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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Rana was born in [[Hoshiarpur]], [[Punjab, British India\|Punjab]] in [[British Indian Empire\|British India]] on 3 November 1910 into a [[Islam in India\|Muslim]] [[Rajput]] family that belonged to the Naroo tribe of the Rajput clan.{{rp\|786}}<ref name="Excerpts I">{{cite web \|title=Excerpts I \|year = 1970\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zWxmAAAAMAAJ&q=bakhtiar+rana+born&pg=PA786 \|access-date=18 June ~~2022~~}}</ref> His father, [[Rana Talia Muhammad Khan\|Rana Talia]], was an [[British Army ranks\|officer]] in the [[British Indian Army]] who was later appointed as the first Muslim [[Inspector-General of Police\|Inspector-General]] of the [[Punjab Police (India)\|Punjab Police]] based in [[Patiala State]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=36866\|supp=y\|page=12\|date=29 December 1944}}</ref><ref>''Studies in History'' (Volume 1, Issue 2), Jawaharlal Nehru University, Centre for Historical Studies, New Delhi: Vikas Pub. House (1979), p. 231</ref> [[Rana Talia Muhammad Khan\|Rana Talia]] was later appointed to the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–55)\|North-West Frontier Province]] and briefly served in the [[Frontier Constabulary]] where he was deployed in [[Kohat]], [[Hangu, Pakistan\|Hangu]], and [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas\|areas adjacent]] to [[Afghanistan]].<ref>J. A. Robinson, ''Notes on Nomad Tribes of Eastern Afghanistan'', Gosha-e-Adam, 1978, p. 187</ref>		Rana was born in [[Hoshiarpur]], [[Punjab, British India\|Punjab]] in [[British Indian Empire\|British India]] on 3 November 1910 into a [[Islam in India\|Muslim]] [[Rajput]] family that belonged to the Naroo tribe of the Rajput clan.{{rp\|786}}<ref name="Excerpts I">{{cite web \|title=Excerpts I \|year = 1970\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zWxmAAAAMAAJ&q=bakhtiar+rana+born&pg=PA786 \|access-date=18 June 2018}}</ref> His father, [[Rana Talia Muhammad Khan\|Rana Talia]], was an [[British Army ranks\|officer]] in the [[British Indian Army]] who was later appointed as the first Muslim [[Inspector-General of Police\|Inspector-General]] of the [[Punjab Police (India)\|Punjab Police]] based in [[Patiala State]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=36866\|supp=y\|page=12\|date=29 December 1944}}</ref><ref>''Studies in History'' (Volume 1, Issue 2), Jawaharlal Nehru University, Centre for Historical Studies, New Delhi: Vikas Pub. House (1979), p. 231</ref> [[Rana Talia Muhammad Khan\|Rana Talia]] was later appointed to the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–55)\|North-West Frontier Province]] and briefly served in the [[Frontier Constabulary]] where he was deployed in [[Kohat]], [[Hangu, Pakistan\|Hangu]], and [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas\|areas adjacent]] to [[Afghanistan]].<ref>J. A. Robinson, ''Notes on Nomad Tribes of Eastern Afghanistan'', Gosha-e-Adam, 1978, p. 187</ref>

	After his [[Matriculation in India\|matriculation]], Bakhtiar went to attend the famed [[Aligarh Muslim University]] (AMU) and later made a [[College transfer\|transfer]] to attend the [[Forman Christian College University]] in [[Lahore]].{{rp\|786}}<ref name="Excerpts I"/> In 1931, Bakthiar left his university studies when he was accepted to join the [[Indian Military Academy]] in [[Dehradun]], and [[Passing out (military)\|passed out]] from the academy in 1936.{{rp\|786}}<ref name="Excerpts II">{{cite book \|title=Excerpts II \|year = 1970\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zWxmAAAAMAAJ&q=got+colours+in+Football&pg=PA786}}</ref>		After his [[Matriculation in India\|matriculation]], Bakhtiar went to attend the famed [[Aligarh Muslim University]] (AMU) and later made a [[College transfer\|transfer]] to attend the [[Forman Christian College University]] in [[Lahore]].{{rp\|786}}<ref name="Excerpts I"/> In 1931, Bakthiar left his university studies when he was accepted to join the [[Indian Military Academy]] in [[Dehradun]], and [[Passing out (military)\|passed out]] from the academy in 1936.{{rp\|786}}<ref name="Excerpts II">{{cite book \|title=Excerpts II \|year = 1970\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zWxmAAAAMAAJ&q=got+colours+in+Football&pg=PA786}}</ref>

