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He effectively converted the Indian Army into an efficient instrument of war.

In April 1971, during the East and West Pakistan conflict, India decided to help East Pakistan get total autonomy. During the coming years, he handled many disputes and insurgencies around India.

After his retirement, Manekshaw served on the board of many companies as an independent director and also as the Chairman in some cases.

Death

After his retirement, Sam, along with his wife Siloo, had settled in Coonoor, a small town next to Wellington Cantonment in Tamil Nadu.

They advanced further, but then, Sam was shot by a light machine gun. After preventing the insurgency of Nagaland, he was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 1968. One of his favourite foods included Chole Bhature.

• According to his grandchild Brandy Batliwala, Sam had a morning ritual that he followed diligently.

  His motto was to always “Fight to Win.”

  Sam Manekshaw During War

• He always used to resist political pressure and influence on the Army. He replied- “Pakistan would have won all the wars“.
  

• He was a dog lover, and he used to own a dog during his younger days.

  Sam Manekshaw With His Pet Dog

• On 11 September 2008, when Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, he named a flyover in Ahmedabad after him.

• On 16 December 2008, the former President of India, Pratibha Patil, released a stamp in honour of Sam Manekshaw.

  On 27 June 2008, at 12:30 am, Sam Manekshaw passed away after developing acute bronchopneumonia, a form of pneumonia. There, he dedicated time to responding to all the letters he had received.

• Sam, who had a passion for gardening, kept cows, hens, and honey bees in the shed near his house. During an attack to capture a hill, half of his battalion was killed, but, still, his battalion was successful in capturing the hill.

  On the eve of the war, Indira Gandhi had asked Sam that if he was ready, and Sam replied by saying- “I’m always ready, Sweetie!“.

  Sam Manekshaw With Indira Gandhi

  After the war, Bangladesh was formed.

  

  He then attended the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun. Amazed at Sam’s sense of humour at a time when 7 bullets had pierced his stomach, the doctor treated him saying that a person who can joke at such a time can go through any surgery. In the stamp, Manekshaw is seen in his Field Marshal uniform.

  Sam Manekshaw Stamp

• On 27 October 2009, a statue of Sam Manekshaw was unveiled near the headquarters of the Pune Cantonment.

  He became the 8th Chief of Army Staff on 8 June 1969.

  His pivotal role in the 1971 Indo-Pak war is legendary. On 1 May 1938, he was appointed as the quartermaster of his battalion, and in October 1938, he qualified as the Higher Standard Army Interpreter in the Pashto language.
  

  During World War 2, Sam was appointed as an acting Captian and Major, due to lack of officers.

  He unveiled it on the 100th birth anniversary of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw and during his speech, he credited him for- “Creating a country on the globe in just 13 days, in the form of Bangladesh in 1971.”

  Sam Manekshaw’s Statue Unveiled In Delhi Cantt. They had two daughters, Sherry and Maja. He displayed his administrative skills as General Staff Officer, and at the end of 1947, he was transferred to the 5th Gorkha Regiment.

  His mother, Hilla, was a homemaker. He received his schooling at Sherwood College, Nanital, and later pursued his graduation from Hindu Sabha College, Amritsar. His military training began on 1 October 1932, and he graduated as a second lieutenant on 1 February 1935.