Sultan Mahmood (general)

Major General Sultan Mahmood was a General of the Indian Army.

Sultan Mahmood
Born	Mysore, India
Allegiance	India
Service / branch	Indian Army
Rank	Major General
Unit	Artillery
Commands	Director General (Recruiting), New Delhi

Biography

He was a born in Mysore, India, and is the younger brother of Lieutenant General Jameel Mahmood, ex-General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C), Eastern Command of the Indian Army. He is a relative of Lieutenant General (retd.) Mohammad Ahmed Zaki of the Indian Army.^{[citation needed]}

In the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 commanded four medium guns in the Kashmir Valley. In the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 he was part of the victorious force against East Pakistan. He later commanded an artillery brigade, serving as Brigadier-in-Charge in Punjab, and as the sub-area commander of Karnataka and Goa. Upon being promoted to the rank of major general he was appointed Director General (Recruiting) at the Army HQ in New Delhi.^{[citation needed]}

As of 2001, he was one of only eight Muslims in the Indian Army to rise to the rank of major general.^[1]

He was an alumnus of the Bishop Cotton Boys' School, Bangalore, India.^[2][3]

See also

• Hyderabadi Muslims
• Golkonda
• Hyderabad State
• Muslim culture of Hyderabad
• History of Hyderabad for a history of the city of Hyderabad.
• Hyderabad (India) for the city.