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Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

1924 - 1988

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Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988) was a Pakistani military officer who served as the sixth president of Pakistan from 1978 until his death. He also served as the second chief of the army staff of the Pakistan Army from 1 March 1976 until his death. Zia was born in Jalandhar and trained at the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq has received more than 3,970,414 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq is the 4,408th most popular politician (down from 3,892nd in 2019), the 143rd most popular biography from India (down from 114th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Indian Politician.

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq was a Pakistani general and politician who served as the President of Pakistan from 1978 until 1988. He is most famous for his role in the military coup of 1977, which overthrew the democratically elected government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ranks 4,408 out of 15,577. Before him are Crocodile, Carl Clauberg, Amakusa Shirō, Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia, Hassan Nasrallah, and Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg. After him are Adalbert of Italy, Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Nicolae Timofti, Philip II, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, and Ewelina Hańska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ranks 67. Before him are Roza Shanina, Ephraim Kishon, Antony Hewish, Michel Tournier, Raj Kapoor, and Ante Marković. After him are André Franquin, Dorothy Malone, Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, Leonid Kogan, Girma Wolde-Giorgis, and Rauf Denktaş. Among people deceased in 1988, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ranks 35. Before him are Franz Josef Strauss, Farida of Egypt, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Raj Kapoor, Hermann Graf, and Richard S. Castellano. After him are Henryk Szeryng, Valerie Solanas, Hiroaki Sato, Sergey Gorshkov, Christina Onassis, and Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás.

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In India

Among people born in India, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ranks 143 out of 1,493. Before him are Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906), Madhvacharya (1199), Pratibha Patil (1934), Abul A'la Maududi (1903), Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820), and Zakir Husain (1897). After him are Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (1887), Shantideva (685), Kittur Chennamma (1778), V. V. Giri (1894), Green Boots (null), and Ahmad Sirhindi (1564).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ranks 42. Before him are Prithviraj Chauhan (1159), Mamnoon Hussain (1940), Pranab Mukherjee (1935), Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906), Pratibha Patil (1934), and Zakir Husain (1897). After him are Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (1887), V. V. Giri (1894), Lala Lajpat Rai (1865), Dhyan Chand (1905), Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671), and Sambhaji (1657).

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