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| {{Short description|14th defence secretary of Pakistan}}
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| | name = M. Rahim Khan
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| | office = 14th [[Defence Secretary (Pakistan)|Defence Secretary]]
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| | president = [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]]
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| | primeminister = Vacant ({{small|[[Operation Fair Play|military coup]]}})
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| | term_start = November 1980
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| | term_end = December 1981<ref name="Defence">{{cite web | author=Ministry of Defence | title=Ministry Of Defence | website=Ministry Of Defence | url=https://mod.gov.pk/Detail/N2NkOWFhYjUtYzlkNy00NDdjLTg4NDktMGY3Mjc1MjE3N2Vk | access-date=2021-08-21}}</ref>
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| | predecessor = [[Rasheed ud Din Arshad]]<ref name="Defence"/>
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| | birth_place = [[Rawalakot]], Pakistan<ref name="theguardian"/>
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| |allegiance = {{PAK}}
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| |branch = {{army|PAK}}
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| |rank = [[File:OF-7 Pakistan Army.svg|10px]] [[Major general]]
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| |unit = 39 Infantry Division
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| |commands = [[Chandpur, Bangladesh|Chandpur]], [[East Pakistan]]
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| |battles = [[Indo-Pakistan War of 1971]]
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| | alma_mater = [[Staff College, Camberley]]
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| | spouse = {{marriage |Kamala Isaac |1845 |2007 |end=d.}}<ref name="theguardian"/>
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| |laterwork = Chairperson of [[Pakistan International Airlines]] and [[Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority]]
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| | honorific_suffix = [[File:Hilal-e-Jurat Medal.png|50px]] <br /> <b>[[Hilal-e-Jurat]]</b><br />{{small|[[Hilal-i-Jurat|HJ]]  [[Civil decorations of Pakistan|SPk]]}}
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| | awards = [[File:Hilal-e-Jurat.png|50px]] {{small|[[Hilal-e-Jurat]]}}<br />[[File:Sitara-e-Pakistan (SPk) (1957-86).png|50px]]{{small|[[Sitara-e-Pakistan]]}}
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| '''Mohammad Rahim Khan''' {{post-nominals|country=GB, PK|list=[[Hilal-i-Jurat|HJ]] [[Civil decorations of Pakistan|SPk]]}} was a two star Pakistani [[Major general|military general]], diplomat, and later civil servant who served as the 14th [[Defence Secretary (Pakistan)|defence secretary of Pakistan]] from November 1980 to December 1981. Before the [[Partition of India|partition of the Indian subcontinent]], he served in the [[British Indian Army]] twice in 1943 with the second appointment in 1951.<ref name="theguardian">{{cite web | last=Green | first=David | title=Mohammad Rahim Khan obituary | website=the Guardian | date=2020-11-05 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/nov/05/mohammad-rahim-khan-obituary | access-date=2021-08-21}}</ref>
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| == Early life and education ==
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| Khan was born to Qasim Khan who was a farmer and Qasir Bibi in [[Rawalakot]] that later became a part of [[British Raj|British India]]. He was the fourth of 10 children in the family. Survived by two siblings, he was married to Kamala Isaac in 1945 who died in 2007. He moved to [[Rawalpindi]] where he spent his life.<ref name="theguardian"/> He received his [[Primary school|primary education]] at the government middle school in Rawalakot and later [[Secondary school|secondary education]] at Victoria Jubilee high school in [[Poonch District, Pakistan|Poonch, Pakistan]].
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| == Military career ==
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| When Pakistan was declared as a sovereign state in 1947, he was sent to the UK by the [[Pakistan Army]] where he received his training from the [[Staff College, Camberley]] (now defunct). After returning from the UK, he served in the Pakistan Army and then he was promoted to the rank of [[major general]] in 1969.<ref name="theguardian"/> During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]], he commanded an 39 Infantry Division in East Pakistan.<ref name="Daily Times 2017"/>
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| === Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ===
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| Khan was among the other generals accused of Pakistan's defeat in Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. As a [[general officer commanding]] of the 39 Infantry Division stationed at [[Chandpur, Bangladesh|Chandpur]], [[East Pakistan]], he allegedly left his divisional headquarter on 8 December 1971. He allegedly ordered the officers to move during the day time due to fear of [[Mukti Bahini|Bangladeshi Forces]]. His orders caused the death of fourteen naval servicemen, four officers posted at his infantry division, with several others injured, including Khan himself.
