Ahmad Tasnim
Vice Admiral Ahmad Tasnim HI(M) SJ & Bar SI(M) SBt (Urdu: احمد تسنيم; born 1935) is a retired three-star rank admiral in the Pakistan Navy who is notable for his command of the Hangor, a submarine, that sank the INS Khukri on 8 December 1971 during the third war with India, off the Diu, Gujarat in India.
Vice Admiral Ahmad Tasnim | |
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| Chairman of Karachi Port Trust | |
| In office 1992–1994 | |
| Preceded by | RAdm S. R. Hussain |
| Succeeded by | RAdm AKbar H. Khan |
| Chairman of National Shipping Corporation | |
| In office 11 November 1991 – 21 April 1992 | |
| Preceded by | RAdm S. Hamid Khalid |
| Succeeded by | VAdm Mansurul Haq |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ahmad Tasnim 1935 (age 88–89) Jullundar, Punjab, British India (Present-day Jalandhar, Punjab, India) |
| Citizenship | British India (1935–47) Pakistan (1947 – present) |
| Alma mater | Britannia Royal Naval College Royal Naval College, Greenwich National Defence University |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Pakistan |
| Branch/service | Pakistan Navy |
| Years of service | 1954–1994 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Unit | Submarine Service Branch (PN No. 609) |
| Commands | Commander Pakistan Fleet DCNS (Personnel) 25th Destroyer Squadron Military attaché, Pakistan Embassy, Paris Submarine Command (COMSUBS) |
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| Awards | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Jurat & Bar Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Basalat |
This was the first submarine kill since World War II, and the only one until a Royal Navy's Conqueror sank an Argentine cruiser General Belgrano during the Falklands War fought in 1980s. In 1990s, he was appointed chairman of the Karachi Port Trust and the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation while serving in the Navy until retiring from his service in 1994.
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