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	He was commissioned into the [[Regiment of Artillery]] in 1959 and commanded a platoon in Sikkim during the [[Sino-Indian War]], winning a [[Yudh Seva Medal]] for his actions. He later served as an Artillery Battery Commander, Battalion GSO-1 and XO, and Instructor at the [[Indian Military Academy]]. He attended the [[Defence Services Staff College]]. He later commanded a Regiment in [[Ladakh]] after promotion to [[Colonel]] in 1977. He was promoted to [[Brigadier]] in 1983 and thereafter became the Chief of Logistics of an Infantry Division as well as commanding officer of an [[Infantry brigade]] under [[XIV Corps (India)\|XIV Corps]]. He was later a staff officer under the [[Directorate General of Military Operations]] and deputy commander of the [[1st Armoured Division (India)]]. He was promoted to [[Major General]] in 1988, after which he was the [[General Officer Commanding]] of the [[17th Infantry Division (India)\|17 Infantry Division]]. He served for a time as the Deputy Commandant of the [[Army War College, Mhow]], before being promoted as [[Lieutenant General]] in 1991. He was then the Commander of the [[XV Corps (India)\|XV Corps]] and then promoted to the Senior Grade of [[Lieutenant General]]s in 1992 and appointed as the GOC-in-C of the [[Eastern Command (India)\|Eastern Command]]. He was on trip to attend a social gathering of officers under the [[III Corps (India)\|Dimapur Corps]] Headquarters when his [[Mi-17]] helicopter ran into a mechanical failure after a thunderstorm and crashed, killing him, his wife, his MA Col MN Ahmed (who was also his brother in law) and Lieutenant Lakshman Tyagi, his [[orderly]] [[Naik (military rank)\|Naik]] G. Thyagarajan, his personal bodyguard [[Havildar]] S. Vasudevan, and the [[Indian Air Force\|IAF]] crew manning the chopper.		He was commissioned into the [[Regiment of Artillery]] in 1959 and commanded a platoon in Sikkim during the [[Sino-Indian War]], winning a [[Yudh Seva Medal]] for his actions. He later served as an Artillery Battery Commander, Battalion GSO-1 and XO, and Instructor at the [[Indian Military Academy]]. He attended the [[Defence Services Staff College]]. He later commanded a Regiment in [[Ladakh]] after promotion to [[Colonel]] in 1977. He was promoted to [[Brigadier]] in 1983 and thereafter became the Chief of Logistics of an Infantry Division as well as commanding officer of an [[Infantry brigade]] under [[XIV Corps (India)\|XIV Corps]]. He was later a staff officer under the [[Directorate General of Military Operations]] and deputy commander of the [[1st Armoured Division (India)]]. He was promoted to [[Major General]] in 1988, after which he was the [[General Officer Commanding]] of the [[17th Infantry Division (India)\|17 Infantry Division]]. He served for a time as the Deputy Commandant of the [[Army War College, Mhow]], before being promoted as [[Lieutenant General]] in 1991. He was then the Commander of the [[XV Corps (India)\|XV Corps]] and then promoted to the Senior Grade of [[Lieutenant General]]s in 1992 and appointed as the GOC-in-C of the [[Eastern Command (India)\|Eastern Command]]. He was on trip to attend a social gathering of officers under the [[III Corps (India)\|Dimapur Corps]] Headquarters when his [[Mi-17]] helicopter ran into a mechanical failure after a thunderstorm and crashed, killing him, his wife, his MA Col MN Ahmed (who was also his brother in law) and Lieutenant Lakshman Tyagi, his [[orderly]] [[Naik (military rank)\|Naik]] G. Thyagarajan, his personal bodyguard [[Havildar]] S. Vasudevan, and the [[Indian Air Force\|IAF]] crew manning the chopper.

	His brother [[Major General]] Sultan Mahmood (retd) was in the Artillery and an alumnus of the 20th course of the [[National Defence Academy (India)\|National Defence Academy]]. His son [[Brigadier]] Adil Mahmood is an Armoured Corps officer having been commissioned into and commanded [[16th Light Cavalry\|16 Cavalry]]. Gen Jameel's grandfather had also served in the 16 Cavalry.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.genthimayya.org/Alumni.html \|title=~~Archived copy~~ \|accessdate=2010-03-04 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721090442/http://www.genthimayya.org/Alumni.html \|archivedate=2011-07-21 }}</ref>		His brother [[Major General]] Sultan Mahmood (retd) was in the Artillery and an alumnus of the 20th course of the [[National Defence Academy (India)\|National Defence Academy]]. His son [[Brigadier]] Adil Mahmood is an Armoured Corps officer having been commissioned into and commanded [[16th Light Cavalry\|16 Cavalry]]. Gen Jameel's grandfather had also served in the 16 Cavalry.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.genthimayya.org/Alumni.html \|title=Alumni \|accessdate=2010-03-04 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721090442/http://www.genthimayya.org/Alumni.html \|archivedate=2011-07-21 }}</ref>

