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{{short description|Pakistani general}}
{{weasel|date=October 2022}}
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| name = Rao Farman Ali
| office = [[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources (Pakistan)|Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources]]
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| honorific-prefix = [[Major General]]
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| caption = Rao Farman in 1970
| president = [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia-ul-Haq]]
| primeminister = [[Muhammad Khan Junejo]]
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| term_start = 23 March 1985
| term_end = 29 May 1988
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| term_end2 = 17 August 1988
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| term_end3 = 1985
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| birth_date = 1923
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2004|01|20|1923}}
| death_place = [[Rawalpindi]], [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]
| resting_place = [[Westridge, Rawalpindi|Westridge Cemetery]]
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| battles = [[World War II]] [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]
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[[Major General]] '''Rao Farman Ali''' {{small|{{small|[[Civil decorations of Pakistan|SQA]]&ensp;[[Civil decorations of Pakistan|SK]]}}}} ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|راؤ فرمان علی}}}} ; January 1, 1922 – 20 January 2004) was a [[Major general|Major General]] in [[Pakistan Army]], and [[Pakistani politicians|political figure]] who is widely considered a key architect of the [[1971 Bangladesh genocide]] the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].<ref name="The Daily Star">{{cite news|last1=Mahfuz|first1=Asif|title=Rao Farman Ali's master plan|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/rao-farman-alis-master-plan-55161|newspaper=The Daily Star (newspaper)|access-date=22 May 2021|date=13 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="Somoy Prokashan">{{cite book|last1=Ibrahim|first1=Muntassir Mamoon ; translated from Bengali by Kushal|title=The Vanquished Generals and the Liberation War of Bangladesh|date=2000|publisher=Somoy Prokashan|location=Dhaka|isbn=9789844582101|pages=70–71}}</ref><ref name="Yale University Press">{{cite book|last1=Tripathi|first1=Salil|title=The Colonel Who Would Not Repent: The Bangladesh War and Its Unquiet Legacy|date=January 2016 |publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=9780300218183|pages=186–187|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bcffCwAAQBAJ&q=Rao+Farman+Ali+intellectuals&pg=PA186|language=en}}</ref>

Commissioned in September, 1943 as a [[forward observer]] in [[Pakistan Army Regiment of Artillery|Regiment of Artillery]], he served as [[military adviser]] to the [[Pakistan army]], and oversaw the deployment of [[Pakistan Army Corps of Military Police|military police]] aided with [[Razakars (Pakistan)|local militias (razarkars)]] during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].<ref name="Columbia University Press">{{cite book|last1=Ganguly|first1=Sumit|title=Conflict Unending: India-Pakistan Tensions Since 1947|date=April 2002 |publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231507400|pages=59–60|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xn_QVYLy6ocC&q=Rao+Farman+Ali+brigade&pg=PA60|language=en}}</ref> He testified his [[Moral responsibility|responsibilities]] in the [[Hamoodur Rahman Commission]] in 1972 but denied allegations of [[1971 Bangladesh genocide|genocide]] committed in Bangladesh in spite of the [[Hamoodur Rahman Commission]] which proved the involvement of misconducts and genocide of Pakistani military personnel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pppusa.org/Acrobat/Hamoodur%20Rahman%20Commission%20Report.pdf |title=Hamoodur Rahman Commission Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304011310/http://www.pppusa.org/Acrobat/Hamoodur%20Rahman%20Commission%20Report.pdf |date=7 January 2009|archive-date=4 March 2012 |access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref>

Upon being [[Forced resignation|forced to retire]], he joined the [[Fauji Foundation]] as an [[Agronomy|agronomist]], and founded the [[Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited]] in 1978.<ref name="Dawn Newspapers" /> From 1985–88, he served as [[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources (Pakistan)|petroleum minister]] and [[National Security Advisor (Pakistan)|National Security Advisor]] in [[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia-ul-Haq]]'s [[Zia regime|administration]], and went into hiding after [[Death and state funeral of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia's death]].<ref name="Dawn Newspapers" />

==Biography==
Rao Farman Ali was born into a [[Haryanvi people|Haryanvi]] family in [[Rohtak]], [[East Punjab]], then under the [[British Raj|British Colonial rule]] in 1923.<ref name="sites.google.com">{{cite web|title=Rao Farman Ali - Pakistan Who's Who|url=https://sites.google.com/site/pakistanwhoswho/search-by-name/r/rao-farman-ali|website=sites.google.com|access-date=23 May 2021}}</ref> His [[date of birth]] is read as 1 January 1923, according to the official [[headstone]] written in [[Urdu language|Urdu]] in his grave which is located in the [[Westridge, Rawalpindi|Westridge cemetery]] in [[Rawalpindi]]. Very little is known about his early life in the literature based on [[Pakistani military]], and not much is published about his educational background.

