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Apr 3, 2024 · Sam Manekshaw was born on April 3, 1914, in Amritsar, Punjab, to Hormizd Manekshaw and Hilla Mehta. Read this article to learn more about him and his valiant defence career and achievements. By Saumya
Dec 2, 2023 · There can be little doubt that Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw is the greatest Indian military leader since independence. This is for the simple reason that the armies under his command won one of the ...
Apr 3, 2024 · Manekshaw's military career, marked by courage and innovation, established him as one of the most respected figures in Indian history. Sam Manekshaw's tenure as the Chief of the Army Staff saw the ...
Jan 29, 2024 · Sam Manekshaw and Yahya Khan, two military leaders from India and Pakistan, shared a complex relationship shaped by the turbulent times of the 1971 war between India and Pakistan. While their ...
Jun 27, 2022 · By CNBCTV18 June 27, 2022, 6:30:51 AM IST IST (Published) On June 27, 2008, India's war hero Sam Manekshaw died at the ripe age of 94 years. Popularly known as Sam Bahadur, Shamsherji Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw was India’s first Army officer to be promoted to the five-star rank of Field Marshal. His decorated military career spanned ...
Jun 26, 2024 · Major General (retd) V.K. Singh. UPDATED: Jun 26, 2024 17:33 IST. (NOTE: This article was originally published in the India Today issue dated Sep 25, 2017) Though known for his humour and wit, S.H.F.J. Manekshaw was a fierce strategist and pragmatic on the battlefield. In April 1971, when Indira Gandhi asked him if the country was ready for war ...
Nov 30, 2023 · Sam Manekshaw was born in a Parsi family and his father Hormusji Manekshaw was a doctor. He wanted to go to London to study medicine, but his father refused. In an act of rebellion, he sat for the entrance examination for enrolment into the Indian Military Academy (IMA) at Dehradun.
