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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 .
Manekshaw died of complications from pneumonia at the Military Hospital in Wellington, Tamil Nadu, at 12:30 a m on 27 June 2008 at the age of 94. Reportedly, his last words were "I'm okay!". [ 38 ]
Today, Jagathala is a Town-Panchayat under Kotagiri sub-Division. Singarathopu. A small collection of recent settlers, it comprises mostly retired personnel of the Madras Regiment, and some Tamil settlers from Sri Lanka. Babu Nagar. A refugee settlement, it lies due west of the Cantonment, in the valley bowl. Chinna Bandisolai. Another mix ...
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 ...
In addition to down grading military pensions, the government down graded the status of soldier by equating "infantry soldier with less than three years' service" with a "semi-skilled/unskilled labour". The decision was announced two months after Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, who led the army in the victorious 1971 war, retired from service. [3]
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"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.
The regiment produced on the first Field Marshal and Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw MC who is incidentally the most celebrated personality of the regiment. His contribution in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War is a legend in the military history of India's Armed Forces.