DNA: When former Army Chief Field Marshal Sham Manekshaw died in 2008
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Jun 27, 2023, 23:26 PM IST
DNA: When former Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw was born in 1914
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Apr 03, 2023, 23:34 PM IST
#ShauryaStories: Sam Manekshaw - first Indian Army officer promoted as Field Marshal
Sam Manekshaw was born as Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji on April 3, 1914 in Amritsar, Punjab. Manekshaw, fondly called Sam Bahadur by his fellow soldiers, served as the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. He became the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal. The title of the Field Marshal was conferred to him in January 1973.
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