Punjabi Muslims (
Punjabi: پنجابی مسلمان ) are adherents of
Islam who are
linguistically,
culturally, or
genealogicallyPunjabis. Primarily geographically native to the
Punjab province of
Pakistan today, many have ancestry in the entire Punjab region, split between India and Pakistan in the contemporary era.
Khudadad Khan, operated a machine gun despite being wounded after his team was overrun and bayoneted by the Germans, holding them back long enough for reinforcements in the
Western Front
Shahamad Khan, covered a 150 yard gap at the
Tigris Front in
Mesopotamia after his men became casualties where he continued to single-handedly repel three counter-attacks
Sher Shah Awan, commanded a platoon ambushed by the
Japanese, his leg was shattered but he fought on and crawled at the enemy which he shot at point-blank range
Fazal Din, ran through the chest in
Burma by a Japanese samurai officer's sword reaching through to his back and proceeded to pull the sword out of his chest and kill the Japanese officer with it
Masud Ahmed, theoretical physicist and one of the leading figures of the Theoretical Physics Group - the group that developed the theoretical designs of Pakistan's nuclear weapons
^Eaton, Richard M. (2019-07-25).
India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765. Penguin UK. p. 105.
ISBN978-0-14-196655-7. The career of Khizr Khan, a Punjabi chieftain belonging to the Khokar clan, illustrates the transition to an increasingly polycentric north India.
^Dalrymple, William (2019-09-10).
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire. Bloomsbury USA. p. 264.
ISBN978-1-63557-395-4. The second power was a new force, which in the 1770s was just emerging and beginning to flex its military muscles: the Mysore Sultanate of Haidar Ali and his formidable warrior son, Tipu Sultan. Haidar, who was of Punjabi origin, had risen in the ranks of the Mysore army, where he introduced many of the innovations he had learned from observing French troops at work in the Carnatic Wars.
Punjabi Muslims (
Punjabi: پنجابی مسلمان ) are adherents of
Islam who are
linguistically,
culturally, or
genealogicallyPunjabis. Primarily geographically native to the
Punjab province of
Pakistan today, many have ancestry in the entire Punjab region, split between India and Pakistan in the contemporary era.
Khudadad Khan, operated a machine gun despite being wounded after his team was overrun and bayoneted by the Germans, holding them back long enough for reinforcements in the
Western Front
Shahamad Khan, covered a 150 yard gap at the
Tigris Front in
Mesopotamia after his men became casualties where he continued to single-handedly repel three counter-attacks
Sher Shah Awan, commanded a platoon ambushed by the
Japanese, his leg was shattered but he fought on and crawled at the enemy which he shot at point-blank range
Fazal Din, ran through the chest in
Burma by a Japanese samurai officer's sword reaching through to his back and proceeded to pull the sword out of his chest and kill the Japanese officer with it
Masud Ahmed, theoretical physicist and one of the leading figures of the Theoretical Physics Group - the group that developed the theoretical designs of Pakistan's nuclear weapons
^Eaton, Richard M. (2019-07-25).
India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765. Penguin UK. p. 105.
ISBN978-0-14-196655-7. The career of Khizr Khan, a Punjabi chieftain belonging to the Khokar clan, illustrates the transition to an increasingly polycentric north India.
^Dalrymple, William (2019-09-10).
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire. Bloomsbury USA. p. 264.
ISBN978-1-63557-395-4. The second power was a new force, which in the 1770s was just emerging and beginning to flex its military muscles: the Mysore Sultanate of Haidar Ali and his formidable warrior son, Tipu Sultan. Haidar, who was of Punjabi origin, had risen in the ranks of the Mysore army, where he introduced many of the innovations he had learned from observing French troops at work in the Carnatic Wars.