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Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw [3] MC (3 April 1914 – 27 June 2008), also known as Sam Bahadur ("Sam the Brave"), was an Indian Army general officer who was the chief of the army staff during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, and the first Indian to be promoted to the rank of field marshal.
Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, widely known as Sam Manekshaw and 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.
In January 1973, General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw, ... Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, MC (1914–2008) 8 June 1969: 15 January 1973: 3 years, 221 days:
Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw MC (1914–2008) 24 February 1970: 15 January 1973: 2 years, 326 days
Sam Manekshaw, MC (1914–2008), [8] [2] also known as "Sam Bahadur" ("Sam the Brave"), was the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal. [7] Commissioned into the British Indian Army on 1 February 1935 with seniority antedated to 4 February 1934, [ 9 ] Manekshaw's distinguished military career spanned four decades ...
Among this first batch of officers to be commissioned was Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, who became the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army in 1969 and later the first Indian Field Marshal. [9] Despite demands from the Indian officers, the British resisted expansion of the Indian officer cadre.
Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw: Meaning 'the Brave'. Bahadur is an honorific title bestowed upon princes and victorious military commanders by Mughal emperors, and later by their British successors. Sam Manekshaw: Bihar Kesari Shri Krishna Sinha (Singh) [5] [6] "Lion of Bihar" ( Hindi/Sanskrit) "Bihar" = "Bihar state" and "Kesari" = "Lion"
Lieutenant General Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw MC: 16 November 1964 8 June 1969 12th Frontier Force Regiment: 12 Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Arora PVSM: June 1969 February 1973 2nd Punjab Regiment: 13 Lieutenant General Naveen Chand Rawlley PVSM, AVSM, MC: February 1973 31 July 1974 Brigade of the Guards: 14