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Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw [3] MC (4 April 1914 – 27 June 2008), also known as Sam Bahadur ("Sam the Brave"), was an Indian Army general officer who was the chief of the army staff during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, and the first Indian to be promoted to the rank of field marshal.
Though Manekshaw was to retire in June 1972, his term was extended by a period of six months, and was promoted to the rank of field marshal on 1 January 1973. [34] The first Indian Army officer to be so promoted.
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The decision was announced two months after Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, who led the army in the victorious 1971 war, retired from service. [3] The reason for depressing the armed Forces pensions, which continues to rankle veterans and servings personnel, given by the Congress I government was that it wanted to ensure ‘equivalence’ of Armed ...
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.
Longtime CNN Washington bureau chief Sam Feist will leave the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed news outlet to take the helm of C-SPAN as its new CEO. Feist will remain at CNN through June and take ...
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I am nominating this article for A-Class review. Field Marshal Manekshaw, a recipient of Military Cross, was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, and was subsequently the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal.