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Tufail Muhammad (1914 –1958). In 1958, Major Tufail Muhammad was posted to East Pakistan as the Company Commander of a battalion of East Pakistan. During his command, Indian troops violating international borders and occupied a village in the area of Laskhmipur of East Pakistan. On August 7, 1958 Major Tufail launched an assault to force withdrawal of Indian troops from the village. As the fight started, the group came under heavy fire and Major Tufail received bullets in his stomach. Despite being shot in stomach, he kept moving and was able to silence the incoming machine gun fire. By tactically using grenades, Major Tufail was able to destroy key enemy posts. When he saw an enemy commander inflicting heavy casualties to his men he crawled towards enemy posting and engaged the enemy in hand-to-hand battle which resulted in the killing of a commander of the Indian Army. He continued the operation with his men which resulted in the withdrawal of Indian forces. Despite being heavily injured, he called his junior officer “I have completed my duty; the enemy is on the run.” He embraced Shahadat while being evacuated to Hospital.
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