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Manekshaw married Silloo Bode on 22 April 1939 in Bombay. The couple had two daughters, Sherry and Maya (later Maja), born in 1940 and 1945 respectively. 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. [3] Reportedly, his last words were "I'm okay!"
Pagi's role was important in the victory of the Indian tricolor on the Palinagar town of Pakistan. Sam Sahib himself gave a cash prize of ₹300 from his own pocket. Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw died on 27 June 2008, and in 2009 aged 108 years, Pagi also took 'voluntary retirement' from the army. Pagi died in 2013 aged 112.
Emergency is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language historical biographical drama film [2] directed and co-produced by Kangana Ranaut, based on a screenplay by Ritesh Shah and story written by Ranaut. [3] Based on the Indian Emergency , it stars Ranaut as former Prime Minister of India , Indira Gandhi .
The couple had six children over the following decade, numbering four sons and two daughters (Fali, Cilla, Jan, Sheru, Sam and Jami). Sam was their fifth child and third son. could be summarised as: Manekshaw's parents left Mumbai in 1903 for Lahore to practice medicine, where Hormizd [footnote at Hormusji:his Iranian name was Hormizd] had friends.
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.
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 ...