Ibrahim Habibullah
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Major General Ibrahim Habibullah was an Indian Army
General
and the commandant of the National Defence Academy (India) . He was a born in Hyderabad, India and was commissioned in the 16th Light Cavalry
of the Indian Army as a part of its Armored Corps.
The Habibullah Hall at the Academy is named in his memory and is one of the hubs of student activities at the institution.
Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...
General
General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
and the commandant of the National Defence Academy (India) . He was a born in Hyderabad, India and was commissioned in the 16th Light Cavalry
16th Light Cavalry
The 16th Light Cavalry is a regiment of the Armoured Corps, a primary combat arm of the Indian Army. Prior to India gaining independence from the British in 1947, it was a regular cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army...
of the Indian Army as a part of its Armored Corps.
The Habibullah Hall at the Academy is named in his memory and is one of the hubs of student activities at the institution.
External links
- National Defence Academy of India - Gallery of the Commandants http://nda.nic.in/html/nda-commandants-gallery.html.
See also
- Hyderabadi Muslims
- GolkondaGolkondaGolkonda or Golla konda a ruined city of south-central India and capital of ancient Kingdom of Golkonda , is situated 11 km west of Hyderabad.The most important builder of Golkonda was a Hindu Kakatiya King...
- Hyderabad StateHyderabad State-After Indian independence :When India gained independence in 1947 and Pakistan came into existence in 1947, the British left the local rulers of the princely states the choice of whether to join one of the new dominions or to remain independent...
- IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
- Muslim culture of HyderabadMuslim culture of HyderabadHyderabadi Muslims are a community of Urdu-speaking Muslims from the area that used to be the princely state of Hyderabad, India. With its origins in the Muslim Bahmani Sultanate and then Deccan sultanates, the culture became defined in the latter half of the reign of the Nizam dynasty in Hyderabad...
- History of HyderabadHistory of HyderabadHyderabad is an historic city noted for its many monuments, temples, churches, masjids, and bazaars. A multitude of influences has shaped the character of the city in the last 400 years....
for a history of the city of Hyderabad. - Hyderabad (India) for the city.