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Admiral Mohammad Shariff (Urdu: ايڈمرل محمد شريف ; born 1920 – 27 April 2020NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), LM, HJ, SJ, SK), was a four-star rank admiral. He was an important figure in the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971. He was the Chief of Naval Staff from 1975 to 1979 and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1977 to 1980.

Shariff died on 27 April 2020, aged 99.

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    Military map of East Pakistan, with Indian Army encircling the India-East Pakistan border.

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