Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw

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Indian Army officer field marshal human

Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw was India’s first Field Marshal and a celebrated military leader best known for his pivotal role in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War that led to the creation of Bangladesh.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Sam Manekshaw	5
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw canonical	4
Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw	4
Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw	1
Sam Manekshaw (India)	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian Army officer ⓘ field marshal ⓘ human ⓘ
almaMater	Indian Military Academy, Dehradun ⓘ surface form: Indian Military Academy Dehradun
awardReceived	Military Cross ⓘ Chinese Order of the Cloud and Banner ⓘ surface form: Order of the Cloud and Banner (Republic of China) Padma Bhushan ⓘ Padma Vibhushan ⓘ
burialPlace	Parsi cemetery, Ootacamund (Ooty) ⓘ
causeOfDeath	pneumonia ⓘ
commissionDate	1934 ⓘ
commissionedIn	British Indian Army ⓘ
conflict	Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 ⓘ Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 ⓘ Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship	India ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1914-04-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2008-06-27 ⓘ
educatedAt	Hindu Sabha College Amritsar ⓘ Sherwood College Nainital ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Parsis ⓘ surface form: Parsi
familyName	Manekshaw ⓘ
fullName	Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw
givenName	Sam ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ surface form: Field Marshal
knownFor	Being India’s first Field Marshal ⓘ Strategic leadership during the Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ Gujarati ⓘ Hindi ⓘ
militaryBranch	Indian Army ⓘ
militaryRankDate	Promoted to Field Marshal in 1973 ⓘ
nickname	Sam Bahadur ⓘ
notableAchievement	Led Indian Army to victory in 1971 war leading to creation of Bangladesh ⓘ
notableEvent	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ⓘ
notableWork	Leadership of Indian Army in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War ⓘ
numberOfChildren	2 ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Amritsar ⓘ British India ⓘ Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ surface form: Punjab
placeOfDeath	India ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ Wellington ⓘ
positionHeld	Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army ⓘ Defence Services Staff College, Wellington ⓘ surface form: Commandant Defence Services Staff College Wellington Director of Military Operations, Indian Army ⓘ General Officer Commanding 26th Infantry Division ⓘ General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command ⓘ Vice Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army ⓘ
rank	Chief of the Army Staff ⓘ Field Marshal ⓘ
religion	Zoroastrianism ⓘ
residence	Wellington, Tamil Nadu ⓘ
retirementDate	1973 ⓘ
serviceNumber	IC-001 ⓘ
spouse	Silloo Bode ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parsis → notablePerson → Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw ⓘ

Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw → fullName → Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Sam Manekshaw

this entity surface form: Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw

Sam Manekshaw (as a junior officer in World War II) → fullName → Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw ⓘ

subject surface form: Sam Manekshaw

this entity surface form: Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 → commandedBy → Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sam Manekshaw (India)

Manekshaw → fullName → Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw ⓘ

subject surface form: Sam Manekshaw

this entity surface form: Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw

Manekshaw → notableBearer → Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw ⓘ