Raja Muhammad Sarwar: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Pakistani army officer (1910–1948)}}

{{Infobox military person

| honorific_prefix = [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]]

}}

==Biography==

He was educated in government-run schools in [[Rawalpindi District]] and secured his [[Matriculation in India|matriculation]] from a local school in [[Faisalabad]] in 1928.<ref name="Tombstone of Muhammad Sarwar"/> After graduation, he followed his father, [[Havildar]] Muhammad Hyatt, path and enlisted in the [[British Indian Army]] in 1929 as a [[Sepoy]], where he was posted with the 2nd Battalion of the [[10th Baluch Regiment|10th Baloch Regiment]] (2/10th Baloch Regiment) of the [[Baloch Regiment]] (present 7th Battalion The Baloch Regiment (Steadfast Battalion)).<ref name="Tombstone of Muhammad Sarwar"/> From 1929 until 1939, he worked hard towards reacting the one of the highest enlisted ranks and was eventually promoted as the [[Naib Subedar]] and posted in supply and ammunition with the [[Pakistan Army Service Corps]] in 1939.<ref name="Tombstone of Muhammad Sarwar"/>

In 1944, [[Second lieutenant|2nd-Lt.]] Sarwar was posted in an administrative position in the Punjab Regiment — he was promoted as [[Lieutenant (United States)|Lieutenant]] in 1945–46.<ref name="Tombstone of Muhammad Sarwar"/> In the British Indian Army personnel accounts, Lt. Sarwar was known to be "a serious man with no nonsense and deeply religious who would practice his religion, [[Islam]], devotedly and offered [[Muslim prayers|five prayers]] everyday, first offering the [[Fajr prayer|prayer before sunrise]] and concluding with the [[Witr|very last midnight prayer]]."<ref name="Tombstone of Muhammad Sarwar"/>

A [[Infantry|march]] towards the [[Uri (India)|Uri]] town of the [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] was commenced under Capt. Sarwar, and led an attack on the organized Indian Army's troops, forcing them to [[Retreat (military)|retreat]] from the [[Gilgit-Baltistan]] to [[Ladakh, India|Ladakh]] on 26 July 1948.<ref name="Shaheed Foundation, 2019" /> Capt. Sarwar's company followed the retreated Indian Army's troops to the [[Uri (India)|Uri]] region where his unit faced off the strongly fortified enemy position located in the [[Uri (India)|Uri]] sector.<ref name="Shaheed Foundation, 2019" /> His company was only 50 yards away from the fortified enemy position as the Indian Army's soldiers begin their mortar shelling at his positions, and received instructions on leading the attack on the left side of the bunker where the shelling was taking place.{{rp|88}}<ref name="National Book Foundation, Mirza, 1947">{{cite book |last1=Mirza |first1=Yaqub |title=The golden jubilee celebrations of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan |date=1947 |publisher=National Book Foundation |location=Karachi, Sin. Pakistan |isbn=9789693701784 |pages=115 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sf5tAAAAMAAJ&q=+barbed+wires. |access-date=9 March 2019 |language=en-us |format=snippet view}}</ref> Moving towards the new position, his passage was blocked due to the [[barbed wire]]s and decided to move to cut the wires with only taking six men alongside.{{rp|88}}<ref name="National Book Foundation, Mirza, 1947"/> During the firefight, Capt. Sarwar used the [[bolt cutter]] to cut their [[barbed wire]]s and due to the downpour of shelling,  taking a bullet with a machine gun fire.{{rp|89}}<ref name="National Book Foundation, Mirza, 1947"/>

===Family background and personal life===

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==In memory==

In 1968, a paintings exhibition was inaugurated in [[Lahore]], Pakistan depicting Pakistani war heroes including the first sketched portrait of Capt. Muhammad Sarwar.<ref>[https://www.dawn.com/news/1403575 From the past pages of Dawn (newspaper): Fifty years ago: War paintings show] Dawn (newspaper), Published 24 April 2018, Retrieved 4 November 2018</ref>

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