West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday paid tribute to Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw on his 104th birth anniversary.…
(second from left) Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw (Photo: Twitter)
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday paid tribute to Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw on his 104th birth anniversary.
Banerjee in a tweet said,”Tribute to Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw on his birth anniversary”.
Tribute to Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw on his birth anniversary
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— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) April 3, 2018
Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, fondly known as Sam Bahadur, was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, and the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal.
He served as the Chief of the Army Staff during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and fought five wars during his four-decade-long military career.
Mankeshaw was among the first ones to be inducted into the Indian Military Academy (IMA) in 1932. He was among the first batch of officers who were commissioned from the IMA in 1934.
Mankeshaw’s military career spanned four decades and five wars. He began his military service with British Indian Army in World War II and was awarded Military Cross for gallantry.
He was appointed the eighth chief of the army staff in 1969 and served on the post till 1973. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1968 after he fought the insurgency in Nagaland. He was also awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1972 for his service to the nation.
Mankeshaw is widely regarded as one of the greatest military commanders in independent India’s history.
Born on 3 April 1914, Mankeshaw died at the age of 94 at the Military Hospital in Wellington in Tamil Nadu on 27 June 2008 after developing acute bronchopneumonia.
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