
Muhammad Zia-ul-haq is a politician, military officer born in Jalandhar * (British Raj).
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988) was a Pakistani military dictator and statesman who served as the sixth president of Pakistan from 1978 until his death in an airplane crash in 1988. He also served as the second chief of the army staff of the Pakistan Army from 1976 until his death. The country's longest-serving de facto head of state and chief of the army staff, Zia's political ideology is known as Ziaism. Zia was born in Jalandhar and trained at the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun. He served in the British Indian Army in the Second World War, and following the partition of India in 1947, joined the Pakistan Army and stationed in the Frontier Force Regiment. During Black September, he played a prominent role in defending the Jordanian Armed Forces against the Palestine Liberation Organization.
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| Born | 11 August 1924, Jalandhar * |
| Profession | politician, military officer |
| Nationality | British Raj |
| Educated at | St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, United States Army Command and General Staff College |
| Children | Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq |
| Awards | Order of the Yugoslavian Great Star, Order of the Rajamitrabhorn |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Sagittarius |
| Nakshatra | Mula (Pada 3) |
| Sun Sign | Cancer |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Libra |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: 765 Notable Horoscopes) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 385 politicians with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 34 of them (9%) have the Moon in Sagittarius, like Muhammad Zia-ul-haq, and 10 (3%) share the Mula Nakshatra — the #23 most common Moon Nakshatra among politicians, where Uttara Bhadrapada leads with 25 (6%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Muhammad Zia-ul-haq was born on 11 August 1924 in Jalandhar *. Birth details come from a published reference (source: 765 Notable Horoscopes) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Muhammad Zia-ul-haq's Moon sign (Rashi) is Sagittarius and the Nakshatra is Mula, pada 3, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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