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	=== Career in the military ===		=== Career in the military ===

	In 1936, he gained [[Commissioned officer\|commissioned]] in the [[59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)\|1st Piffers]] (now 59th Scinde [[Battalion\|Btn.]]) in the [[Frontier Force Regiment]] as a [[Second Lieutenant\|2nd-Lt.]]{{rp\|786}}<ref name="Excerpts II"/> In 1939, [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)\|Lt.]] Bakhtiar participated in the [[World War II]], first served in the [[British Indian Army during World War II\|India's]] [[Waziristan campaign (1936–1939)\|frontier's operations]] before being dispatched to the [[Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II\|Mediterranean and Middle East Front]], and later fought in the [[North African Campaign\|North Africa]] and [[Italian Campaign (World War II)\|Italy]].{{rp\|contents}}<ref name="Routledge, Gates and Roy, 2017">{{cite book \|last1=Gates \|first1=Scott \|last2=Roy \|first2=Kaushik \|title=Limited War in South Asia: From Decolonization to Recent Times \|date=2017 \|publisher=Routledge \|isbn=9781317105008 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_2M-DwAAQBAJ&q=bakhtiar+rana+world+war+ii&pg=PT102 \|accessdate=18 June 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> For time being, [[Major (United Kingdom)\|Maj.]] Bakhtiar served as an acting [[commanding officer]] of the [[13th Frontier Force Rifles\|6/13th FF Rifles]].{{rp\|Contents}}<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Blackford \|first1=Stan \|title=One Hell Of a Life: An Anglo-Indian Wallah's Memoir from the Last Decades of the Raj \|date=2014 \|publisher=eBookIt.com \|isbn=9781456621285 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HQhBBAAAQBAJ&q=bakhtiar+rana+major&pg=PT229 \|accessdate=19 June 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> His valor of actions earned him the [[Military Cross]] from the [[Great Britain]] in 1945-46.{{rp\|786}}<ref name="Excerpts II"/>{{rp\|41}}<ref name="ABC Publishing House, Musa, 1985">{{cite book \|last1=Khan, PA \|first1=Gen. Musa \|authorlink1=Musa Khan ~~Hazara~~ \|title=Jawan to General: Recollections of a Pakistani Soldier \|date=1985 \|publisher=ABC Publishing House \|pages=240 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PSosAAAAIAAJ&q=bakhtiar+rana+ \|language=en}}</ref> In August 1947, Maj. Bakhtiar held the command of the [[The Garhwal Rifles\|2nd Garhwal Rifles]] before being posted in the western India.{{rp\|55}}<ref>{{cite book \|title=Selections from National Press \|date=1995 \|publisher=Centre for South Asian Studies, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, University of the Punjab. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KgFuAAAAMAAJ&q=bakhtiar+rana \|language=en}}</ref>		In 1936, he gained [[Commissioned officer\|commissioned]] in the [[59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)\|1st Piffers]] (now 59th Scinde [[Battalion\|Btn.]]) in the [[Frontier Force Regiment]] as a [[Second Lieutenant\|2nd-Lt.]]{{rp\|786}}<ref name="Excerpts II"/> In 1939, [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)\|Lt.]] Bakhtiar participated in the [[World War II]], first served in the [[British Indian Army during World War II\|India's]] [[Waziristan campaign (1936–1939)\|frontier's operations]] before being dispatched to the [[Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II\|Mediterranean and Middle East Front]], and later fought in the [[North African Campaign\|North Africa]] and [[Italian Campaign (World War II)\|Italy]].{{rp\|contents}}<ref name="Routledge, Gates and Roy, 2017">{{cite book \|last1=Gates \|first1=Scott \|last2=Roy \|first2=Kaushik \|title=Limited War in South Asia: From Decolonization to Recent Times \|date=2017 \|publisher=Routledge \|isbn=9781317105008 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_2M-DwAAQBAJ&q=bakhtiar+rana+world+war+ii&pg=PT102 \|accessdate=18 June 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> For time being, [[Major (United Kingdom)\|Maj.]] Bakhtiar served as an acting [[commanding officer]] of the [[13th Frontier Force Rifles\|6/13th FF Rifles]].{{rp\|Contents}}<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Blackford \|first1=Stan \|title=One Hell Of a Life: An Anglo-Indian Wallah's Memoir from the Last Decades of the Raj \|date=2014 \|publisher=eBookIt.com \|isbn=9781456621285 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HQhBBAAAQBAJ&q=bakhtiar+rana+major&pg=PT229 \|accessdate=19 June 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> His valor of actions earned him the [[Military Cross]] from the [[Great Britain]] in 1945-46.{{rp\|786}}<ref name="Excerpts II"/>{{rp\|41}}<ref name="ABC Publishing House, Musa, 1985">{{cite book \|last1=Khan, PA \|first1=Gen. Musa \|authorlink1=Musa Khan (general) \|title=Jawan to General: Recollections of a Pakistani Soldier \|date=1985 \|publisher=ABC Publishing House \|pages=240 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PSosAAAAIAAJ&q=bakhtiar+rana+ \|language=en}}</ref> In August 1947, Maj. Bakhtiar held the command of the [[The Garhwal Rifles\|2nd Garhwal Rifles]] before being posted in the western India.{{rp\|55}}<ref>{{cite book \|title=Selections from National Press \|date=1995 \|publisher=Centre for South Asian Studies, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, University of the Punjab. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KgFuAAAAMAAJ&q=bakhtiar+rana \|language=en}}</ref>

