Kamal Matinuddin was a Pakistani general, diplomat, and military historian.
11 Facts About Kamal Matinuddin
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Kamal Matinuddin authored works primarily on Pakistan's foreign policy, nuclear policy, and military history.
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Kamal Matinuddin was born in 1926 to an Urdu speaking family of Hyderabad Deccan.
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Kamal Matinuddin obtained his higher education from the University of Lucknow, before enrolling into the Indian Military Academy in 1946.
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Kamal Matinuddin participated in the First Kashmir War, shelling enemy positions in the Bhimber sector.
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Kamal Matinuddin studied at the Canadian Army Command and Staff College in Kingston, graduating in 1957.
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Kamal Matinuddin witnessed action in the Second Kashmir War and the 1971 War.
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In 1981, Kamal Matinuddin retired as a lieutenant-general from the Pakistan Army.
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Kamal Matinuddin served as Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok.
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Kamal Matinuddin died on 5 February 2017 at the Combined Military Hospital in Rawalpindi, aged 90 or 91.
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Kamal Matinuddin's funeral was held at the city's Race Course Ground.