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