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Sam Manekshaw

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Also known as Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, Sam Bahadur

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

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Country
US
Active from
1931-01-22
Active to
1964-12-11

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  • You know I have no political ambitions. My job is to command my army and see that it is kept as a first rate instrument. Your job is to look after the country.
  • The status of the field marshal of the country or the equivalent has to be unique for the nation.
  • If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.
  • I wonder whether those of our political masters who have been put in charge of the defence of the country can distinguish a mortar from a motor; a gun from a howitzer; a guerrilla from a gorilla, although a great many resemble the latter.
  • There will be no withdrawal without written orders and these orders shall never be issued.
  • Then I guess Pakistan would have won (the 1971 war).

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Sam Manekshaw
date of birth
1914-04-03
date of death
2008-06-27
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