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8 Facts That You Didn't Know About Sam Bahadur, India's First Field Marshal
8 Facts That You Didn't Know About Sam Bahadur, India's First Field MarshalSam Manekshaw, India's First Field Marshal, led a remarkable life with intriguing facts. Born in Amritsar, he grew up bilingual, naturally fluent in Punjabi, fostering a unique connection with Sikh soldiers.
8 Facts That You Didn't Know About Sam Bahadur, India's First Field MarshalSam Manekshaw was a Parsi who was born in Amritsar and raised in the city in his initial years.
8 Facts That You Didn't Know About Sam Bahadur, India's First Field MarshalSam was naturally fluent in Punjabi, and he used to talk in Punjabi with Sikh soldiers.
8 Facts That You Didn't Know About Sam Bahadur, India's First Field MarshalSam was given the affectionate title of ‘Sam Bahadur’ by the troops of 8 Gorkha Rifles.
8 Facts That You Didn't Know About Sam Bahadur, India's First Field MarshalIn 1953, Sam was chosen as the Colonel of the 8th Gorkha Rifles, an association that he cherished for the rest of his life.
8 Facts That You Didn't Know About Sam Bahadur, India's First Field MarshalA Court of Inquiry was launched against Sam Manekshaw in 1962 before the China war to probe several trumped-up charges against him.
8 Facts That You Didn't Know About Sam Bahadur, India's First Field MarshalShortly before Nehru’s death, anticipating unrest in Delhi, the then Army Chief directed Sam to move troops from 50 Parachute Brigade in Agra.
8 Facts That You Didn't Know About Sam Bahadur, India's First Field MarshalSam Manekshaw provided a Quran to a Pak Army Prisoner of War undergoing treatment in a Military Hospital in Delhi Cantonment.
8 Facts That You Didn't Know About Sam Bahadur, India's First Field MarshalSam Manekshaw wanted to become a gynecologist, however, due to his father he could not be one.