	After the [[Partition of India\|partition]] of [[British Indian Empire\|India]], [[Lieutenant-Colonel\|Lt-Col.]] Bakhtiar decided to transfer to the [[Pakistan Army]], and his [[59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)\|1st Piffers Btn]] was known for having more locals than any other regiments exists in the country at that time.{{rp\|81}}<ref name="Springer, Cheema and Riemer, 1990">{{cite book \|last1=Cheema \|first1=Pervaiz I. \|last2=Riemer \|first2=Manuel \|title=Pakistan's Defence Policy 1947-58 \|date=1990 \|publisher=Springer \|isbn=9781349209422 \|pages=240 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CX6xCwAAQBAJ&q=bakhtiar+rana+world+war+ii&pg=PA81 \|accessdate=18 June 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> In 1953, [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)\|Brig.]] Bakhtiar Rana was appointed to command the [[Frontier Corps]] in [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\|Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa]] as its [[Inspector-General]] until 1955.<ref>http://www.khyber.org/pashtohistory/frontiercorps/frontiercorps.shtml</ref>		After the [[Partition of India\|partition]] of [[British Indian Empire\|India]], [[Lieutenant-Colonel\|Lt-Col.]] Bakhtiar decided to transfer to the [[Pakistan Army]], and his [[59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)\|1st Piffers Btn]] was known for having more locals than any other regiments exists in the country at that time.{{rp\|81}}<ref name="Springer, Cheema and Riemer, 1990">{{cite book \|last1=Cheema \|first1=Pervaiz I. \|last2=Riemer \|first2=Manuel \|title=Pakistan's Defence Policy 1947-58 \|date=1990 \|publisher=Springer \|isbn=9781349209422 \|pages=240 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CX6xCwAAQBAJ&q=bakhtiar+rana+world+war+ii&pg=PA81 \|accessdate=18 June 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> In 1953, [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)\|Brig.]] Bakhtiar Rana was appointed to command the [[Frontier Corps]] in [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\|Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa]] as its [[Inspector-General]] until 1955.<ref name="khyber.org">http://www.khyber.org/pashtohistory/frontiercorps/frontiercorps.shtml</ref>

