Sam Manekshaw

✶April 3, 1914

†June 27, 2008

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Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw,, nicknamed as Sam Bahadur, was an Indian Army general officer who was the Chief of the army staff during the India–Pakistan war of 1971, and the first Indian army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal. His active military career spanned four decades, beginning with service in World War II.

First Field marshal of the Indian Army (1914–2008)

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