Brigadier Mohammad Usman (15 July 1912 – 3 July 1948) (also known as Usman Mohomad) was the highest ranking officer of Indian Army killed in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, who as a Muslim became a "symbol of" India's "inclusive secularism". At the time of partition of India he with many other officers declined to move to the Pakistan Army and continued to serve the Indian Army. He died in July 1948 while fighting the Pakistani soldiers and militia in Jammu and Kashmir. He was later awarded the Maha Vir Chakra

Birth and Education

Brig Usman was born at Bibipur, Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh on July 15, 1912. His mother was Jamilun Bibi and father was Mohammad Faqooq Khunambir.

Young Usman was educated at Harish Chandra High School in Varanasi. He entered the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst in 1932 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant and appointed to the Unattached List for the Indian Army on 1 February 1934. He was attached in India to the 1st battalion the Cameronians on 12 March 1934 for a year.

Mohammad Usman (born 29 August 1993) is an Emirati cricketer. He made his first-class debut for the United Arab Emirates against the Netherlands in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 21 January 2016. He made his List A debut for the UAE against the Netherlands in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship on 27 January 2016. He made his Twenty20 International debut against the Netherlands on 3 February 2016.

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