M.M Alam (A Pakistani War Hero)!
Today every Pakistani remembering MM ALAM, our 1965 Indo Pak hero.
But how our Pakistani Dictators treated him, please read below urdu column.
Muhammad Mahmood Alam (
Urdu:
محمد محمود عالم) (known as
M.M. Alam; 6 July 1935 18 March 2013) was[SUP]
[2][/SUP] a Pakistani fighter pilot, an
F-86 Sabre flying ace and
one-star general who served with the
Pakistan Air Force. Squadron Leader Muhammad Mahmud Alam, Commander of No 11 Squadron, was already a notable leader and highly experienced pilot in 1965, when he was awarded the
Sitara-e-Jurat (
"The star of courage"), a Pakistani
military decoration, for his actions during the
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Alam holds the record of having downed five
Indian Air Force aircraft in less than a minute.[SUP]
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Alam was born on 6 July 1935 to a well-educated family of
Kolkata, British India. Although born and raised in the
Bengal region, Alam was not ethnically
Bengali, contrary to common perception. Alam's family was of
Urdu-speaking
Bihari origin, having emigrated from
Patna and settled in the Bengal province of British India for a long time.[SUP]
[4][/SUP] The family migrated from Calcutta to eastern Bengal which became
East Pakistan (now
Bangladesh) following the formation of Pakistan in 1947.[SUP]
[4][/SUP] Alam completed his secondary education in 1951 from Government High School,
Dhaka, East Pakistan. He joined the then RPAF now PAF in 1952 and was granted commission on 2 October 1953.[SUP]
[5][/SUP] Alam's brothers are
M. Shahid Alam, an economist and a professor at
Northeastern University,[SUP]
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[7][/SUP] and
M. Sajjad Alam, a particle physicist at
SUNY Albany.[SUP]
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His family moved to
West Pakistan in around 1971, after the secession of
East Pakistan.[SUP]
[4][/SUP] Being the eldest among 11 siblings in his family, Alam never married as he had to share the financial responsibilities of his younger sisters and brothers. Several of his younger brothers excelled in various academic and professional careers.[SUP]
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