Air Marshal Abdur Rahim Khan, HJ, HQA, SPk, SBt (25 October 1925 – 28 February 1990) was a 3-star general and air officer who served as the last Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Air Force between 1969 and 1972. He later was later sacked by the JAG Branch, and given a discharged from the Air Force as former Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of Pakistan Air Force, along with theCommander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of Pakistan Army Lieutenant-General Gul Hassan Khan and Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Navy,Vice-Admiral Muzaffar Hassan on March 3, 1972. His successor, Air Marshal Zafar Chaudhry, was the first Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force.During his tenure he visited China due to the military co-operation between the two nations. He was awarded the Hilal-i-Jurat for his command in 1971 Indo-Pakistani war.
born on January 1, 1904 in an influential Gujjar family in Marala village, near the city of Kharian , Gujrat District in Punjab Province . After receiving his education from there, Chaudhry joined the prestigious Aligarh Muslim University in 1920, receiving his LLB in Civil law in 1924. Thereafter, Chaudhry returned to Punjab and attended the Punjab University 's post-graduate school in law and political science. In 1925, Chaudhry obtained his M.A. in Political Science in 1925, and the advanced LLM in Law and Justice , in 1927. After completing his education, Chaudhry established his law firm in Lahore, advocating for the civil law and liberties, and went back to Gujrat and started practicing the civil law. In 1930, he started taking interest in politics and participated in the Indian general elections in 1930 for the Gujrat District Board and was elected u...
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