Maj Gen Shabeg Singh vs Yakubu Gowon

Major General Shabeg Singh was tasked with training and organizing the Mukti Bahini, the Bangladeshi guerrilla resistance forces, in camps in India. He imparted military tactics and discipline to thousands of fighters, playing a key role in the insurgency against Pakistani forces during the Bangladesh Liberation War.

Major General Shabeg Singh was killed during Operation Blue Star, the Indian Army operation to remove Sikh militants from the Golden Temple in Amritsar. He was reportedly leading a group of militants and was shot by Indian security forces, marking a controversial end to his career.

Gowon became Head of State of Nigeria in 1966 after a counter-coup that ousted Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi. He assumed power at age 31, leading a military government during a period of political instability.

Gowon led the Nigerian federal government during the Biafran War (1967-1970) against the secessionist state of Biafra. The war resulted in over a million deaths from fighting and famine, ending with Biafra's surrender.

After the Biafran War, Gowon implemented a policy of 'no victor, no vanquished,' focusing on reconciliation and reconstruction. He reintegrated Biafran officials into the government and initiated economic rebuilding.

Gowon was ousted in a bloodless coup in 1975 while attending an OAU summit in Uganda. He went into exile in the United Kingdom, where he remained for several years before returning to Nigeria.