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	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 247
		General Niazi will live forever in infamy for the picture in which he was shown signing a document of surrender on December 16, 1971 in Ramna Green while seating next to a turban-clad Indian General Jagjit Singh Aurora.
		Niazi saw with his own eyes that while Gen. Tikka Khan's post-military career flourished as the General was appointed as the governor of Punjab, his career just withered in the vine.
		General Niazi being the big boss representing the brutal Yahya regime in the waning days of 1971 shared the ignominy until his passing away from this mortal world.
	www.thedailystar.net /2004/02/06/d40206150495.htm (1171 words)

	One general salutes another
		General Jacob made the arrangements for the surrender ceremony in Dhaka, where General Aurora accepted the document of surrender from Pakistan's General A A K Niazi.
		General Jacob, who, after his retirement from the Indian Army, has served as governor of Goa and Punjab, recalls those heady days of December 1971 and his association with General Aurora, who passed away on May 3 in New Delhi.
		General (later Field Marshal S H F J) Manekshaw, the Chief of the Army Staff, told me to proceed to Dhaka to force General Niazi, the governor of East Pakistan, to surrender.
	www.rediff.com /news/2005/may/05nspec1.htm (685 words)

	Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1971, as a Lieutenant General, Niazi was in charge of Eastern contingent of the Pakistani Army during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War.
		Niazi was stripped of his military rank, and the pension usually accorded to retired soldiers.
		Niazi was a mixture of the bold and pragmatic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/A._A._K._Niazi (1101 words)

	The Tribune...Saturday Plus Head
		General Niazi had put on some weight though his face still had the same glow.
		General Nagra has a huge pile of newspaper clippings, pictures, war mementos and war trophies to substantiate his story.
		General Nagra says that he had been forced to present a correct picture of the entire operation just because certain attempts had been made to distort the facts and present a distorted version.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1998/98dec26/saturday/head7.htm (2338 words)

	DAWN - Features; 13 February, 2004
		Niazi arrived in Dhaka on April 4, 1971, to assume command of the Eastern Command on April 11 vice Lt. Gen.
		Niazi's eight months, April 11 to December 16, as the General Officer Commander-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) in the Eastern Theatre were marked by ad-hocism and tactical improvizations outside anything like a strategic framework.
		Niazi's personal courage notwithstanding, his higher conduct of war and his dealings with his senior commanders left a lot to be desired.
	www.dawn.com /2004/02/13/fea.htm (3162 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The expiry of Lt. General Niazi at the age of 89 [1915-2004] at Lahore has reminded the stories of war of liberation along with the significance of this picture.
		This decision of the Late General to surrender was a great, brave, courageous and appropriate one for the cause of civilisation as well as the existence of Pakistan as a country.
		Tiger Niazi was the son of a Pathan family from Mianwali areas of Punjab.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/03/22/ltte.htm (1214 words)

	Daily Excelsior... Editorial
		General Niazi told a press correspondent who interviewed him recently that after the debacle, he had volunteered to face the court martial proceedings.
		Niazi and one more General were the only two to be removed from the army in May 1975 and were not given a pension or any other benefit.
		General Yahya Khan, the main character of the debacle was given two pensions and all other perks and benefits, which were due to an ex-president and ex-commander – in – chief Lt. Gen. Gul Hassan Khan suceeded Yahya as COAS and after retirement was made Ambassador in Austria where he married an Austrian woman.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /01feb04/edit.htm (4718 words)

	War Criminals
		General AAK Niazi (PA-477) was the chief of Eastern Command in 1971.
		The Yahya- Bhutto gang picked Niazi for this special mission as he was notoriously corrupted and immoral and was dumb enough to be their scapegoat in the war.
		Niazi was a soldier and as such he fought a conventional war against Bangladeshi freedom fighters and Indian alliance forces.
	www.muktadhara.net /page36.html (3691 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		General Niazi was left with no option but to procure a weapon to hand over to the Indian forces.
		General Nagra said that though Pakistani forces had surrendered “informally” before him, the formal ceremony where the instrument of surrender was signed by General Niazi before Lt-Gen J.S. Aroura, the then Eastern Army Commander on December 16, required Niazi to “surrender something”.
		General Niazi was “forced” to wear a pistol while coming to sign the surrender document.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2003/20030630/main4.htm (256 words)

