India's first Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw dead

THE BATTLE IS OVER: The former Army chief breathed his last at the Military Hospital in Wellington, Tamil Nadu.

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Manekshaw’s illustrious career:

• The architect of India’s biggest military victory in the 1971 war, Manekshaw was the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the highest military rank of Field Marshal.

• He was born in Amritsar to Parsi parents on April 3, 1914, and was part of the first batch of recruits at the Indian Military Academy in 1932.

• He was decorated for gallantry in World War II, during which he was gravely wounded in operations against the Japanese Army in Burma.

• He played a key role in the tumultuous days following the Partition.

• As director of Military Operations, he masterminded the massive airlift of Indian troops to Kashmir, which saved Srinagar from Pakistani invaders in October 1947.

• In the thick of India’s military humiliation in 1962, Manekshaw was handpicked to revive the Indian Army in Arunachal Pradesh.

• In 1969, he became the eighth chief of the Indian Army.

• In 1973, he was promoted Field Marshal, and in this capacity, continued to be the father figure for the Indian Army till his death on Friday.

(With agency inputs)