Sawar Muhammad Hussain

Infobox Military Person
name= Muhammad Sarwar
lived= 18 June, 1949 - 10 December, 1971
placeofbirth= Gujar Khan, Punjab
placeofdeath= Zafarwal-Shakargarh


caption= Jawan Sawar Muhammad Hussain, Nishan-e-Haider
nickname=
allegiance= Pakistan Army
serviceyears= 3 September,1966 - 10 December,1971
rank= Jawan
commands=
unit= 20 Lancers (Pakistan)
battles= 1971 War
awards= Nishan-e-Haider
laterwork=

Jawan Sawar Muhammad Hussain Janjua Shaheed was born in Dhok Pir Bakhsh (now "Dhok Muhammad Hussain Janjua" named after him in commemoration of his Gallantry) in Gujar Khan on June 18, 1949. He joined Pakistan Army as a driver on September 3, 1966 at a very young age of 17 yearsFact|date=October 2007. Although he was only a driver he always yearned to participate in active battle.

Incident Leading to Martyrdom (Shahadat)

At the time of 1971 war (between India and Pakistan) he was attached with an old army unit known as “20 Lancers”. While his unit was engaged in the frontline area of Zafarwal-Shakargarh, he himself never missed an opportunity of taking over a machine-gun and firing on the enemy, unmindful of any dangerFact|date=October 2007. It was on December 5, 1971 that while braving intense shelling and direct fire from enemy tanks and infantry, he went from trench to trench delivering ammunition to the frontline soldiersFact|date=October 2007. It was documented by his company men that on the following day, he went out with four fighting patrols and undertook most hazardous missions. However, it was on December 10, 1971 that he spotted the enemy digging in near village Harar Khurd along the minefield laid out by Pakistan Army. He thus immediately informed the second- in-command of his unit. But simultaneously he moved, on his own initiative, from one anti-tank gun to another directing the crew to fire accurately at enemy tanks, and was thus responsible for the destruction of sixteen enemy tanks.

On the same day, at 04:00 pm, while directing fire from one of the recoilless rifles, he was hit on the chest by a burst of machine-gun fire from an enemy tank and thus died in action.

Sawar Muhammad Hussain had the distinction of being the first Jawan (a rank of foot soldier in Pakistan Army) to be awarded Nishan-e-Haider for his gallantryFact|date=October 2007.

See also

*Gujar Khan
*Daultala
*Pakistan Army

External links

* [http://www.itspakistan.net/pakistan/nishan-e-haider.aspx A profile of Sawar Muhammad Hussain Shaheed]