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| He reportedly avoided to alert the [[General Headquarters (Pakistan Army)|general headquarters]] about the poor performance of communication equipments that caused the Indian troops to carry out the [[strafing|ground attack]]s. During the war, he left for the [[West Pakistan]] and avoided to submit a [[debriefing]] to the army headquarters.<ref name="Daily Times 2017">{{cite web |title=Why did Pakistan lose in 1971? II | website=Daily Times | date=2017-09-13 | url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/117185/why-did-pakistan-lose-in-1971-ii/ | access-date=2021-08-21}}</ref> When he learned about the substandard situation, he went to [[Dacca]], for which he was reportedly criticised by his senior officer, [[Khadim Hussain Raja]].<ref name="India Today 2012">{{cite web | title=Pak ex-General Khadim Hussain Raza admits to ' 71 genocide that killed 3 million Bangladeshis | website=India Today | date=2012-07-15 | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/pakistan/story/pakistan-ex-general-khadim-hussain-raza-bangladesh-genocide-109495-2012-07-15 | access-date=2021-08-22}}</ref>
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| == Diplomatic career ==
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| After retiring from the military service and before serving in the [[Central Superior Services|civil service]]s, he was appointed as ambassador of Pakistan to Mozambique and then ambassador to Malaysia. During his diplomatic career, he served as chairperson of [[Pakistan International Airlines]] and [[Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority]].<ref name="theguardian"/>
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| == Later work ==
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| When he retired in 1994, he, along with others established a network of educational institutions for the children. The network was co-supported by the UK NGOs or other schools associated with the network. Later, he and his brother established Kashmir Education Foundation (KEF) for the rural areas children and girls in particular. KEF was later shifted to his house in Rawalpindi. Two KEF institutions were registered under the Global Schools Partnership, operating under the [[British Council]] programme.<ref name="theguardian"/>
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| == Awards and Decorations ==
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| {| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
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| |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Sitara-e-Pakistan (SPk) (1957-86).png|width=130}}
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| |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Diffa.png|width=130}}
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| |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Sitara-e-Harb 1965 War Ribbon.png|width=130}}
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| |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Sitara-e-Harb 1971 War.png|width=130}}
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| |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=War Medal 1965(Tamgha-e-Jang, A.H.1385).png|width=130}}
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| |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War.png|width=130}}
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| |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award‐star|ribbon=Pakistan Independence Medal 1947.png|width=130}}
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| |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Republic Medal 1956 (Pakistan).png|width=130}}
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| |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=1939–1945 Star.png|width=130}}
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| |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Burma Star BAR.svg|width=130}}
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| |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ribbon - War Medal.png|width=130}}
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| |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ribbon India Service Medal.png|width=130}}
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| |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=QE II Coronation Medal 1953.png|width=130}}
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| {| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
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| | colspan="2" |'''<u>[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Wound Stripes|Gold Wound Stripe]]</u>'''
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| |'''[[Hilal-i-Jurat|Hilal-e-Jurat]]'''
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| ''(Crescent of Courage)''
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| '''[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|1971 War]]'''
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| |'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Sitara-e-Pakistan]]'''
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| ''(Star of Pakistan)''
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| |'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Tamgha-e-Diffa]]'''
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| ''(General Service Medal)''
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| '''1. [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|1965 War]] Clasp'''
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| '''2. [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|1971 War]] Clasp'''
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| |'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Sitara-e-Harb 1965 War]]'''
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| ''(War Star 1965)''
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| |'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Sitara-e-Harb 1971 War]]'''
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| ''(War Star 1971)''
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| |'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Tamgha-e-Jang 1965 War]]'''
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| ''(War Medal 1965)''
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| |'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War]]'''
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| ''(War Medal 1971)''
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| |'''[[Pakistan Medal|Pakistan Tamgha]]'''
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| ''([[Pakistan Medal]])''
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| '''1947'''
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| |'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Tamgha-e-Jamhuria]]'''
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| ''(Republic Commemoration Medal)''
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| '''1956'''
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| |'''[[1939-1945 Star]]'''
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| |'''[[Burma Star]]'''
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| |'''[[War Medal 1939-1945|War Medal]]'''
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| '''[[War Medal 1939-1945|1939-1945]]'''
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| |'''[[India Service Medal]]'''
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| [[India Service Medal|'''1939–1945''']]
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| |'''[[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal|Queen Elizabeth II]]'''
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| '''[[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal|Coronation Medal]]'''
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| '''(1953)'''
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| === Foreign Decorations ===
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| ! colspan="3" style="background:#006400; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center" |'''Foreign Awards'''
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| ! rowspan="5" |'''{{flag|UK}}'''
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| |'''[[1939-1945 Star]]'''
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| |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=1939–1945 Star.png|width=130}}
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| |'''[[Burma Star]]'''
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| |'''[[War Medal 1939-1945]]'''
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| |[[India Service Medal|'''India Service Medal 1939–1945''']]
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| |'''[[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal]]'''
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| |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=QE II Coronation Medal 1953.png|width=130}}
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| == References ==
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