Remembering Brigadier Sikandar Ahmad, 1 FF , 20 FF, 1 FF
Monday, October 3, 2016 Remembering Brigadier Sikandar Ahmad Brigadier Sikandar Ahmad-1 FF Regiment It is not necessary that we have to discuss Napoleons and Guderians here on military history forums. We can discuss potential Napoleon also. It was August or September 1984 when I met then Major Sikandar Ahmad , then serving in 1 FF. Sikandar was an exceptional man intellectually ! A rare find ! His sense of humour was also historic and most unorthodox ! When his brigade commander one Syed Tanvir Hussain Naqvi visited him in the combined military hospital Kharian camtonment Sikandar who had a foot in plaster (a basket ball injury) when asked by Naqvi " Oh you can walk " retorted , I can hop also ! Sikandar had been commissioned in 1 FF and got in trouble with Colonel Shahid Jan in 1971 , went on adverse to 20 FF and went on adverse again back to 1 FF in 1984 ! It turned out that Major Sikandar Ahmad belonged to an extremely educated and outstanding family and younger brother ...