	Cruise Missile Technology
		General Niazi requires an unusual amount of gullibility from his readers when he states that he was forced to surrender by his Commander-in-Chief.
		General Niazi excoriates General Yahya and the GHQ for waging a lack lustre campaign on the Western front, where they had a near parity of forces with India and could choose the time and place of attack.
		Niazi boldly and correctly calls for “a computer model of the conduct of operations by the Armed Forces in the whole of Pakistan, as well as separately for East and West Pakistan, keeping in view the political and military environment at that time.
	www.defencejournal.com /2000/may/betrayal.htm (2715 words)

	India Pakistan 1971 War as covered by Time
		General A.A.K.("Tiger") Niazi, commander of Pakistan's 60,000 troops in East Bengal and a onetime college classmate of Nagra's.
		Late that afternoon as dusk was beginning to fall, General Niazi and Lieut.
		General Jagjit Singh Aurora, commander of India's forces in the East, signed the formal surrender of the Pakistani army on the grassy lawn of Dacca's Race Course.
	www.vidyasoft.com /interest/war/wardec27a_1.html (1136 words)

	Homage to a Hero
		Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Arora, who passed away recently on 03 May 2005, is fondly remembered in Bangladesh for his role as the commander of the India-Bangladesh joint forces in the 1971 Liberation War.
		The death of Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Arora, on May 3rd, who as commander of the Indian Army's Eastern Command led the Bangladesh-India joint forces to their historic victory against the Pakistan Army in December 1971, rekindled memories of the events that shaped the destiny of Bangladesh.
		Lieutenant General Niazi, Commander of the Pakistan Army in the East, signs the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora, at the Ramna Race Course in Dhaka on 16 December 1971.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /LAND-FORCES/Army/Articles/Article47.html (1339 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 283 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The expiry of General Niazi (1915-2004) at the age of 89 at Lahore has rekindled the memories of the War of Liberation along with the significance of this picture.
		We were eagerly awaiting the decision of the late Niazi since his decision could save the lives of millions, property of uncountable value and ensure the independence of Bangladesh.
		This decision of the Late General was an appropriate one for the cause of civilisation as well as the existence of Pakistan as a country.
	www.thedailystar.net /2004/03/15/d40315110493.htm (406 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Jamshedpur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The note bears the signatures of Lt General Jagjit Singh Aurora, India?s hero of the Bangladesh war in 1971, and the Pakistani Lt General A.A.K. Niazi, who signed the instrument of surrender at Dacca, allowing Aurora to take around 90,000 Pakistani troops as prisoners of war.
		General Niazi, himself, was detained at Jabalpur for four years (1971-74), Bakshi recalls.
		It was long after Niazi had been repatriated back to Pakistan that Bakshi came face to face with Lt Gen. Aurora at a get-together in Calcutta on December 16, 1975.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050505/asp/jamshedpur/story_4698593.asp (591 words)

	1971 India-Pakistan War: Entering the East (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		To the Indian public, it was General Maneckshaw with his twirled moustache, Gorkha cap and baton, who was the symbolic hero.
		Towards this strategy, General Niazi, had fortified the towns and approaches to the East Pakistani heartland and had boasted before the war began that should hostilities begin, he would take the battle inside India.
		We realised that Niazi (the Pakistani Army commander in East Pakistan) was going to fortify the towns and defend them in strength.
	www.freeindia.org /1971war/east.html (919 words)

