Sam Manekshaw, Indian field marshal (died 2008)

Sam Manekshaw

Indian Army General and Field Marshal (1914–2008)

Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, also known as Sam Bahadur, 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 army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal. His active…