Shfj manekshaw biography of alberta province

Veekay, a good and interesting writing. But there is no doubt that Sam was arrogant and proud. Every one knows the success in a war is the combined team effort of all the Commanders who plan the war and the field commanders and men who execute. The geography too helped.

Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw MC (4 April – 27 June ), 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 , and the first Indian to be promoted to the rank of field See more.

West and East Pakistan were so distant from each other. Taking the entire credit for the victory of war shows lack of leadership qualities! His remark to the young journalist that the result would have been the other way round had he elected to go to Pakistan is nothing but a proof of his arrogance. Post a Comment.

Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw is, without a doubt, the most popular and colourful military leader in India.

Having led the nation to its first decisive victory in , "Sam Bahadur", as he is popularly known, became a household word. He was India's first Field Marshal, and remains, even today, the most admired and idolised of our Army Chiefs. He has a charismatic personality, and it is impossible not to feel overawed in his presence. Vigour, dash and elan - he has them all, the typical signs of a great soldier.

However, if there is one attribute which can be called his hall mark, it is his ready wit, and sense of humour. Anecdotes about Sam abound, and one always keeps hearing new ones, even now, more than thirty years after he has quit active service. A Field Marshal never retires, and Sam epitomises the spirit, as no one else can.