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	\| battles = [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]<br/>[[Bangladesh Liberation War]]		\| battles =[[Sino-Indian war]]<br/> [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]<br/>[[Bangladesh Liberation War]]
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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[Lieutenant General]]
| name = Jameel Mahmood
| honorific_suffix = [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|5|9}}
| death_date = {{death date|1993|5|7}}
| birth_place = [[Vikarabad]], [[Telangana State]]
| death_place = Bhutan
| placeofburial =
| nickname =
| allegiance = {{flag|India}}
| branch = [[Indian Army]]
| serviceyears = 1959 - 1997
| rank = [[File:Lieutenant General of the Indian Army.svg|25px]] [[Lieutenant General]]
| unit = [[Regiment of Artillery]]
| commands = [[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Command]]<br/>[[XV Corps (India)|15 Corps]]
| battles = [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]<br/>[[Bangladesh Liberation War]]
| battles_label =
| awards = [[File:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|35px]] [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]
}}

[[Lieutenant General]] '''Jameel Mahmood''', [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]] was a [[General Officer]] in the [[Indian Army]]. He served as the [[General officer commanding#Usage in the Indian Army|General Officer Commanding-in-Chief]] [[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Command]] between October1992 and May1993. Gen Mahmood was killed with his wife in an [[Mi-17]] helicopter crash in [[Bhutan]], while on an official visit.<ref>{{cite web |title=Helicopter Crash Kills Eight Military Officers |url=https://apnews.com/5c1f0437f6a5d5b975fef208acb44acc |website=AP NEWS}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
He was born in [[Vikarabad]] in 1938 and was the brother-in-law of [[Lt Gen]] [[Mohammad Ahmed Zaki]] of the [[Indian Army]]. His son, [[Brigadier]] [[Ali Adil Mahmood]] is an [[Indian Army Armoured Corps|armoured corps]] officer in the [[Indian Army]], and was commandant of the [[President's Bodyguard (India)|President's Bodyguard]] regiment, prior to his promotion as [[Brigadier]]. He attended the [[Bishop Cotton Boys' School]] in [[Bangalore]], [[India]].

==Military career==
He was commissioned into the [[Regiment of Artillery]] in 1959 and commanded a platoon in Sikkim during the [[Sino-Indian War]], winning a [[Yudh Seva Medal]] for his actions. He later served as an Artillery Battery Commander, Battalion GSO-1 and XO, and Instructor at the [[Indian Military Academy]]. He attended the [[Defence Services Staff College]]. He later commanded a Regiment in [[Ladakh]] after promotion to [[Colonel]] in 1977. He was promoted to [[Brigadier]] in 1983 and thereafter became the Chief of Logistics of an Infantry Division as well as commanding officer of an [[Infantry brigade]] under [[XIV Corps (India)|XIV Corps]]. He was later a staff officer under the [[Directorate General of Military Operations]] and deputy commander of the [[1st Armoured Division (India)]]. He was promoted to [[Major General]] in 1988, after which he was the [[General Officer Commanding]] of the [[17th Infantry Division (India)|17 Infantry Division]]. He served for a time as the Deputy Commandant of the [[Army War College, Mhow]], before being promoted as [[Lieutenant General]] in 1991. He was then the Commander of the [[XV Corps (India)|XV Corps]] and then promoted to the Senior Grade of [[Lieutenant General]]s in 1992 and appointed as the GOC-in-C of the [[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Command]]. He was on trip to attend a social gathering of officers under the [[III Corps (India)|Dimapur Corps]] Headquarters when his [[Mi-17]] helicopter ran into a mechanical failure after a thunderstorm and crashed, killing him, his wife, his MA Col MN Ahmed (who was also his brother in law) and Lieutenant Lakshman Tyagi, his [[orderly]] [[Naik (military rank)|Naik]] G. Thyagarajan, his personal bodyguard [[Havildar]] S. Vasudevan, and the [[Indian Air Force|IAF]] crew manning the chopper.

His brother [[Major General]] Sultan Mahmood (retd) was in the Artillery and an alumnus of the 20th course of the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]]. His son [[Brigadier]] Adil Mahmood is an Armoured Corps officer having been commissioned into and commanded [[16th Light Cavalry|16 Cavalry]]. Gen Jameel's grandfather had also served in the 16 Cavalry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genthimayya.org/Alumni.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-03-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721090442/http://www.genthimayya.org/Alumni.html |archivedate=2011-07-21 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Hyderabadi Muslims]]
* [[Golkonda]]
* [[Hyderabad State]]
* [[Muslim culture of Hyderabad]]
* [[History of Hyderabad]] for a history of the city of Hyderabad.
* [[Hyderabad (India)]] for the city.

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[[Category:Military personnel from Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Bishop Cotton Boys' School alumni]]
[[Category:1938 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]