	He was Chief Martial Law Administrator ([[West Pakistan]]). As a Lieutenant General, he commanded one of Pakistan Army's strike corps, [[I Corps (Pakistan)\|I Corps]], as its Corps Commander from 1958 to 1966. As a Brigadier, he commanded the [[Frontier Corps]] as its Inspector-General from 1953 to 1955.<ref~~>http://www.~~khyber.org/~~pashtohistory/frontiercorps/frontiercorps.shtml</ref~~> His younger son, [[Major-General]] Ghaziuddin Rana, he also commanded the Frontier Corps from 1988 to 1990, remain, to this day, the only father and son to have commanded the Frontier Corps.<ref~~>http://www.~~khyber.org/~~pashtohistory/frontiercorps/frontiercorps.shtml</ref~~>		He was Chief Martial Law Administrator ([[West Pakistan]]). As a Lieutenant General, he commanded one of Pakistan Army's strike corps, [[I Corps (Pakistan)\|I Corps]], as its Corps Commander from 1958 to 1966. As a Brigadier, he commanded the [[Frontier Corps]] as its Inspector-General from 1953 to 1955.<ref name="khyber.org"/> His younger son, [[Major-General]] Ghaziuddin Rana, he also commanded the Frontier Corps from 1988 to 1990, remain, to this day, the only father and son to have commanded the Frontier Corps.<ref name="khyber.org"/>

	As a Lieutenant General, he commanded one of Pakistan Army's strike corps, [[I Corps (Pakistan)\|I Corps]], as its Corps Commander from 1958 to 1966. During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]], Lt. Gen. Bakhtiar Rana was the only lieutenant general commanding a corps, namely 1 Corps, and he was one of only two lieutenant generals in the Pakistan Army during the war, the other being Lt. Gen. Altaf Qadir, who was on deputation to the [[Central Treaty Organization]] (CENTO).<ref>http://ia.rediff.com/news/2005/sep/09war1.htm</ref>		As a Lieutenant General, he commanded one of Pakistan Army's strike corps, [[I Corps (Pakistan)\|I Corps]], as its Corps Commander from 1958 to 1966. During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]], Lt. Gen. Bakhtiar Rana was the only lieutenant general commanding a corps, namely 1 Corps, and he was one of only two lieutenant generals in the Pakistan Army during the war, the other being Lt. Gen. Altaf Qadir, who was on deputation to the [[Central Treaty Organization]] (CENTO).<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://ia.rediff.com/news/2005/sep/09war1.htm\|title=Why Pakistan lost Akhnur\|newspaper=Rediff \|last1=Qadir \|first1=Brigadier Shaukat }}</ref>

	== Family ==		== Family ==

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[[Lieutenant-General]] '''Bakhtiar Rana''' ([[Urdu]]: بختيار رانا; b. 3 November 1910{{rp|786}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan |date=1970 |publisher=Biographical Research Institute, Pakistan, for International Publishers (Pakistan) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zWxmAAAAMAAJ&q=3rd+November |accessdate=18 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref>–1999), {{small|[[Military Cross|MC]], [[Hilal-i-Jur'at|HJ]]}}, was a [[Three-star rank|three-star]] rank [[Pak Fauj|army general]] in the [[Pakistan Army]] who was notable in leading his [[I Corps (Pakistan)|command level formation]], the [[I Corps (Pakistan)|I Corps]], during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|second war with India]] in 1965.{{rp|152}}<ref name="Lancer Publishers, Rao, 1991">{{cite book |last1=Rao |first1=K. V. Krishna |title=Prepare Or Perish: A Study of National Security |date=1991 |publisher=Lancer Publishers |isbn=9788172120016 |pages=445 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G7xPaJomYsEC&q=bakhtiar+rana+1965+war&pg=PA152 |accessdate=18 June 2018 |language=en |format=google books |chapter={{small|Leadership}}}}</ref>

