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BY MAJOR GENERAL SYED ALI HAMID

BY MAJOR GENERAL SYED ALI HAMID

BY MAJOR GENERAL SYED ALI HAMID

BY MAJOR GENERAL SYED ALI HAMID

MAJOR GENERAL SYED ALI HAMID REFLECTS ON AN UNSUCCESSFUL 1938 ATTEMPT BY HIS FATHER

MAJOR GENERAL SYED ALI HAMID ON THE NORTH AFRICAN BATTLE EXPERIENCES AND LATER LIFE OF COL. SARDAR AFZAL KHAN, MC

MAJOR GENERAL SYED ALI HAMID TELLS THE STORY OF HOW THE CONSPIRACY UNFOLDED IN 1951 – AND THE ROLE OF...

MAJOR GENERAL SYED ALI HAMID ON THE EARLY STAGES OF AKBAR KHAN’S PLOTTING AS THE 1951 RAWALPINDI CONSPIRACY DEVELOPED

Major General Syed Ali Hamid lays out the backdrop: Akbar Khan’s experiences of the Second World War

Major General Syed Ali Hamid on the wily Maharaja’s successful efforts to provide the Khalsa Fauj with artillery that rivaled...

Major General Syed Ali Hamid on the wily Maharaja’s successful efforts to provide the Khalsa Fauj with artillery that rivaled...