	Rao Farman Ali - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is conjectured that Major General Rao Farman Ali was the principal architect of the plan to massacre Bengali intellectuals.
		The General further explained that as Mr Toha and his associates had communist leanings, these words were intended to convey their conviction and objective that East Pakistan would be turned into a communist state, and not that there would be bloodshed.
		Niazi also said, implicating Farman's involvement in the killing of the intellectuals, that Farman requested Niazi to send him back to Pakistan, for, " Mukti Bahini would kill him of his alleged massacre of the Bangalees and intellectuals on the night of 15-16 December.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rao_Farman_Ali (1703 words)

	Chapter 5
		Niazi states that he "had vast experience of commanding troops.
		Niazi rightfully contends that Yahya disappeared from East Pakistan after launching the infamous Operation Searchlight in East Pakistan.
		Counting on General Hamid to send supplies from the West through the "hump back" trade route that traverses Tibet, thereby circumventing the Indian blockade of the sea routes.
	www.ghazali.net /book8/Chapter_5/body_chapter_5.html (560 words)

	Amazon.com: The Betrayal of East Pakistan: Books: A. A. K. Niazi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Lieutenant-General A. Niazi of the Eastern Command was the man whose fate it was to direct the operation that resulted in the dismemberment of Pakistan.
		Niazi's own account of events provides an insider's view of that fateful time and fills a huge gap in the recorded history of the period.
		Niazi is the same soldier who saluted the Indian Army Chief while surrendering in the former East Pakistan.He should have fought and died like a true soldier, not given up against a bitter enemy.
	www.amazon.com /Betrayal-East-Pakistan-K-Niazi/dp/0195777271 (2013 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		According to the text proposed to the General Conference, the draft's objective is to ensure freedom of thought and expression, including freedom of research as well as respect for human dignity and human rights.
		The commander of Eastern theatre, Lt. General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi’s plan which he presented to the central government in June 1971 (when he was facing a full blown rebellion of his own population with no heavy equipment and air force), in his own words was, “...
		Major General Rahim Khan (he was accused of deserting his command and escaping in a helicopter to Burma hours before surrender at Dacca) became CGS after his return from Burma.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2003/12/08/editorial.htm (3565 words)

	The Betrayal of East Pakistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He believes he was made a scapegoat in order to cover the failure of the Generals in the Western wing.
		Niazi, laid down arms before the invading Indian Army, leading to the dismemberment of Pakistan.
		In this candid account, General Niazi volunteers to disclose his own version of the events and also gives his views on the Hamood-ur-Rahman Commission Report.
	www.oup.com.pk /book.php?bookid=168 (150 words)

	India's Bangladesh independence war hero dies
		The Indian general known as the architect of the 1971 war with Pakistan that led to the birth of Bangladesh as an independent nation died here Tuesday.
		"General Aurora was the principal architect of India's victory in the Bangladesh war and he will be remembered as a great war strategist and a great son of India," Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said.
		"General Aurora will be remembered in the history of Bangladesh for his contribution during our War of Liberation when he led allied forces, culiminating in the surrender of occupation forces," Bangladesh Foreign Minister Morshed Khan said in a letter to his Indian counterpart Natwar Singh.
	www.spacewar.com /2005/050503152707.8ifahrdy.html (630 words)

	The Betrayal of East Pakistan (by Ahmad Faruqui) - Media Monitors Network
		He calls this “a setback militarily unbelievable, unacceptable and unforgivable.” Lieutenant General Attiqur Rahman states that the counter offensive was not launched for reasons that remain a mystery, but lack of morale was not one of them.
		If this were done, I and my generals would be shown to be among the most successful generals of this century.” By prejudging the outcome of such a computer simulation, he erodes the credibility of this useful suggestion.
		Niazi told his captors that they “always seemed to come round behind us.” Pran Chopra argues that the credit for this goes very largely to the Mukti Bahini.
	www.mediamonitors.net /ahmadfaruqui1.html (2751 words)

