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{{Short description|Pakistan Lieutenant Colonel (1918–2021)}}
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|name = Sultan Mohammed Khan Mengal
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|birth_date = November 1918<ref name="dunya.com">{{cite web |title=اولڈ وار ویٹرن لیفٹیننٹ کرنل ریٹائرڈ سلطان محمد خان مینگل انتقال کرگئے |url=https://dunya.com.pk/index.php/dunya-headline/HeadLineRoznama/621493_1 |website=Roznama Dunya |language=ur |date=27 September 2021}}</ref>
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|death_date = 26 September 2021<ref name="dailytimespk"/>
|death_place = [[Quetta]], [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan province]], [[Pakistan]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Oldest Pakistan Army veteran Lt-Col (r) Sultan Mengal breathes his last at 103 |url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/27-Sep-2021/oldest-pakistan-army-veteran-lt-col-r-sultan-mengal-breathes-his-last-at-103 |website=Daily Pakistan Global |language=en |date=27 September 2021}}</ref>
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|serviceyears = 1941–1967<ref name="arynews-1941"/>
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'''Lieutenant Colonel (retd) Sultan Mohammed Khan Mengal''' (1918 – 2021) was the oldest Pakistan Army veteran. He joined the [[British Indian Army]] in 1941 and was commissioned in the [[130th Baluchis#Subsequent History|5th Baluch (Jacob Regiment)]] in 1942.<ref name="urdupoint"/> Following the independence of Pakistan, he joined [[Pakistan Army]] and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1967. He died on 26 September 2021 in [[Quetta]] and was 103 years old at the time of his death.<ref name="arynews-1941"/>

==Personal life==
Sultan Mengal was born in November 1918.<ref name="dunya.com"/>

==Military career==
Sultan Mengal started his military career by joining the [[British Indian Army]] in 1941 and got a commission in the [[130th Baluchis#Subsequent History|5th Baluch (Jacob Regiment)]] in 1942.<ref name="urdupoint">{{cite web |title=پاک فوج کے معمر ترین افسر انتقال کرگئے پاک فوج کے لیفٹیننٹ کرنل سلطان محمد خان مینگل کی عمر 103 سال تھی |url=https://www.urdupoint.com/daily/livenews/2021-09-27/news-2918391.html |website=UrduPoint |language=ur |date=27 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="arynews-1941"/> After the independence of Pakistan, he joined [[Pakistan Army]]'s [[Frontier Force Regiment]] and also served as the instructor at Infantry School Quetta. He also served as the commandant of the [[Khyber Rifles]], [[Guides Infantry|2FF Guides]], [[Pakistan Rangers|Sutlej Rangers]], [[Gilgit Scouts|Northern Scouts Gilgit]].<ref name="urdupoint"/> He retired in 1967 from Pakistan Army as a Lieutenant Colonel.<ref name="arynews-1941">{{cite web |title=Pakistan Army's oldest veteran dies at 103: ISPR |url=https://arynews.tv/pakistan-army-oldest-veteran-dies-ispr/ |website=ARY NEWS |date=26 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Zehra |first1=Mehak |title=Lt Col. Sultan Mengal, Oldest Army Veteran Passes Away At 103 |url=https://www.brandsynario.com/lt-col-sultan-mengal-oldest-army-veteran-passes-away-at-103/ |website=Brandsynario |date=27 September 2021}}</ref>

==Death==
Sultan Mengal died at the age of 103 in [[Combined Military Hospital]] in the city of [[Quetta]] on 26 September 2021.<ref name="urdupoint"/> Pakistan military spokesman, Major General Babar Iftikhar, expressed his condolences on the demise of Sultan Mohammed Khan Mengal and described him as "a keen soldier and adventurist who had climbed, walked, skied, sailed and rowed through all of the country’s natural terrain on many expeditions".<ref name="dailytimespk">{{cite web |title=ISPR DG condoles demise of oldest veteran soldier of Pakistan Army |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/821873/ispr-dg-condoles-demise-of-oldest-veteran-soldier-of-pakistan-army/ |website=Daily Times |date=27 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Army veteran Sultan Mengal passes away |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1648662 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en |date=27 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ISPR DG condoles demise of Lieutenant Colonel (R) Sultan Mohammed Khan Mengal |url=https://radio.gov.pk/27-09-2021/ispr-dg-condoles-demise-of-lieutenant-colonel-r-sultan-mohammed-khan-mengal |website=www.radio.gov.pk |language=en |date=27 September 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1918 births]]
[[Category:2021 deaths]]
[[Category:Baloch people]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Pakistan Army personnel]]
[[Category:Pakistani centenarians]]
[[Category:Men centenarians]]
[[Category:People from Quetta]]

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