Lieutenant Colonel Mahmood Khan Durrani, GC (1914–1995) was a South Asian recipient of the George Cross, awarded for acts of the greatest heroism or of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger. He was a 26-year-old captain serving in the 1st Bahawalpur Infantry, British Indian Army (now 8th Battalion The Baloch Regiment of Pakistan Army) in Malaya during World War II, when he was awarded the medal for heroism while a Prisoner of War of the Japanese Army.
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| - Mahmood Khan Durrani (en)
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| - Lieutenant Colonel Mahmood Khan Durrani, GC (1914–1995) was a South Asian recipient of the George Cross, awarded for acts of the greatest heroism or of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger. He was a 26-year-old captain serving in the 1st Bahawalpur Infantry, British Indian Army (now 8th Battalion The Baloch Regiment of Pakistan Army) in Malaya during World War II, when he was awarded the medal for heroism while a Prisoner of War of the Japanese Army. (en)
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| - Lt.Col. Mahmood Khan Durrani G.C. (en)
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| - Lt.Col. Mahmood Khan Durrani G.C. (en)
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Tamgha-e-Shujat
1939-1945 Pacific Star and War Medal.
Queen Silver Jubilee Medal,
Mention in dispatches 1939-45 (en)
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| - Shahzadi Naheed Durrani Daughter of Shahzada Behram Sultan of Ludhiana (en)
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| - Lieutenant Colonel Mahmood Khan Durrani, GC (1914–1995) was a South Asian recipient of the George Cross, awarded for acts of the greatest heroism or of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger. He was a 26-year-old captain serving in the 1st Bahawalpur Infantry, British Indian Army (now 8th Battalion The Baloch Regiment of Pakistan Army) in Malaya during World War II, when he was awarded the medal for heroism while a Prisoner of War of the Japanese Army. Mahmood Khan Durrani belonged to the Saddozia Tribe ,Old Royal Durrani Family of Afghanistan.He was born on 1 July 1914 in Multan in the Western Punjab. After completing his schooling, he joined the Army of Bahawalpur State. When the Second World War broke out, he accompanied his battalion, which was dispatched to North Malaya in March 1941, in anticipation of the looming war with Japan. (en)
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| - Author of The Sixth Column,Becons of life.Writer and Poet,Many articles Published In Pakistan Times. (en)
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