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	Rizvi was from [[Allahabad]], and received an emergency commission as a second lieutenant in the Bihar Regiment on 28 February 1943.<ref name="Indian_Army_List_47">{{cite book\|pages=754\|title=Indian Army List\|publisher=Government of India Press\|year=1947\|edition=August 1947; Special}}</ref> As a war-substantive lieutenant during the Burma Campaign, he fought with the [[Lushai Brigade]] and was awarded a [[Military Cross]] (MC) for his heroism.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=36994\|date=20 March 1945 \|page=1545\|supp=y}}</ref>		Rizvi was from [[Allahabad]], and received an emergency commission as a second lieutenant in the Bihar Regiment on 28 February 1943.<ref name="Indian_Army_List_47">{{cite book\|pages=754\|title=Indian Army List\|publisher=Government of India Press\|year=1947\|edition=August 1947; Special}}</ref> As a war-substantive lieutenant during the Burma Campaign, he fought with the [[Lushai Brigade]] and was awarded a [[Military Cross]] (MC) for his heroism.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=36994\|date=20 March 1945 \|page=1545\|supp=y}}</ref>

	The citation recommending Rizvi for a Military Cross runs as follows:<ref name="UK_nat_archives">{{cite web \|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7366141\|title=Recommendation for Award for Saiyed Anwar Hasan Rizvi \|website=The National Archives (UK)\|publisher=UK Government \|access-date=3 November ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/617322.html\|title=Lushai Brigade \|website=The Soldier's Burden\|access-date=3 November ~~2022~~}}</ref>		The citation recommending Rizvi for a Military Cross runs as follows:<ref name="UK_nat_archives">{{cite web \|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7366141\|title=Recommendation for Award for Saiyed Anwar Hasan Rizvi \|website=The National Archives (UK)\|publisher=UK Government \|access-date=3 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/617322.html\|title=Lushai Brigade \|website=The Soldier's Burden\|access-date=3 November 2018}}</ref>

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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[Brigadier]] [[Saiyed]]
|name=Anwar Hasan Rizvi
| honorific_suffix =[[Military Cross|MC]]
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|birth_date= 21 Dec 1917
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|birth_place= Allahabad, UP
|death_place= Lucknow, UP
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|serviceyears=1943–1969
|rank= [[File:Brigadier of the Indian Army.svg|22px]] [[Brigadier]]
|servicenumber =IEC-4247 (emergency commission)<ref name="UK_nat_archives"/><br>IC-1865 (regular commission)<ref name="brig_appt">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=40 |date=23 January 1965 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
| unit =[[First Battalion, The Bihar Regiment, 38 Medium Regiment]]
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*[[Burma Campaign]]
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[[Brigadier]] [[Saiyed]] '''Anwar Hasan [[Rizvi]]''' [[Military Cross|MC]] was a decorated [[Indian Army]] officer who received the Military Cross in the [[Burma Campaign]] during the Second World War.

==Life and career==
Rizvi was from [[Allahabad]], and received an emergency commission as a second lieutenant in the Bihar Regiment on 28 February 1943.<ref name="Indian_Army_List_47">{{cite book|pages=754|title=Indian Army List|publisher=Government of India Press|year=1947|edition=August 1947; Special}}</ref> As a war-substantive lieutenant during the Burma Campaign, he fought with the [[Lushai Brigade]] and was awarded a [[Military Cross]] (MC) for his heroism.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=36994|date=20 March 1945 |page=1545|supp=y}}</ref>

The citation recommending Rizvi for a Military Cross runs as follows:<ref name="UK_nat_archives">{{cite web |url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7366141|title=Recommendation for Award for Saiyed Anwar Hasan Rizvi |website=The National Archives (UK)|publisher=UK Government |access-date=3 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/617322.html|title=Lushai Brigade |website=The Soldier's Burden|access-date=3 November 2022}}</ref>

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16 October 1944

W. S. Lieut. SAIYED ANWAR HASAN RIZVI, 1st Bihar Regiment

Area HAKA-FALAM road.

On 16 October 1944 Lieutenant RIZVI when leading a patrol of 4 sections, came across signs of further evacuation of Pioneer Camp. He tracked the enemy to TIHPUL village and overtook them. He saw about 150 Japs and INA including 3 officers in the area about 100 yards away. Disregarding the numerical superiority of the enemy and at considerable risk to himself and his men he advanced within 50 yards and opened fire on the enemy and took them completely by surprise causing 9 casualties. By his cool and determined action in the face of grave danger he was a great inspiration to his men.
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After the war, Rizvi remained in the British Indian Army and opted to continue serving in the [[Indian Army]] post-Indian independence. He received a regular commission in the artillery, and was promoted to major on 28 February 1956.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=157 |date=4 August 1956 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> As a lieutenant-colonel, he was given command of an infantry brigade on 10 December 1964.<ref name="brig_appt"/> He was promoted to the substantive rank of colonel on 22 December 1965,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=465 |date=10 June 1967 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> and to substantive brigadier on 12 November 1967.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=98 |date=10 February 1968 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> On 11 January 1968, he was appointed Commander, Lucknow Sub-Area,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=98 |date=9 March 1968 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> and took retirement on 16 December 1969.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=177 |date=31 January 1970 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>

==Awards and decorations==

{| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=India_General_Service_Medal_1947.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Indian_Independence_medal_1947.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|width=106}}
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award‐star|ribbon=Military_cross_BAR.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ribbon_-_1939-45_Star.png|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ribbon_-_Burma_Star.png|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ribbon_-_War_Medal.png|width=106}}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
|[[General Service Medal 1947]]
|[[Indian Independence Medal]]
|20 Years Long Service Medal
|9 Years Long Service Medal
|
|-
|[[Military Cross]]
|[[1939–1945 Star]]
|[[Burma Star]]
|[[War Medal 1939–1945]]
|}

== Family Details ==
Married to Tahira Kazmi, they had three children. The eldest, Dr Rabab Saiyed Zaidi is settled in Lucknow, as is the second, Ahmed Abbas Rizvi. The youngest, Mohammed Haider, followed his fathers footsteps and retired as a Brigadier from the Indian Army. He is settled in New Delhi

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:People from Allahabad]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Military Cross]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II]]

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