He gained his [[Commissioned officer|commission]] as a [[Second lieutenant (United Kingdom)|second lieutenant]] in the [[Regiment of Artillery (India)|Regiment of Artillery]] of the [[British Indian Army]] and participated in [[World War II]] in 1943.<ref name="Partridge Publishing">{{cite book|last1=Bhattacharya|first1=Brigadier Samir|title=NOTHING BUT!|date=December 2013 |publisher=Partridge Publishing|isbn=9781482816266|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iLxnAgAAQBAJ&q=Rao+Farman+Ali+1942&pg=PA759|language=en}}</ref> At the [[Partition of India|partition of British India]] in 1947, he opted for the [[Pakistan Army]] and joined the [[Pakistan Army Corps of Military Police|Military Police]].<ref name="sites.google.com" /> His military career saw his repeated deployment in [[East Pakistan]] as a political adviser and later ascended as [[military adviser]] to [[East Pakistan Rifles|East Pakistan Army]].<ref name="sites.google.com" /> In the 1960s, Farman was posted at the [[GHQ (Pakistan Army)|Army GHQ]]. He served there in the Directorate of [[Military operations|Military Operations]] and as the Director, Military Training.{{clarify|date=August 2022}}<ref name="Dawn Newspapers">{{cite news |title=Rao Farman Ali passes away|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/348686/rao-farman-ali-passes-away|access-date=22 May 2021 |newspaper=Dawn Newspapers|date=21 January 2022}}</ref>

It is not known if Rao took participation in [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1965|war]] with [[India]] in 1965, since he was stationed in [[Eastern Pakistan|East]].<ref name="অরূপকথা">{{cite web|last1=(arup)|first1=অরূপ|title=অরূপকথা: Interview of Major General Rao Farman Ali AKA "The Butcher of Bengal"|url=http://etongbtong.blogspot.com/2010/03/interview-of-major-general-rao-farman.html|website=অরূপকথা|publisher=অরূপকথা|date=13 March 2022}}</ref> In 1967, he was again stationed in East as an [[officer commanding]] of the [[Structure of the Pakistan Army|14th Battalion]]; he was posted again and sent back to [[West Pakistan|West]].<ref name="অরূপকথা"/> In 1969, [[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Ayub Khan (Field Marshal)|Ayub Khan]] handed over the [[Pakistani presidency|presidency]] to his [[Commander in Chief (Pakistan)|Commander-in-Chief]] General [[Yahya Khan]] who posted Ali upon the request of Major-General Muzaffaruddin– the [[martial law administrator]] of [[East Pakistan]].<ref name="অরূপকথা"/>

The posting came at the behest of the [[East Pakistani]] government requesting him due to his experiences in East.<ref name="অরূপকথা"/> He was the [[military adviser]] to the [[East Pakistan Rifles|East Pakistan Army]] and elevated as the [[Defence Secretary]] of the East Pakistani government, serving from 1969–71.<ref name="Xlibris Corporation">{{cite book|last1=Foundation|first1=Bhashani|title=Searching for Bhasani Citizen of the World: The Life and Times of (Earnest) Mozlum Leader Maulana Bhasani|date=8 October 2010 |publisher=Xlibris Corporation|isbn=9781453573136|page=197|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PMctBgAAQBAJ&q=rao+farman+ali++east+pakistan&pg=PA197|access-date=30 August 2016|language=en}}</ref>{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2022}} He enjoyed full support of [[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Yahya Khan]] serving under several governors and oversaw various civil affairs in the government.757-759<ref name="Partridge Publishing"/> He helped raise the paramilitary units such as the [[Razakars (Pakistan)|''Volunteers'']] ([[Razakar (Pakistan)|Razakar]]s), [[East Pakistan Central Peace Committee|Peace Committee]], [[Al-Badr (East Pakistan)|Al Badr]], and [[Al-Shams (East Pakistan)|Al Shams]] to aid the genocide of the [[Pakistan army]].{{rp|758–759}}<ref name="Partridge Publishing"/>

In 1971, when the talks with [[Awami League]] failed, Ali along with [[Lieutenant-General]] [[Tikka Khan]] launched the [[Operation Searchlight|military crackdown]] on the people of erstwhile East Pakistan under direction of President Yahya Khan.<ref name="Columbia University Press"/> Ali is held responsible for [[1971 East Pakistan genocide|widespread genocide]] and [[1971 East Pakistan Intellectuals massacre|massacre]] took place in [[Dhaka University]].<ref name="Bangla Desh source">{{cite web|title=Major General Rao Farman Ali Khan|url=http://www.genocidebangladesh.org/major-general-rao-farman-ali-khan/|website=www.genocidebangladesh.org/major-general-rao-farman-ali-khan/|publisher=Bangla Desh source|access-date=23 May 2021|date=18 September 2022}}</ref> Hamoodur Rahman Commission though heavily criticized other senior military staff of Pakistan Army in East Pakistan at the time including confirmation of mass atrocities, cleared Ali citing the fact that he was not involved in any direct Military Operation due to the nature of his post which was mostly Administrative.<ref>[https://img.dunyanews.tv/images/docss/hamoodur_rahman_commission_report.pdf Hamood ur Rehman Commission Report on Dunya TV News website] Retrieved 22 May 2021</ref>

