mirza, CIE, OBE, or Iskander Mirza...
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The 1958 Pakistani military coup was the first military coup in Pakistan that took place on 27 October 1958. It resulted in the toppling of Iskandar Ali Mirza, the president of Pakistan, by Muhammad Ayub Khan, the commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Army. On 7 October, Mirza abrogated the Constitution of Pakistan and declared martial law.
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È stato il primo Presidente del Pakistan dopo l'indipendenza del Paese, rimanendo in carica dal marzo 1956 all'ottobre 1958. Già dall'agosto 1955 al marzo 1956 aveva ricoperto la carica di Governatore generale del Pakistan.
Sahibzada Iskandar Ali Mirza was a Pakistani politician, statesman and military general who served as the Dominion of Pakistan's fourth governor-general of Pakistan from 1955 to 1956, and then as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan's first president from 1956 to 1958.
- Iskander Ali Mirza Biography
- Education of Mirza
- Iskander Ali Mirza Family
- Military Career
- Initial Career
- Governor of East Bengal
- Governor-General
- Iskander Mirza Exile and Death
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Mirza joined the military before then establishment of Pakistan and had served in the British Indian Army. After the partition of India, he was appointed as the Minister of Defence of Pakistan by the prime minister and later appointed in Bengal during the Language Movement in 1952. In 1956, he elected as the first president of the country. During h...
Mirza got his early education in Bombay now Mumbai. He attended the Elphinstone College of the University of Mumbai but later quit it and joined Royal Military College after his selection by Governor-General for King’s Commission. He joined the army as a 2nd lieutenant on 16 July 1920.
He was born to an aristocratic family. The family was entitled to Nawab of Bengal and Nawab of Murshidabad. The name Mirza was bestowed to the family to represent royalty. During British India, it was common that people are given names for their services. The family had close ties with the British monarchy. He was born to Fateh Ali Mirza and Dilsha...
He was the first Indian graduate of the military college. After his attachment to the second battalion of Cameronians, he was promoted to lieutenant and assigned to command a platoon on 30 December...
Before the partition, he made relations with Liaquat Ali Khan and other politicians. Soon after the partition, he appointed as the Defence Secretary by Liaqat Ali Khan. He oversaw military affairs during the War against India in 1947. In 1950, he promoted to the rank of major general; after one year, he appointed as the director of the Department o...
East Bengal saw political instability in 1954. Mirza appointed as the governor of East Bengal after the approval of Malik Ghulam. Soon he took over the East Bengal government, dismissed the legislative Assembly, and imposed Martial law. He announced that he would use force to establish peace and threatened Maulana Bhashani of shooting him and arres...
In 1955, the Governor-General Malik Ghulam survived a fatal Paralysis attack. He was unable to walk and talk Mirza was appointed only as acting governor-general. Still, he dismissed his government...
He spent the rest of his life in exile in England. Coming from an aristocratic family, Mirza suffered extreme financial problems and lived on a pension. It reported that he once asked his wife that they cannot pay for the treatment and let him die. On 13 November 1969, he died of a heart attack. His burial denied in Pakistan, but he buried in Iran....
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- اسکندر علی مرزا
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Major-General Iskander Mirza, CIE, OBE, or Iskander Mirza (Urdu: اسکندر مرزا, November 13, 1899 – November 12, 1969) was the last Governor-General of the Dominion of Pakistan (October 6, 1955 to March 23, 1956) and the first President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (March 23, 1956 to October 27, 1958). .
Iskander Mirza. Sahibzada Iskander Ali Mirza (Urdu language: اسکندر مرزا , Bengali language: ইস্কান্দার মির্জা ); 13 November 1899 – 13 November 1969), CIE, OSS, OBE, was the first President of Pakistan, elected in this capacity in 1956 until being dismissed by his appointed army commander General Ayub Khan in 1958. [2]
