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Sam Manekshaw Biography

Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, MC (3 April 1914 – 27 June 2008), popularly known as Sam Bahadur ("Sam the Brave"), was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, and the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal. His military career spanned four decades and five wars, beginning with service in the British Indian Army in World War II, and he is widely regarded as one of the greatest military commanders in independent India’s history.

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There will be no withdrawal without written orders and these orders shall never be issued.

Army, Badass, Issued, Military, Orders, Written

Don't you think I would be a worthy replacement for you, Madam Prime Minister? You have a long nose. So have I. But I don't poke my nose into other people's affairs.

Affairs, Badass, Long, Prime, Thinking

If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.

Badass, Dying, Gurkha, Lying, Military

What is Moral Courage? It is the ability to distinguish right from wrong and having so distinguished it, be prepared to say so,irrespective of the views held by your superiors or subordinates and of consequences to yourself.

Ability, Army, Distinguish, Moral, Say, Views

If anyone tells you he is never afraid, he is a liar or he is a Gurkha.

Afraid, Gurkha, Ifs, Liar, Liars, Tells

He who neither drinks, nor smokes, nor dances, he who preaches & even occasionally practice piety, temperance and celibacy, is generally a saint, or a mahatma or more likely a humbug but he certainly won't make a leader or for that matter a good soldier

Dance, Drinking, Drinks, Leadership, Smokes, Soldier

I wonder whether those of our political masters who have been put in charge of the defence of the country can distinguish a mortar from a motor; a gun from a howitzer; a guerrilla from a gorilla, although a great many resemble the latter.

Army, Badass, Country, Distinguish, Latter, Wonder

What is the next thing you need for leadership? It is the ability to make up your mind to make a decision and accept full responsibility for that decision.

Ability, Army, Decision, Responsibility

After India's victory in the war he was asked what would have happened if he had opted to be with the Pakistan Army at the time of partition in 1947, he quipped, then I guess Pakistan would have won.

Army, Asked, Badass, Happened, Partition, War

Many changes have taken place but one change remains the same that is your Task & Duty. You are required to ensure the security of this country against all the odds. What does that means to you ? It means you should have to fight & fight to win , there is no roof for the losers. If you lose don't come back , you will have disgraced the country & the country won't accept you

Change, Country, Losers, Mean, Odds, Taken

It's nonsense that people join the army to serve the country, like the politicians do it only for the sake of the country.

Army, Country, Join, People