History of Pakistan Army

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King Faisal II of Iraq visiting 501 Workshop, Rawalpindi.

 

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Rawalpindi Members of the newly formed Pakistani Security Guard marching past troops of the regular Pakistani Army during parade review for Pakistan's new leader Mohammed Ali Jinnah, who did not attend due to illness.

 

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Tirah Field Force "Tirah-Kurram-Khyber", Circa 1897-1898.





The Nursing Sister's Of Tirah Expedition.

Source - The Navy And Army Illustrated March 20th, 1898.

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This Is a Staged Picture Depicts Men Of The Ghurka Rifles Aiming Their Weapons At Karuppa Tirah, Circa 1897.....

 

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AJK 1949

 

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Bungalow at Dalbandin, Balochistan in 1955..

Kharan Rifles..

 

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Having Removed Their Turbans - Muslims, Hindu And Sikhs Police Recruits Are Instructed In Drill At A Frontier Constabulary Training Establishment, Nowshera, NWFP, 1944 (c).

© Cecil Beaton / Imperial War Museum

 

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PAVO at Dera Ismail Khan, circa 1890s. then known as the 1st Punjab Cavalry.

Immaculate drip. love what looks like a Martini-Henry cavalry carbine....

 

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, meeting with the officers of 6th Bn, Frontier Force Rifles (Now 1st FF). Lt Col. (later Lt General) Bakhtiar Rana following him.
Date: 1948

 

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General Muhammad Ayub Khan, C-in-C Pakistan Army, Reviewing The 3rd (Peshawar) Mountain Battery During Its Centenary Celebration At Campbellpur In 1953.

 

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Quetta June 1930

 

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The Guides Infantry; it's 'C' Company repulsed an assault by the 8ᵗʰ Rajputana Rifles on a feature in the upper reaches of the Leepa Valley, on the night of 7/8ᵗʰ December 1971.
The Raj Rif unit lost 43 dead or missing.
Charlie Company lost 5, including it's commander.

 

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Peshawar 1919

 

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Shagai Fort, Khyber Pass, 1946-48 (c).




Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah With Colonel Mohammad Sharif Khan Afridi Kuki khel, Commandant Khyber Rifles. Standing Beside Him At The Parade Ground Of Shagai Fort, Literally In The Khyber Pass. Colonel Sharif Was The First Commissioned Officer In 1936 From Khyber.