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After being controversially appointed to assume the army command in 1966, he took over the presidency from unpopular former dictator and elected President [[Ayub Khan]], who was not able to deal with the 1969 uprising in East Pakistan, forced to resign by protests and offered him the office. Yahya Khan subsequently enforced martial law by suspending the country’s constitution. As a result, it is now highly illegal to suspend the Pakistani constitution, it being a charge of treason with a penalty of death. Khan is now regarded as one of the country's least successful leaders. | After being controversially appointed to assume the army command in 1966, he took over the presidency from unpopular former dictator and elected President [[Ayub Khan]], who was not able to deal with the 1969 uprising in East Pakistan, forced to resign by protests and offered him the office. Yahya Khan subsequently enforced martial law by suspending the country’s constitution. As a result, it is now highly illegal to suspend the Pakistani constitution, it being a charge of treason with a penalty of death. Khan is now regarded as one of the country's least successful leaders. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Yahya was born to a Pashtun family in Chakwal, British India | Yahya was born to a Pashtun family in Chakwal, British India. He was educated at Punjab University and later graduated first in his class from the Indian Military Academy at Dehra Dun. He served in Italy and the Middle East during [[World War II]] and, after the partition of India in 1947, organized the Pakistani Staff College. | ||
After serving in the war with India over the Kashmir region, he became Pakistan’s youngest brigadier general at age 34 and its youngest general at 40. He became commander in chief in 1966. A protégé of Pres. Mohammad Ayub Khan, Yahya was in command of the military when street riots erupted in the country. Ayub called on him to take over the direction of the government and preserve the integrity of Pakistan. He was appointed chief administrator of martial law, which he declared with the words “I will not tolerate disorder. Let everyone return to his post.” | After serving in the war with India over the Kashmir region, he became Pakistan’s youngest brigadier general at age 34 and its youngest general at 40. He became commander in chief in 1966. A protégé of Pres. Mohammad Ayub Khan, Yahya was in command of the military when street riots erupted in the country. Ayub called on him to take over the direction of the government and preserve the integrity of Pakistan. He was appointed chief administrator of martial law, which he declared with the words “I will not tolerate disorder. Let everyone return to his post.” | ||