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S. M. Anwar

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Despite his role and heroic feats in 1965 war, his role in the Navy was less known and was hardly recognised in the Navy. He was unknown to the public, and it was not until 1990s when the ISPR highlighted his role as a war hero when releasing the telefilm bearing the same name of operation that was
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His death also went unnoticed in 1977, and it was only in 2016, when the Pakistan Navy officially recognised his services on their official page on
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Despite his feat, Anwar's accomplishment in the Navy was not well known. He died in
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in 1977. It was only in the 1990s when his role as war hero was highlighted when
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In 1968, the United States honoured him with their highest military award, the
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Military personnel of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
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Index

Commodore
Lahore
Punjab
British India
Karachi
Sindh
Pakistan
British Raj
British India
Pakistan
Royal Indian Navy
Pakistan Navy

Commodore
Service number
Commander Pakistan Fleet
Pakistan Marines
25th Destroyer Squadron
Pakistan Merchant Navy
Second World War
Burma campaign (1942–1943)
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Operation Dwarka

Legion of Merit

Sitara-i-Khidmat
Commodore
LOM
SK

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