Sam Bahadur

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Sam Bahadur is the popular nickname of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, the celebrated Indian Army chief who led India to victory in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War.

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Sam Bahadur canonical 4

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian Army officer ⓘ
field marshal ⓘ
person ⓘ
allegiance British Indian Army ⓘ
Indian Army ⓘ
awardReceived Military Cross ⓘ
Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Padma Bhushan ⓘ
Padma Vibhushan ⓘ
branchOfService British Indian Army ⓘ
Indian Army ⓘ
commanded Eastern Command of the Indian Army ⓘ
Indian Army ⓘ
conflict Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 ⓘ
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1914-04-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2008-06-27 ⓘ
educatedAt Indian Military Academy, Dehradun ⓘ
Sherwood College, Nainital ⓘ
ethnicGroup Parsi ⓘ
linked to: Parsis
givenName Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw ⓘ
hasHonorificSuffix MC ⓘ
PVSM ⓘ
Padma Bhushan ⓘ
Padma Vibhushan ⓘ
honorificPrefix Field Marshal ⓘ
knownFor being the first Indian Army officer promoted to the rank of Field Marshal ⓘ
leading India to victory in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War ⓘ
languageOfNickname Hindi ⓘ
militaryRank Field Marshal ⓘ
General ⓘ
nickname Sam Bahadur ⓘ
nicknameMeaning Sam the Brave ⓘ
notableWork Leadership in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ⓘ
occupation military leader ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
placeOfBirth Amritsar ⓘ
British India ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
placeOfDeath India ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
Wellington ⓘ
positionHeld Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army ⓘ
religion Zoroastrianism ⓘ
residence Wellington, Tamil Nadu ⓘ
serviceNumber IC-1 ⓘ
spouse Silloo Bode ⓘ
yearsOfService 1934–1973 ⓘ

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Sam Manekshaw → nickname → Sam Bahadur ⓘ
subject linked to: Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
Sam Manekshaw → alsoKnownAs → Sam Bahadur ⓘ
Sam Manekshaw → nickname → Sam Bahadur ⓘ
subject linked to: Manekshaw
Sam Bahadur → nickname → Sam Bahadur ⓘ