	Op-Ed
		And it is a sign of the chaos in Dacca and in men's minds here then that at 9.15 Farman and Niazi were actually incapable of telling the Indians they accepted because their communications at GHQ were not working.
		Faced as they are with a people’s war, or at least the beginning of one, when they cannot isolate the fish from the sea, and when counter-insurgency techniques have failed to work, they might as well go for indiscriminate violence or genocide which literally means the total extermination of an intransigent people.
		Lieutenant General JAGJIT SINGH AURORA gives a solemn assurance that personnel who surrender shall be treated with dignity and respect that soldiers are entitled to in accordance with the provisions of the GENEVA Convention and guarantees the safety and well-being of all PAKISTAN military and para-military forces who surrender.
	www.newagebd.com /2004/dec/16/oped.html (3152 words)

	World Affairs Board - Pakistani Genocide
		Niazi is that he was making money in the handling of Martial Law cases while posted as G.O.C Sialkot and later as G.O.C and Martial Law Administrator at Lahore; that he was on intimate terms with one Mrs.
		General Abdul Hamid Khan, Chief of Army Staff (CAS), was one of the architects of Bangladesh Genocide.
		This general was everywhere in occupied Bangladesh causing destruction and death.
	www.worldaffairsboard.com /printthread.php?t=4591 (8957 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
		The Indian Military Academy in Dehradun today officially clarified that Niazi’s revolver was with them and not in the Naval Maritime Gallery at the National Museum.
		The gallery on the museum’s first floor houses a metallic impression that records the historic event of December 16, 1971, showing General Niazi signing the instrument of surrender in Dhaka in front of Lt General Jagjit Singh Aurora.
		Military academy chief Lt General T.S. Shergill tried to clear the air today by showing the media in Dehradun the revolver Niazi had handed over during Pakistan’s surrender in 1971.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1030701/asp/nation/story_2121533.asp (510 words)

	The Bangladesh Liberation War Museum's e-book
		We then come to the 9th December, 1971 on which date the well known message, which General Rao Farman Ali is alleged to have issued, was delivered to the Assistant Secretary of the United nations Mr.
		The Committee consisted of the Governor, Minister of Finance, Gen. Niazi, Chief Secretary and I was to be its member Secretary.
		Agha Shahi and the Secretary General and if M. Agha Shahi approved it will be taken up." It is true that this statement was counter-minded by the President but the damage that it could cause was done.
	www.bangladeshmariners.com /HmdrRprt/hcr35.html (693 words)

	Hamoodur Rahman commission report rekindles memories of Pak blunders, MG Vol. 1 No. 15
		Abdullah Khan Niazi, the general who led Pakistan to its historical defeat and surrendered before the combined command of Mukti Bahini guerrillas and Indian Army, has asked to set up another commission to inquire into the causes and reasons of Pak defeat in the then Eastern Pakistan.
		The other two in his views were General Yahya, the then president of Pakistan and Shaikh Mujeebur Rahman the president of Awami League, who later on became the first president of free Bangladesh.
		General Tikka Khan was also responsible for surrender in Bangladesh, but due to his proximity to Bhutto, he was left without any accusation.
	www.milligazette.com /Archives/15-8-2000/Art16.htm (1113 words)

	TODAY'S EDITORIAL<BR>Not on Target-Editorial-OPINION-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It now transpires that the firearm was never Niaziâs but is a revolver which belonged to major general Sharif who was in charge of the East Pakistan navy.
		The National Museum had wrongly labelled the revolver as the ââsurrendered pistolââ, with an accompanying caption: ââLieutenant General Niazi surrenders all armed forces in East Pakistan to Lt General J S Aurora, 18 December, 1971â.
		As soon as the report of the missing firearm became public, lieutenant general Jacob, then chief of staff of the Indian Eastern Army and the man who negotiated the surrender, clarified that the symbolic weapon in question was a revolver and that it was securely in the possession of the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=54069 (464 words)

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