A ) Gen Gracy ✅
B ) Gen Messervy
C ) Gen Perry
D ) Cunningham
Explanation:
✅ Quaid-e-Azam’s Command in the Kashmir Issue
The person who did not follow Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s command during the Kashmir issue in 1947 was:
❌ General Douglas Gracey
- Position: Acting Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army (British officer)
- Incident: October 1947
What Happened?
- When the Kashmir conflict began in October 1947, and tribal forces entered Kashmir, the Maharaja acceded to India, and Indian forces intervened.
- Quaid-e-Azam ordered General Gracey to send Pakistani troops into Kashmir in response.
- General Gracey refused, saying:
- He could not obey this command without approval from Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck, the Supreme Commander of both Indian and Pakistani forces (under British supervision at the time).
- The issue was taken to the United Nations by India in January 1,1948.