The Field Marshal is no more.
We do not have a Field Marshal anymore.
India had two Field Marshal in it’s history. Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw and late Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa.
Padma Vibhushan Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw passed away today.
He led us to victory in 1971 war with Pakistan, when Gen. Ayub Khan was the ruler of Pakistan.
The President of India awarded him a Padma Vibhushan in 1972 and conferred upon him the rank of Field Marshal on 1 January 1973. Manekshaw became the first of the only two Indian Army Generals to be awarded this prestigious honorary rank; the other being the late Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa . Manekshaw retired a fortnight later (although technically Field Marshals of the Indian Army never retire because the rank is conferred for life), on 15 January1973, after completing nearly four decades of military service.
History will remember him, every Indian will remember him as our hero, idol and charishmatic army man.
The Indian Army has lost it’s brave son. Let us all, every Indian, pray for his soul. May God give him peace in his heavenly abode.
Posted on June 27th, 2008 by Ashok Chavda
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