Mohammad Zia-ul-haq
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- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Dictatorships, Dictators, Tyrants, Civil Wars, Coups
- Curriculum: Asian History
Article abstract: Military significance: After Zia deposed Zulfikar Bhutto in a bloodless military coup in 1977, he led Pakistan under martial law for eleven years.
Mohammad Zia-ul-haq was born to a middle-class family in east Punjab (later a part of India). After college, he joined the Royal Indian Military Academy at Dehra Dun. He served with British armored divisions in Burma, Malaya, and Indonesia during World War II. After the partition of India in 1947, Zia joined the Pakistani army. In 1955, he graduated from the Command and Staff College at Quetta.
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