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.

Aliases (2)

Sam Manekshaw ×57
Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw ×2

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian Army officer → field marshal → human →
almaMater	Indian Military Academy Dehradun →
awardReceived	Military Cross → 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 → Second World War →
countryOfCitizenship	India →
dateOfBirth	1914-04-03 →
dateOfDeath	2008-06-27 →
educatedAt	Hindu Sabha College Amritsar → Sherwood College Nainital →
ethnicGroup	Parsi →
familyName	Manekshaw →
fullName	Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw →
givenName	Sam →
honorificPrefix	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 →
placeOfDeath	India → Tamil Nadu → Wellington →
positionHeld	Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army → 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 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sam Manekshaw ("Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw") → Sam Manekshaw ("Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw") →	fullName
Parsis →	notablePerson