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evidence: General Tikka Khan -LRB- Punjabi , -LSB- ; 10 February 1915 -- 28 March 2002 -RRB- , , was a four-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army who served as the first chief of army staff from 3 March 1972 till retiring on 1 March 1976 .. Pakistan. Pakistan. General. General officer. Punjabi. Punjabi language. four-star. Four-star rank. Pakistan Army. Pakistan Army. chief of army staff. Chief of Army Staff ( Pakistan ). Gaining commissioned as an artillery officer in the British Indian Army to participate in World War II in 1940 , his military career commanded the infantry divisions in the war with India in 1965 .. India. India. World War II. World War II. commissioned. Commissioned officer. artillery officer. Regiment of Artillery ( India ). British Indian Army. British Indian Army. infantry. infantry. divisions. Division ( military ). war. Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. military. Pakistan Military. In 1969 , he was posted to command the IV Corps while acting as martial law administrator in West Pakistan under President Yahya Khan .. Yahya Khan. Yahya Khan. Pakistan. Pakistan. IV Corps. IV Corps ( Pakistan ). martial law administrator. martial law administrator. West Pakistan. West Pakistan. martial law. 1977 Pakistani coup d'etat. In 1971 , he took over the command of unified Eastern Command in East Pakistan and appointed as Governor of East Pakistan where he oversaw the planning and the military deployments to execute the military operations to quelled the liberation war efforts by Awami League .. Governor of East Pakistan. East Pakistan#Governors. Pakistan. Pakistan. Eastern Command. Pakistan Eastern Command. war. Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. East Pakistan. East Pakistan. military operations. Operation Searchlight. liberation war efforts. Bangladesh Liberation War. Awami League. Awami League. military. Pakistan Military. Governor. Governor of Punjab, Pakistan. His tough rhetoric to deal with political enemies earned him the notoriety and a nickname of `` Butcher of Bengal '' , and was soon relieved of his command by President Yahya Khan .. Yahya Khan. Yahya Khan. After commanding the II Corps in the war with India in 1971 , Tikka Khan was promoted to four-star rank and appointed as the first chief of army staff of the Pakistan Army in 1972 .. India. India. Pakistan. Pakistan. four-star. Four-star rank. Pakistan Army. Pakistan Army. chief of army staff. Chief of Army Staff ( Pakistan ). war. Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. II Corps. II Corps ( Pakistan ). As an army chief , he provided his support to the clandestine programme alongside with Ghulam Ishaq Khan -- a bureaucrat .. Ghulam Ishaq Khan. Ghulam Ishaq Khan. clandestine programme. Pakistan and its Nuclear Deterrent Program. bureaucrat. bureaucrat. Upon retirement from the military in 1976 , he was subsequently appointed as National Security Advisor by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto , only to removed in 1977 as a result of enforced martial law .. National Security Advisor. National Security Advisor ( Pakistan ). Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. military. Pakistan Military. martial law. 1977 Pakistani coup d'etat. In the 1980s , he remained active as a political worker of the Pakistan Peoples Party -LRB- PPP -RRB- and emerged as its leader when appointed as Governor of Punjab after the general elections held in 1988 .. Governor of Punjab. Governor of Punjab, Pakistan. Punjab. Punjab, Pakistan. Pakistan. Pakistan. Pakistan Peoples Party. Pakistan Peoples Party. Governor. Governor of Punjab, Pakistan. general elections. Pakistani general elections, 1988. After Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was dismissed by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan in 1990 , his tenure was terminated and was succeeded by Mian Muhammad Azhar .. Ghulam Ishaq Khan. Ghulam Ishaq Khan. Benazir Bhutto. Benazir Bhutto. Muhammad Azhar. Mian Muhammad Azhar. dismissed. Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan. Mian Muhammad Azhar. Mian Muhammad Azhar. After retiring from the politics in 1990 , he died on 28 March 2002 and was buried with full military honours in Westridge cemetery in Rawalpindi , Punjab , Pakistan .. Punjab. Punjab, Pakistan. Rawalpindi. Rawalpindi. Westridge cemetery. Westridge, Rawalpindi. Pakistan. Pakistan. military. Pakistan Military. politics. Politics of Pakistan. military honours. State funeral