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Group of Punjab regement

Major Tufail Shaheed.....son of soil....has been awarded highest military award "Nishan-e-Haider" by Pakistan for his services in war against India in 1958. He was born on 22nd July 1914 and was awarded commission in army in 1943 after graduation from Dera Doon Military Academy in Indiaand joined 16 Punjab Regiment.After partition He joined 13Punjab Regement. He died on 7th August 1958 in Lakshmi pur distt. Komila in then east Pakistan, fighting against India.

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Uploaded on September 7, 2008
Taken on September 6, 2008