![]() Officers who had been instructor in Indian military academy and were bold were chosen for this task. As part of preparation for war he had detailed officers to raise and train mukti vahini in Apr it self. Mr Saha, let your facts get straight, the Bangala Deshi’s were not in state to support that time. this is what we expect from a Chief rest on ground we deal on our own… as long as he doesn’t sell our interests to the govt and fights for it he is a hero and in return we give him victory for which he is equally responsible… Credit is all his for his planning, preparation and getting it executed… So don’t dare take his credit I have served in Kashmir for 10 yrs out of my 38 yrs I spent in Army, have faced bullets and seen bravery of young men…. I don’t know who you are but I am certain you are one of those who envy and dislike Indian Army…. That’s why he could tell Indira Gandhi, he needs six months. A Chief of Army Staff has to show his heroism by taking strong decision and acting on these without unduely risking his men. Only a real hero can take bold decisions and act on these. Pakistan is doing the same thing with us in Kashmir. “ I am OK” were the last words he ever spoke two days before he died on 27 June 2008. However, it was carried out at such a pace, writes Chari, that the issue receded from public memory.īut Manekshaw, ever the braveheart, was defiant even in his last moments. At a girls NCC cadet event, Manekshaw was the chief guest and kissed one of the prize winners on the stage, resulting in a big furore. “Though the government could not take away his rank, it did take away everything else… he was given a salary which was much lower than what he was entitled to”, he writes.Ĭhari mentions another incident. Singh notes that due to this incident, Manekshaw fell out of favour with the government. ![]() Chari notes, Manekshaw once told a reporter that he had been asked to join the Pakistan Army in 1947, and if he had, the result of the 1971 war would have been different. The precise reasons were never articulated as Manekshaw refused to speak about it.Īs great as Manekshaw was, he often got into trouble with the authorities. A court of inquiry was ordered against him in the early 1960s, when he was serving as Commandant of the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington. In yet another case, his career almost got derailed. He was evacuated from the location by his orderly Sher Singh, and fortunately, survived. Manekshaw, then just a young captain fighting in World War II, sustained multiple bullet injuries against the Japanese in a Burmese jungle on 22 February 1942. On one particular occasion, he escaped death by the skin of his teeth. Thereafter, in February 1936, he rejoined his parent unit.ĭuring his military career, he endured many tough moments. Initially, he was sent to Lahore for one year to serve an attachment period with a British unit. Manekshaw was commissioned into 4/12 Frontier Force Regiment on 22 December 1934. They married two years later on 22 April 1939 and had two daughters. Manekshaw met his wife Silloo Bode in 1937. It is believed that he did this as an act of rebellion against his father who refused to send the young boy to London to study medicine. In July 1932, he joined the Indian Military Academy as part of its first batch. Thereafter, he returned to Amritsar for his studies at the Hindu Sabha College. ![]() The fifth of six children, he acquired his school education at Sherwood College, Nainital. Manekshaw was born on 3 April 1914 in Amritsar to Hormusji Manekshaw, a doctor, and Heerabai. When Behram Panthaki, who once served as Manekshaw’s aide-de-camp, threw a party at his home in Coonoor, the general, upon hearing the loud music, walked in and said, “You chaps are having a party, and did not invite me.” After finding out that it was a pound party where everyone brought their own food and drinks, he sent one of his men to bring his bottle of scotch. Singh recounts from a personal experience how Manekshaw was very affable in his interactions with the young officers. In his book Leadership in the Indian Army, former major general V.K. He then asked the members, “Now gentlemen, you tell me, who would obey my orders if I was dressed in a crumpled dhoti and kurta”. Once, for instance, Manekshaw invited the members of the Pay Commission when he heard of a planned cut in the soldiers’ uniform allowance, it was reported. ![]()
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