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Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw MC (4 April 1914 – 27 June 2008), also known as Sam Bahadur ("Sam the Brave"), was the chief of the army staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, and the first Indian Army officer to be promoted
Jun 23, 2024 · Sam Manekshaw (born April 3, 1914, Amritsar, Punjab state, India—died June 27, 2008, Wellington, Tamil Nadu state) was the first Indian military officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal, the highest rank that can be attained in the Indian Army.
Jun 27, 2019 · New Delhi: Perhaps no military general in the history of independent India has ever captured the national imagination in the way Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw did. One of the chief architects of India’s 1971 victory against Pakistan, Manekshaw is most famously remembered for bluntly telling Prime Minister Indira Gandhi that the Indian Army wasn ...
Jan 29, 2024 · Just before the 1971 war, Sam Manekshaw, who had become the chief of the Indian Army by then, and Yahya Khan, then the President of Pakistan, found themselves at the forefront of a...
Apr 3, 2018 · A legend who faded gracefully into retirement, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw was an extraordinary soldier whose first-class military leadership uplifted an Indian Army that stood crestfallen after the 1962 Chinese debacle.
Join BBC Journalist Rehan Fazal and Major General Yash Mor as they unravel the layers of one of India's most iconic military leaders. Sam Manekshaw, the first-ever Field Marshal of the Indian...
Jun 30, 2008 · Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India’s best-known soldier and the architect of the country’s victory in the 1971 war with Pakistan that gave birth to Bangladesh, died ...
Dec 20, 2021 · Flamboyant and colourful, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw or ‘Sam Bahadur’ (Sam the Brave)—as he would be known after 1942, was a personality unmatched and one couldn’t help but be impressed by his gallantry. In a career spanning over 40 years, Manekshaw saw five wars.
Feb 1, 2024 · Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, also known as Sam Manekshaw, stands as a highly distinguished military officer in the Indian Armed Forces. Born on April 3, 1914, in...
Jun 27, 2019 · An announcement that a Bollywood film will be made on Indian war hero Sam Manekshaw has seen him trend on social media 11 years after his death. Manekshaw is arguably India's best known army...
