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Sam Manekshaw was born on 3 April 1914 in Amritsar to Hormizd [b] (1871–1964), a doctor, and Hilla, née Mehta (1885–1970). Both of his parents were Parsis who had moved to Amritsar from the city of Valsad in coastal Gujarat .
"According to Manekshaw": The book is Singh's recollection of what Manekshaw and other generals told him, but I will remove this. "where Manekshaw suggested immediate deployment of troops to prevent Kashmir from being captured": Page 193, last 3 lines. This was Manekshaw's message to the Cabinet as per Singh.
Although Manekshaw was conferred the rank of field marshal in 1973, it was reported that he was not given the complete allowances to which he was entitled. It was not until 2007 that President Kalam met Manekshaw, and presented him with a cheque for ₹1 point 3 crore (US$230000 approx.)—his arrears of pay for over 30 years. [37]
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This article is about Sam Manekshaw, one of the only two people to be promoted to Field Marshal rank in India, and the army commander during the 1971 war who executed what was arguably India's biggest military win ever. I've worked on the suggestions from the last two FARs in 2017 & 2018, and look forward to finally taking this article to FA ...
Nominator(s): Matarisvan 14:26, 12 February 2024 (UTC) [] This article is about Sam Manekshaw, one of only two people promoted to the Field Marshal rank in India. I believe I have addressed all the concerns raised in the last FAR and look forward to going through the process once again, hopefully for the final time for this article.
Sam Manekshaw, MC (1914–2008), [8] [2] also known as "Sam Bahadur" ("Sam the Brave"), was the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal. [7] Commissioned into the British Indian Army on 1 February 1935 with seniority antedated to 4 February 1934, [ 9 ] Manekshaw's distinguished military career spanned four decades ...
Sam Manekshaw, an alumnus of IMA, was the first Indian to become a Field Marshal. Other graduates of IMA include the current Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and a number of past COASs including General Bipin Rawat, [111] General Vijay Kumar Singh, [112] General Bikram Singh, [113] General Deepak Kapoor [114] and General Sunith Francis Rodrigues. [115]