Defence Day - 6 September 2007 - Nishan-i-Haider Quiz

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Re: Defence Day - 6 September 2007 - Nishan-i-Haider Quiz

Dr Sufi,
Thanks for the feedback and info sir.
Actually I'm also not too sure about what this particular 'equivalence' of the Hilal-i-Kashmir awarded to Naik Saif Ali in being 'equivalent' to Nishan-i-Haider really means, and although I had been hearing of it since last August in 2006 I was not convinced and considered it misinformation, however I was confirmed this year esp in Aug and Sep that the GoP, MoD and Army have accepted the AK Highest Award of Hilal-i-Kashmir as *equivalent *to Nishan-i-Haider in stature, thus the HK earned by Naik Saif Ali in 1940s somewhere in Kashmir, is held as 'equivalent' to NH.
I haven't come across any official citation, nor notification or article of the equivalent status nor on Naik Saif Ali or his feats. I have however seen and observed Naik Saif Ali being regraded officially as equal to NH due to his HK on official Govt or Army celebrations, portraits, collages and office walls and lists.
The official portrairs are now 11, and officiallists include Naik Saif Ali and even on 6 Sep 2007 when as per tradition since 1965 Gens lay wreaths on graves and memorials of NH recipients and other martyrs, a Gen laid wreaths at the grave of Naik Saif Ali, recognizing him as a recipient of HK equivalent to NH, but not NH itself.

As for the citation for his martyrdom, I wonder why it hasnt been released yet, or maybe I havent seen it yet. I too have been extremely keen on trying to find out what his story was, who he was, where from, how he was martyred, where and why he was given an equivalent status, and that too decaeds later...? So far all I know is he belonged to the AK Regt, or maybe being a Kashmir effort martyr he has been adopted by AK Regt.

I would appreciate it highly if you update me with any info if you gather any on this.

Thanks alot for this detailed info. I may have erred about which units are officially called 'Haidery' and may have confused it with being the only Haidery Regt in 1965 i.e. in 1965 17 Punjab was the only unit awarded the NH.

I too am not sure which Unit Maj Tufail belonged to originally. And it's interesting that Capt Sher Khan's NH is credited by both NLI and Sindh. But I guess both deserve to count it as theirs.
Speaking of Maj Mohd Akram I was wondering, do you have any idea where he is buried because I wonder if his body was found or not, or if found if it was buried in Hilli EP or brought back?
Also, you mentioned Capt Sher Khan was on ERE to NLI. What does ERE mean?
Thanks!

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