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The Lion of Naushera:
The Life and Times of Brigadier Mohammed Usman
by Ziya us Salam and Anand Mishra
Bloomsbury
149 pages; Price: Rs 399
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He was a courageous Muslim soldier who remained loyal to secular India even when Pakistan
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