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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.
He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army in 1949. He is one of only two Indian Army officers to hold the five-star rank of Field Marshal; the other being Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw. [1] His distinguished military career spanned almost three decades.
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 Bahadur,” a biopic of Indian war hero Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, is the latest feature from Meghna Gulzar. Ronnie Screwvala’s RSVP Movies produced the film, which released ...
The battalion has the distinction of having a field marshal, albeit in the Indian Army, Sam Manekshaw who was commissioned in the 4th/12th FFR in 1934, later winning a Military Cross in 1942 in the Burma campaign during World War II.
Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army. He is one of only two Indian Army officers to hold the five-star rank of field marshal; the other being Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw .
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, Commandant of the Infantry School, Mhow during the 1950s; Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa, first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army; studied at Daly College, Indore; General Krishnaswamy Sundarji, Commandant of the College of Combat, Mhow (now known as Army War College) during the early 1980s
Air Marshal Kodandera Cariappa 'Nanda' Cariappa is a former Air Officer in the Indian Air Force. He served as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), South Western Air Command . He is the son of Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa , who was the first commander-in-chief of the Indian Army post-independence.