Ahmad Tasnim (; born 1935) is a retired three-star rank

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of the

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who is known for his command of ''Hangor'', a

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that sank INS Khukri on 8 December 1971 during Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, off the coast of Diu,

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. The sinking of INS Khukri was the first submarine kill since

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, and the only one until a

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''Conqueror'' sank an

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cruiser ( ''General Belgrano'') during the

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of the 1980s. In the 1990s, he was appointed chairman of the

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and the

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while serving in the Navy until he retired in 1994.

Biography

Early life and career in the Navy

Tasnim was born to a Punjabi Muslim

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family in the village of Mianwal, Jullunder,

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, in 1935. In an interview, he stated that his ancestors "most likely came from

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" and "took up agriculture as their livelihood" after settling in the "area". His father, Mohammad Yakob, was a civil servant for the

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government. In 1940, he moved with his father who was posted to

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and permanently moved to

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after the

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on 14 August as result of the partition of

. The rest of the family followed shortly thereafter. After matriculating at Government Islamia High School Jhang, he was admitted at the Government College University in

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in 1950 but left his university after being selected for a military service exam in 1952. In 1954, he joined the

, commissioned as a

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, and was sent to the

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to attend the

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in Dartmouth, England. He shared his dormitory with army cadet

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who would one day become a three-star general. He graduated from the

in 1955, and was later sent to

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for further training where he joined the

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as an

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, getting commissioned as a Sub-Lieutenant on 1 January 1957, and serving aboard HMAS Sydney, an

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. After briefly serving as an

, S/Lt. Tasnim was sent to

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again where he attended the

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, from which he graduated and received a

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degree with strong emphasis on

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. Upon returning to Pakistan, he was promoted to

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, and was posted as

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to which he was until 1961. During this time, he was posted in

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, but returned shortly after he was appointed ADC to

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. In 1963, Lt. Tasnim personally excused himself from his assignment in order to join a newly established crew that was to be trained in the

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so that they could operate a

acquired from the

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. With Lt.Cdr K.R. Niazi, Lt. Tasnim arrived in New London in

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where he was trained on USS Angler for submarine operations. In 1964, the crew returned to Pakistan and reported back to its base,

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War appointments in the Navy

By 1965, Lt. Cdr. Tasnim was the

and

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of , and participated in Pakistan's second war with India in 1965. ''Ghazi'', under command of Cdr. KR Niazi, escorted the combined task group under Cdre. S.M. Anwar, the OTC, to where they would successfully raid a radar facility in

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. ''Ghazi'' later patrolled the

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and reported back safely to its base once the

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broke the India-Pakistan Tashkent Agreement ceasefire. Lt. Cdr. Tasnim and Ghazi were given the Sitara-e-Jurat in 1966. In 1967, Lt. Cdr. Tasnim assumed the

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of ''Ghazi'' and became responsible for her

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soon after. After refitting of her computers, ''Ghazi,'' under his command, embarked on

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and

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in order for her mid-life update to be carried out in the

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because of the closure of the

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caused by the of the

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. After refit trials, Lt. Cdr. Tasnim returned to

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and later traveled to

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to acquire a newly built . There, he learned French and took over the command of in 1969 as Commander. Cdr. Tasnim arrived with ''Hangor'' on 1 December 1970 in Karachi. In August 1971, Cdr. Tasnim volunteered to go behind enemy lines to pick up intelligence on an

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movement, which was duly approved. In November 1971, sailed under his command again with a full wartime load of

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, moving towards the Bombay harbour, identifying the Indian armada but not attacking without authorization. In an attempt to warn, Cdr. Tasnim broke radio silence and dispatched a message that was immediately identified, leading to the Indian Navy dispatching two ASW warships, and INS ''Kirpan'' from the 14th Squadron of the

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. The Indian squadron under

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Mahendra Nath Mulla identified '' Hangor'' circa 3 December, and came forward to attack the submarine that was operating in

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. Cdr. Tasnim ordered increase of submarine depth by 200m and the submarine began targeting Indian Navy ships that were now on their way to attack the submarine. At about 20:00 hours, Cdr. Tasnim had his torpedo crew, led by Lt. Fasih Bokhari, calculate the enemy ship path and firing range, and ordered the crew to fire torpedoes. The first

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fired missed and did not hit Kirpan. A second

was fired and it hit the magazine of '' Khukri''. The crew of '' Hangor'' heard a loud explosion and began recording orders being passed by Cpt. M.N. Mullah, Khukri's captain. A third homing torpedo was fired but ''Kirpan'' dodged it and fled. '' Khukri'' sank before '' Hangor'' could make an attempt to save the survivors, resulting in 250 men (all on board) losing their lives including Cpt. Mahendra Nath Mulla. For almost a week, Cdr. Tasnim had '' Hangor'' submerged because of a massive search and destroy mission, making his way back to her base with depleted hydrogen batteries. In a personal admission in 2001, Tasnim stated: "''An extensive air search combined with surface ships made our life miserable but with intelligent evasive action we managed to survive these attacks and arrived in Karachi safely after the ceasefire''."

Staff and Command appointments

Upon returning to Pakistan, Cdr. Tasnim was decorated with Sitara-e-Jurat for his actions of valor in 1972. In 1973, he was posted in Pakistan's Naval Headquarters in

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, becoming director of submarine operations and assuming the command of submarine command (COMSUBS) in 1974. In 1975–76, Cdr. Tasnim went to the

to attend the Rhode Island Naval War College, returning with a MSc. in war studies, and was appointed "Directing Staff" at the

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. In 1976, he was promoted to a

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, and was appointed as Director-General Naval Operations (DGNO) and then

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at Navy NHQ in

. In 1978, Cdre. Tasnim was selected by the

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(MoD) for a diplomatic assignment, and briefly tenured as

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at the Embassy of Pakistan in

until 1981. Upon returning, Cdre. Tasnim was made tactical commanding officer of the 25th Destroyer Squadron, later commandant of the

and then the ACNS (Training) until he was promoted to a

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. In 1984,

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Tasnim joined the faculty of National Defence University (NDU) in

, teaching military study courses of which then- Brig.

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was his student. He remained Chief Instructor (CI) at the NDU until 1987. In 1987–88,

Tasnim was appointed DCNS (Personnel) and later became a senior

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in 1989–91, as a

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. In 1991,

Tasnim was appointed

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of the National Shipping Corporation which he stayed in until 1992, when he was made chairman of

(KPT), which he remained until his retirement from the Navy in 1994.

Retirement and defence analyst

In 2001,

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Tasnim refuted the

's claim that they sunk ''Ghazi'', stating that "the sub was lost due to an operational accident and Indians have never claimed it as such." In 2016,

Tasnim backed the ISPR's claim of detecting the

's submarine patrol off the

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, claiming that "the Indian submarine was detected 40 nautical miles off Pakistan's coast." Talking to ''Dawn'', Tasnim was of the opinion that "''the submarine had come for intelligence gathering purposes. Intelligence gathering is a common practice, but the skill is in not getting caught – like we did in our times''."

Popular culture

In December 2021,

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release a telefilm '' Hangor S-131'', based on real life events from the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war in which Tasnim was played by Zahid Ahmed.

Awards and decorations

Notes

References

External links

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