Admiral Mosharraf Hossain Khan | |
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মোশাররফ হোসেন খান | |
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| 2nd Chief of Naval Staff | |
| In office 7 November 1973 – 3 November 1979 | |
| President | Abu Sayeed Chowdhury Mohammad Mohammadullah Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad Abu Sadat Sayem Ziaur Rahman |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Muhammad Mansur Ali Masihur Rahman (acting) Shah Azizur Rahman |
| Preceded by | Nurul Huq (As Chief of Staff (Navy) of Mukti Bahini)[citation needed] |
| Succeeded by | Mahbub Ali Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 February 1932 Nurpur, Assam, British India |
| Died | 13 October 2018 (aged 86) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Bangladesh Pakistan (before 1971) |
| Branch/service |  Pakistan Navy Bangladesh Navy |
| Years of service | 1954 - 1979 |
| Rank |  _OF-7.svg){kind=small} Rear Admiral |
| Commands |
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| Battles/wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Bangladesh Liberation War (as POW) |
Mosharraf Hossain Khan (known as M H Khan; 1 February 1932 – 12 October 2018)[1] was a Bangladesh Navy admiral who served as the chief of the Bangladesh Navy[2] from 7 November 1973 to 3 November 1979. After the Bangladesh war of Independence, Admiral Khan was appointed as the 1st[citation needed] chief of the naval staff of the Bangladesh Navy in November 1973 by the Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. During his tenure, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 10 December 1974 commissioned Bangladesh Navy's largest naval base BNS Issa Khan and also handed over "naval ensign" to Bangladesh Navy on the same day.
M. H. Khan joined the Pakistan Navy in 1950. Upon selection as a cadet into the Pakistan Navy, he was sent to the Royal Navy for training. In 1951 he entered Royal Naval College Dartmouth and after a few years of sea time on RN ships he subsequently, as a sub lieutenant was selected to attend the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1954. He served on several Royal Naval ships including the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle. He continued his career in the Pakistan Navy and was on a fast track where he achieved the rank of Captain and commanded several of the primary naval ships of the Pakistan Navy, including the cruiser PNS Babur and the flag ship destroyer PNS Khaibar. Admiral Khan created the Bangladesh Navy from scratch in very difficult circumstances but was able to create and implement the framework upon which the Bangladesh Navy has been built, following the scope and plan that he laid out in his six plus years as naval chief.[3]
- ^ "Ex-Navy Chief Rear Admiral MH Khan passes away". The Daily Star. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "Days with Musharraf". Indian Express. 19 April 2005. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ Khan, M. H. (2016). Memoir of M.H. Khan : turbulence in the Indian subcontinent. Cirencester: Mereo Books. ISBN 978-1-86151-569-8. OCLC 1255880988.