== Biography ==

Bakhtiar Rana was born in [[Hoshiarpur]], [[Punjab, British India|Punjab]] in [[British Indian Empire|India]] on 3 November 1910 into a [[Islam in India|Muslim]] [[Rajput]] family that belong [[Naroo (Rajput tribe)|Naru tribe]] of Rajput clan.{{rp|786}}<ref name="Excerpts I">{{cite web |title=Excerpts I |year = 1970|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zWxmAAAAMAAJ&q=bakhtiar+rana+born&pg=PA786 |accessdate=18 June 2018}}</ref> His father, [[Rana Talia Muhammad Khan|Rana Talia]], was an [[British Army ranks|officer]] in the [[British Indian Army]] who was later appointed as the first Muslim [[Inspector-General of Police|Inspector-General]] of the [[Punjab Police (India)|Punjab Police]] based in [[Patiala State]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36866|supp=y|page=12|date=29 December 1944}}</ref><ref>''Studies in History'' (Volume 1, Issue 2), Jawaharlal Nehru University, Centre for Historical Studies, New Delhi: Vikas Pub. House (1979), p. 231</ref> [[Rana Talia Muhammad Khan|Rana Talia]] was later appointed in the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–55)|North-West Frontier Province]] and briefly served in the [[Frontier Constabulary]] where he was deployed in [[Kohat]], [[Hangu, Pakistan|Hangu]], and [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas|areas adjacent]] to [[Afghanistan]].<ref>J. A. Robinson, ''Notes on Nomad Tribes of Eastern Afghanistan'', Gosha-e-Adam, 1978, p. 187</ref>

After his [[Matriculation in India|matriculation]], Bakhtiar went to attend the famed [[Aligarh Muslim University]] (AMU) and later made a [[College transfer|transfer]] to attend the [[Forman Christian College University]] in [[Lahore]].{{rp|786}}<ref name="Excerpts I"/> In 1931, Bakthiar left his university studies when he was accepted to join the [[Indian Military Academy]] in [[Dehradun]], and [[Passing out (military)|passed out]] from the Academy in 1936.{{rp|786}}<ref name="Excerpts II">{{cite book |title=Excerpts II |year = 1970|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zWxmAAAAMAAJ&q=got+colours+in+Football&pg=PA786}}</ref>

== Military career ==
=== Career in the military ===

In 1936, he gained [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] in the [[59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)|1st Piffers]] (now 59th Scinde [[Battalion|Btn.]]) in the [[Frontier Force Regiment]] as a [[Second Lieutenant|2nd-Lt.]]{{rp|786}}<ref name="Excerpts II"/> In 1939, [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|Lt.]] Bakhtiar participated in the [[World War II]], first served in the [[British Indian Army during World War II|India's]] [[Waziristan campaign (1936–1939)|frontier's operations]] before being dispatched to the [[Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II|Mediterranean and Middle East Front]], and later fought in the [[North African Campaign|North Africa]] and [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italy]].{{rp|contents}}<ref name="Routledge, Gates and Roy, 2017">{{cite book |last1=Gates |first1=Scott |last2=Roy |first2=Kaushik |title=Limited War in South Asia: From Decolonization to Recent Times |date=2017 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317105008 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_2M-DwAAQBAJ&q=bakhtiar+rana+world+war+ii&pg=PT102 |accessdate=18 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref> For time being, [[Major (United Kingdom)|Maj.]] Bakhtiar served as an acting [[commanding officer]] of the [[13th Frontier Force Rifles|6/13th FF Rifles]].{{rp|Contents}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Blackford |first1=Stan |title=One Hell Of a Life: An Anglo-Indian Wallah's Memoir from the Last Decades of the Raj |date=2014 |publisher=eBookIt.com |isbn=9781456621285 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HQhBBAAAQBAJ&q=bakhtiar+rana+major&pg=PT229 |accessdate=19 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref> His valor of actions earned him the [[Military Cross]] from the [[Great Britain]] in 1945-46.{{rp|786}}<ref name="Excerpts II"/>{{rp|41}}<ref name="ABC Publishing House, Musa, 1985">{{cite book |last1=Khan, PA |first1=Gen. Musa |authorlink1=Musa Khan Hazara |title=Jawan to General: Recollections of a Pakistani Soldier |date=1985 |publisher=ABC Publishing House |pages=240 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PSosAAAAIAAJ&q=bakhtiar+rana+ |language=en}}</ref> In August 1947, Maj. Bakhtiar held the command of the [[The Garhwal Rifles|2nd Garhwal Rifles]] before being posted in the western India.{{rp|55}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Selections from National Press |date=1995 |publisher=Centre for South Asian Studies, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, University of the Punjab. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KgFuAAAAMAAJ&q=bakhtiar+rana |language=en}}</ref>