[[Altaf Gauhar|Altaf Gohar]], an East Pakistani civil servant, recounted an incident from his memory that a hit list had been drawn up for elimination of certain Bangalis.{{rp|27–30}}<ref name="Somoy Prokashan" /> A friend of [[Altaf Gauhar|Altaf Gohar]] was also in the list and his friends and relatives requested Gohar if he could do something to save his friend.{{rp|28}}<ref name="Somoy Prokashan" /> Gohar held a meeting with Farman and requested him to drop the name from his hit list. ''" Farman took'', said Gohar, ''a diary out of his drawer and crossed the name out. The name was of Mr. [[Sanaul Huq]] and he was spared."''{{rp|29}}<ref name="Somoy Prokashan" />

Pages of this very diary with lists of intellectuals were recovered from the debris of Rao Farman's office, the then Governor's House, which was bombed by Indian Air Force on 14 December.A note book was found in Rao farman Ali's office in Dhaka, One page contained a list of university teachers with addresses, with tick marks besides some of the names like "M. Haider Chy. Bangali" or "Saduddin-Sociology, 16-D, UQ" (university quarter). It is up to the readers to find out the reality of this page, and the meaning of the marks, bearing in mind that the last entry was most probably on 13 December.<ref name="The Daily Star"/>

After the [[East Pakistan-West Pakistan War 1971|civil war]] in 1971 ended, Farman's diary was recovered from the ruins of the [[Bangabhaban|Governor's house]]. The copy of a page from the diary shows the list of intellectuals from [[Dhaka]] University. Out of which, 14 of them were killed on 14 December 1971.<ref>{{cite book |last= Mamoon, Muntassir |author2=translation by Kushal Ibrahim |title= The Vanquished Generals and the Liberation War of Bangladesh |publisher= Somoy Prokashon |date=June 2000 | edition = First |isbn= 984-458-210-5| pages = 29}}</ref> In 1971, he, along with Lieutenant-General [[Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi]], sent a telegram to the [[Embassy of the United States, Dhaka|U.S. Embassy]] in [[Dhaka|Dacca]] to transmit the [[Instrument of Surrender (1971)|surrender proposal]] to [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Abbas|first1=Hassan|title=Pakistan's Drift Into Extremism: Allah, the Army, and America's War on Terror|date=26 March 2015 |publisher=Routledge, Abbas|isbn=9781317463283|pages=56–66|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FHKsBwAAQBAJ&q=rao+farman+ali++east+pakistan&pg=PA66|language=en}}</ref> Farman Ali also sent a request for a cease-fire to the United Nations, but it was quickly countermanded by a message from President Yahya Khan which described Farman Ali's request as "unauthorized".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Singh|first1=V. K.|title=Leadership in the Indian Army: Biographies of Twelve Soldiers|date=23 March 2005 |publisher=SAGE|isbn=9780761933229|pages=207–208|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fitUUKyeG6IC&q=rao+farman+ali++east+pakistan&pg=PA208|language=en}}</ref>

About the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]], General [[Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi|A.A.K. Niazi]] maintained that Farman requested the [[Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi|latter]] on multiple occasions to stationed him back to [[Pakistan]] after the Farman's gained notoriety over his involvement in the [[1971 East Pakistan Intellectuals massacre|killing of the intellectuals]].<ref name="Bangla Desh source"/> [[Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi|A.A.K. Niazi]] wrote in his book, "''The Betrayal of East Pakistan'' that Farman had quoted: "Mukti Bahini would kill him of his alleged massacre of the Bangalees and intellectuals on the night of 15–16 December. It was a pathetic sight to see him pale and almost on the verge of break down."<ref name="Bangla Desh source"/> He is also alleged to have written in his Diary as: "Green Land of East Pakistan will be painted Red."<ref name="Lancer Publishers LLC">{{cite book|last1=Dogra|first1=Wg Cdr C. Deepak|title=Pakistan: Caught in the Whirlwind|date=9 December 2015 |publisher=Lancer Publishers LLC|isbn=9781940988221|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3zooCwAAQBAJ&q=rao+farman+ali+dhaka+students&pg=PT32|language=en}}</ref> However, Farman Ali had denied all the accusations leveled against him, and branded these accusations as "''lies''."<ref name="অরূপকথা" />{{better source needed|date=August 2022}}

