General Shfj Manekshaw

Field marshal sam manekshaw was the first indian army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal.

General shfj manekshaw. Early life and education. Their first daughter sherry was born on 11th january 1940 and second daughter maya on 24th sept 1945. The name of late field marshal shfj manekshaw 3 april 1914 27 june 2008 fondly called sam bahadur and sam manekshaw figures prominentl. In 1937 field marshal manekshaw met his future wife siloo bode at lahore and got married on 22nd april 1939.

In 1972 i was deputy adjutant general and manekshaw was chief and jagjivan ram was defence minister. On the eve of the war indira gandhi again asked general maneksaw if he was ready for the war. He prepared the army for war from april to december 1971. Shfj manekshaw mc rohit singh if anyone tells you he is never afraid he is a liar or a gurkha field marshal sam hormusji framji jamshedji manekshaw was india s firstfield marshal who led the indian army to victory in the 1971 war against pakistan touted as its finesthour.

In recognition of the outstanding contribution made by the general officer to the armed forces and the nation he was elevated to the rank of field marshal on 15 january 1973. Sam manekshaw india s first field marshal was born on april 3 1914. On december 7 general shfj manekshaw arrived accompanied by general osmani to meet the acting president of bangladesh. Today is his 104th birth anniversary.

Manekshaw had settled down at wellington in tamil nadu after active service. In an interview lieutenant general sinha who as a brigadier had been appointed deputy adjutant general by general manekshaw in march 1972 recalled defence minister ram s efforts to open up the army to scheduled castes. Sam manekshaw the first indian army officer to be promoted to the five star rank of field marshal was born on april 3 in the year 1914. Ever since sam bahadur as he was popularly known.

Sam manekshaw was born on 4 april 1914 in amritsar punjab to hormizd manekshaw 1871 1964 who was a doctor and hilla née mehta 1885 1973 both parsis who moved to amritsar from the city of valsad in the coastal gujarat region. He spent a glorious military career that spanned over four decades and participated in five different wars. Manekshaw s parents had left mumbai in 1903 for lahore where hormizd had friends and where he was to begin practising medicine. I approached chief secretary mr ruhul quddus if i could take an interview of general manekshaw on this opportunity.

Sam manekshaw guaranteed indira gandhi s victory in the 1971 war if she allowed him to handle the conflict on his own terms and set a date for it. I was a war correspondent of the information ministry and swadhin bangla betar.