Memoir of M H Khan: Turbulence in the Indian SubcontinentMusharraf Husain Khan, born in 1931 in what was then part of East Pakistan, embarked on a naval career which eventually led to his promotion to Admiral. He became a leading figure in the government of the new country of Bangladesh, and as Chief of the Naval Staff in the 1970s he even served briefly as Acting President. He lived through the upheavals of the Bangladesh Liberation War and was close to its premier, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was murdered with his family in a bloody coup in 1975. In more peaceful times, M H Khan drove the creation and development of the Bangladesh Navy and led Bangladesh's campaign to persuade India to reduce abstraction from the Ganges, which was causing immense hardship to his country further downriver. In this autobiography he tells his story and reflects on issues vital to his country, from religion and education to shipping, fishing and international relations.ÿ |
Contents
A glimpse of the subcontinent | |
Embarking on a service career and contemporary national | |
Early days at home and the memories of the decade of post | |
European and Middle Eastern tours | |
The acquisition of patrol craft and contemporary Bengali | |
Internment of Bengali officers and sailors after the Liberation | |
The development of the Bangladesh Navy | |
The Farakka dispute | |
State affairs and maritime issues | |
The greenhouse effect in Bangladesh | |
Industrial activities and military indiscipline | |
Extended social activities | |
The emergence of Bangladesh | |
Our ancestry and family tree | |
The assassination of Bangabandhu and Martial | |