In 1972, Ali testified against [[Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi|A.A.K. Niazi]] in the [[Hamoodur Rahman Commission]] and noted that Niazi's morale collapsed as early as 7 December and cried fanatically over the progress report presented to the [[Abdul Motaleb Malik]].<ref name="Yale University Press, Jones">{{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=Owen Bennett|title=Pakistan: Eye of the Storm|date=2002|publisher=Yale University Press, Jones|isbn=0300101473|url=https://archive.org/details/pakistaneyeofsto00benn|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/pakistaneyeofsto00benn/page/183 183]|language=en}}</ref> Controversy regarding his own involvement in the political events of [[Eastern Pakistan|East]] had arisen since he had denied all accusations leveled against him despite testifying his [[Moral responsibility|responsibilities]] as [[military adviser]] to [[Pakistan Eastern Command|East Pakistani military command]].<ref name="অরূপকথা" />

Farman Ali was [[Forced resignation|forcefully retired]] from the military in 1972 but appointed as [[Managing Director]] of [[Fauji Foundation]] in 1974 which he remained in that position until 1984.<ref name="Dawn Newspapers" /> He served as an [[agronomy|agronomist]] at the [[Fauji Foundation]] and helped create the [[Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited|chemical fertilizer]] and served its first director of the [[Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited|Fauji Fertilizer Company]] in 1978.<ref name="Dawn Newspapers" /> In 1985, he was appointed as [[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources (Pakistan)|Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources]] and [[National Security Advisor (Pakistan)|National Security Advisor]] in [[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia-ul-Haq]]'s [[Zia regime|administration]], which he served until 1988.<ref name="Dawn Newspapers" />

After [[Death and state funeral of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|sudden death]] of President Zia-ul-Haq, Farman Ali reportedly went into hiding and lived a very quiet life in [[Rawalpindi]] on a [[Pensions in Pakistan|pension]].<ref name="Dawn Newspapers" /> Throughout the [[1990 in Pakistan|1990s]], he fought a brief illness and authored a book, ''Sar Gazisht'', based on the East Pakistan crises.<ref name="Dawn Newspapers" /> On 20 January 2004, Farman Ali died and was laid to rest with military honors in [[Westridge, Rawalpindi|Westridge cemetery]] in [[Rawalpindi]], [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]].<ref name="Dawn Newspapers" />

== Awards and decorations ==
{| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
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|{{ribbon devices|ribbon=Sitara-e-Quaid-e-Azam (1957-76).png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Sitara-e-Khidmat (SK) (1957-86).png|width=130}}
|
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Diffa.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Jang 1965 War.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award‐star|ribbon=Pakistan Independence Medal 1947.png|width=130}}
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Republic Medal 1956 (Pakistan).png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Burma Star BAR.svg|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ribbon - War Medal.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=QE II Coronation Medal 1953.png|width=130}}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
| colspan="2" |'''[[Civil decorations of Pakistan|Sitara-e-Quaid-e-Azam]]'''
''(SQA)''
| colspan="2" |'''[[Civil decorations of Pakistan|Sitara-e-Khidmat]]'''
''(SK)''
|-
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Tamgha-e-Diffa]]'''
''(General Service Medal)''

'''1. [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|1965 War]] Clasp'''

'''2. [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|1971 War]] Clasp'''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Tamgha-e-Jang 1965 War]]'''
''(War Medal 1965)''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War]]'''
''(War Medal 1971)''
|'''[[Pakistan Medal|Pakistan Tamgha]]'''
''([[Pakistan Medal]])''

'''1947'''
|-
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Tamgha-e-Jamhuria]]'''
''(Republic Commemoration Medal)''

'''1956'''
|'''[[Burma Star]]'''
|'''[[War Medal 1939–1945|War Medal]]'''
'''[[War Medal 1939–1945|1939-1945]]'''
|'''[[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal|Queen Elizabeth II]]'''
'''[[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal|Coronation Medal]]'''

'''(1953)'''
|}

=== Foreign decorations ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" style="background:#006400; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center" |'''Foreign Awards'''
|-
! rowspan="3" |'''{{flag|UK}}'''
|'''[[Burma Star]]'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Burma Star BAR.svg|width=130}}
|-
|'''[[War Medal 1939–1945|War Medal 1939-1945]]'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ribbon - War Medal.png|width=130}}
|-
|'''[[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal]]'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=QE II Coronation Medal 1953.png|width=130}}
|}

==See also==
* [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]
* [[1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.dawn.com/2004/01/21/nat17.htm Rao Farman Ali passes away]
* [http://etongbtong.blogspot.com/2010/03/interview-of-major-general-rao-farman.html Interview of Rao Farman Ali]

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