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|+ '''Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan'''
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! Date of Birth:
| February 4, 1917
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! Date of Death:
| August 10, 1980
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! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="2" | President_of_Pakistan
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! Tenure Order:
| 3th President
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! Term in Office:
| March 25, 1969 – December 20, 1971
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! Predecessor:
| Ayub_Khan
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! Successor:
| Zulfiqar_Ali_Bhutto
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! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="2" |Chief of the Army Staff
|-
! Tenure Order:
| 5th Chief of the Army Staff
|-
! Term in Office:
| 1969 – 1971
|-
! Predecessor:
| Gen. Musa_Khan
|-
! Successor:
| Gen. Gul_Hasan
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'''Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan''' (February_4 1917 – August_10 1980) was the President_of_Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff from 1969 to 1971, following the resignation of Ayub_Khan. His rule was characterized by tensions in East_Pakistan in the early 1970s that finally led to its seccession following the Bangladesh_Liberation_War. The twin failures, the dismemberment of the nation and the military defeat at the hands of arch rival India, forced him to resign and hand over power to Zulfiqar_Ali_Bhutto.
== Pre-independence career ==
Image:Yahya_and_Nixon.jpg
Yahya Khan was born in Chakwal in 1917 to a family of Persian speaking soldiers. He attended Punjab_University and finished first in his class. He then joined the British_Army, and served in World_War_II as an officer in the '''British Indian 4th Division'''. He served in Iraq, Italy, and North_Africa.
Later anger over its humiliating defeat by India boiled into street demonstrations throughout Pakistan, rumors of an impending coup d'état by younger army officers against the government of President Mohammed Agha Yahya Khan swept the country. Yahya became the highest-ranking casualty of the war: to forestall further unrest, he hastily surrendered his powers to Zulfikar_Ali_Bhutto, age 43, the ambitious leader of West_Pakistan's powerful People's Party.
Yahya Khan died in August 1980, in Rawalpindi.
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== External links ==
*Chronicles Of Pakistan
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