After the [[Partition of India|partition]] of [[British Indian Empire|India]], [[Lieutenant-Colonel|Lt-Col.]] Bakhtiar decided to transfer to the [[Pakistan Army]], and his [[59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)|1st Piffers Btn]] was known for having more locals than any other regiments exists in the country at that time.{{rp|81}}<ref name="Springer, Cheema and Riemer, 1990">{{cite book |last1=Cheema |first1=Pervaiz I. |last2=Riemer |first2=Manuel |title=Pakistan's Defence Policy 1947-58 |date=1990 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9781349209422 |pages=240 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CX6xCwAAQBAJ&q=bakhtiar+rana+world+war+ii&pg=PA81 |accessdate=18 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref> In 1953, [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brig.]] Bakhtiar Rana was appointed to command the [[Frontier Corps]] in [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa]] as its [[Inspector-General]] until 1955.<ref>http://www.khyber.org/pashtohistory/frontiercorps/frontiercorps.shtml</ref>

He was Chief Martial Law Administrator ([[West Pakistan]]). As a Lieutenant General, he commanded one of Pakistan Army's strike corps, [[I Corps (Pakistan)|I Corps]], as its Corps Commander from 1958 to 1966. As a Brigadier, he commanded the [[Frontier Corps]] as its Inspector-General from 1953 to 1955.<ref>http://www.khyber.org/pashtohistory/frontiercorps/frontiercorps.shtml</ref> His younger son, [[Major-General]] Ghaziuddin Rana, he also commanded the Frontier Corps from 1988 to 1990, remain, to this day, the only father and son to have commanded the Frontier Corps.<ref>http://www.khyber.org/pashtohistory/frontiercorps/frontiercorps.shtml</ref>

As a Lieutenant General, he commanded one of Pakistan Army's strike corps, [[I Corps (Pakistan)|I Corps]], as its Corps Commander from 1958 to 1966. During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]], Lt. Gen. Bakhtiar Rana was the only lieutenant general commanding a corps, namely 1 Corps, and he was one of only two lieutenant generals in the Pakistan Army during the war, the other being Lt. Gen. Altaf Qadir, who was on deputation to the [[Central Treaty Organization]] (CENTO).<ref>http://ia.rediff.com/news/2005/sep/09war1.htm</ref>

== Family ==
Lt. Gen. Bakhtiar Rana had two sons and one daughter. Both his sons, Ghaziuddin Rana and Salahuddin Rana, joined the Pakistan Army and rose to the ranks of Major General and Brigadier respectively. His younger son, Maj. Gen. Ghazi-ud-din Rana, also served as his [[Aide-de-camp]]. Lt. Gen. Bakhtiar Rana's sister, Begum Akhtar Sultan, was married to [[Amir Habibullah Khan Saadi]] and his daughter, Talat, was married to the grandson of [[Chaudhry Niaz Ali Khan]].

==Death==
Lt. Gen. Bakhtiar Rana died in [[Lahore]], Pakistan, in 4:30 pm 10 February 1998.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* http://www.khyber.org/pashtohistory/frontiercorps/frontiercorps.shtml
* http://afpakwar.com/blog/archives/4667
* http://www.understandingpakistan.com/index.php/pakistan-india-war-of-1965-the-ground-war-athar-osama

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