Jawan to general - recollections of a pakistani soldier

Personal account of Gen (retd.) Muhammad Musa, Pakistani four-star general who served as the 4th Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Army from 1958 to 1966, under President Ayub Khan. Following his tenure as C-in-C of the Army, he later became a politician. Musa Khan was born on 20 October 1908 in Quetta, Baluchistan, British India to an ethnic Hazara family.[1][2] His family was Sardar (lit. Chief) of Hazara tribe and was the eldest son of Sardar Yazdan Khan who was the local Tribal chief.[3][better source needed] Khan as Hockey player c. 1930 After his schooling, he was recruited to the British Indian Army as a Jawan in 1926 and eventually joined the 4th Hazara Pioneers after being promoted as the Naik– a non-commissioned officer in the British Indian Army.[4] He was selected to join the Indian Military Academy at Dehra Dun as a cadet in October 1932. Thus came the title from Jawan to General. Khan retired shortly after the 1965 war and embarked on a career in national politics, after which he was appointed to serve as the Governor of West Pakistan, a position he held from 1966 to 1969. In 1985, he was appointed as the Governor of Balochistan and remained in office until his death in 1991.