Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whiwhi ia i te komihana i te tau 1940 hei rangatira patu i roto i te British Indian Army ki te whai waahi ki te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i eke ia ki te whakahau i nga wehenga 8th me te 15th infantry i te pakanga ki Inia i te tau 1965. I te 1969, i tukuna ia ki te whakahau i te IV Corps i a ia e mahi ana hei kaiwhakahaere ture martial i te Hauauru o Pakistan i raro i te Perehitini Yahya Khan. I te tau 1971, i riro i a ia te mana o te Tumuaki o te Rāwhiti o te ope taua i te Rawhiti o Pakistan ka tohua hei Kawana o te Rawhiti o Pakistan i reira ia i tirotiro ai i te whakamahere me nga whakatinanatanga hoia ki te whakahaere i nga mahi hoia ki te whakakore i te
ngā mahi whawhai whakaoranga a te Awami League. Ko tana korero pakeke ki te mahi ki nga hoariri torangapu i rongonui ai ia me te ingoa ingoa o "Touka" (te tikanga "Cleaver") ana kaore i roa ka tukuna atu ia e te Perehitini Yahya Khan.