Major Tufail Mohammad Shaheed "Nishan e Haider" Tomb 3.57

Tufail Mohammad (1914 – 7 August 1958) was born in 1914 in Hoshiarpur, Punjab. He was commissioned into the 16th Punjab Regiment in 1943 in British Indian Army
In 1958, Major Tufail Muhammed was posted to East Pakistan as company commander of a battalion of East Pakistan Rifles (a paramilitary force for border security). During his command, Indian troops violating international borders captured a village in the area of Lakshmipur of East Pakistan. On 7 August 1958 Major Tufail launched an assault, to force withdrawal of Indian troops from the village. He divided his men into three groups and attacked the Indian troops during the hours of darkness. The groups were able to reach the enemy without being detected but as the firefight started, the group came under heavy fire and Major Tufail received three bullets in his stomach. Despite being shot in stomach, he kept moving and was able to silence the incoming fire from machine gun. By tactically using grenades, Major Tufail was able to destroy key enemy posts. When he saw an enemy commander inflicting heavy casualties to his men he crawled towards enemy posting and engaged the enemy in hand-to-hand battle which resulted in the killing of a commander of the Indian Army. He killed him by hitting him with his steel helmet on the face. He continued the operation with his men which resulted in the withdrawal of Indian forces. Despite being heavily injured, he called his junior officer “I have completed my duty; the enemy is on the run.” He was rushed to hospital but died the same day.
Mohammad was buried with full military honours in his native village chak No. 253 E/B which was later names after him and is now known as Tufailabad or Tufail Abad in city Burewala Punjab
Major Tufail Muhammed Shaheed (1914 – 7 August 1958) was posthumously awarded the Nishan-e-Haider, Pakistan's highest military award and is the only person to win the award for an action outside the Indo-Pakistan Wars. Major Tufail Muhammad was buried with full military honours in his native city Burewala Punjab.