Aboobaker Osman Mitha
Pakistani general
Aboobaker Osman Mitha HJ SQA TPk (1 June 1923 – 1 December 1999), popularized as A. O. Mitha, was a Pakistani general and special forces operative who was one of the founders of Special Services Group (SSG). With the help from the US Army Special Forces, he created the special forces unit in Cherat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 1956.
Early life and education
Aboobaker Osman Mitha was born on 1 June 1923 at his family residence in the Malabar Hill neighbourhood of Bombay, British India. He was born into an affluent and wealthy business family belonging to the Memon community. He grew up in a traditional Indian joint family environment, presided over by an imperious grandfather and powerful grandmother. His entire childhood and early youth was spent in tony south Bombay, he attended the elite schools and colleges there and was attended on by a retinue of servants.
Military career
British Indian Army
As a young man, Mitha rejected both a career in business and the bride chosen for him by his grandfather, deciding instead to embark upon a career in the army. After finishing high school he joined a pre-cadet academy, and was selected for a commission in the British Indian Army. He passed out of the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, on 21 June 1942. He was granted an emergency commission in the Indian Army and appointed to the 2nd battalion 4th Bombay Grenadiers.
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