The Indian Army is deeply missing its Field Marshal who set the ideals for its every man. He was the pole star for every soldier in the Indian Army. May his soul rest in peace and guide the army in every mission. Jaihind. Maj. A.C. Marshall
One of the Greatest sons of Modern India, that is how General Maneckshaw will be known in history. Pray to the Almighty, May his good soul rest in peace
I Salute the War Hero and Pray The Almighty for his Soul rest in peace. Though the total Indian Govt Forgotten to tribute thz war hero(self seen even The Khaleejtimes,Dubai,Uae-mentioning that totally Indian Govt failed to honour him with top level dignatories), WE AS INDIAN ARE PROUD AND SALUTE THZ WAR HERO.
I have heard and read about General Maneckshaw since the Bangladesh war in 1970-71. From what impression I have had about him, I have always admired him. He was efficient, intelligent and smart in every sense and whatever honour was given to him, he deserved it in every way. He looked everybit a true Soldier. If he had his way at the time of Kashmir episode, India would have been very very much different from what it is today. A great opportunity was lost at that time as a result of which so much misunderstanding has resulted. For those who would like to be like this great man, the principles and values cherished by him, would be worth following. He is now perhaps on his way to the next assignment and he will definitely shine there as he has done in this world. As General MacArthur of United States of America had said , ‘Old Soldiers never die. They just fade away…”.So will General Maneckshaw never die , he has simply faded away. He will be there in the hearts always. The sound of the bugle is just beckoning him elsewhere.
i had the opportunity of working under this kind,great,wise,decisive ,icon and most of all an unassuming man in 1971 in new delhi. where his grandaugter brandy was admitted -he did visit th army hospital many times after the war in delhi--he visited th war wounded soldiers ,officers prisoners of war and when he visited the chief of air staff --who i was nursing i have always held him in awe may his soul rest his peace----condolences to the legend's family ex major dolores backianathan,vsm.
A true icon, he would always be missed not alone by his soldierly fraternity but also by the entire nation. Very unorthodox in style, he was a man of strong character and stronger convictions. Whether his adverseries were Chinese, Pakis or Krishna menons, he took them head-on. As an old adage says that " a Soldier never dies but fades away, so do you Sam. Good bye and RIP. Rgds Sanjeev
Pouring over "The Times" newspaper during the 1971 war, I expected an Indian walk over and in that I was not disappointed. A soldier's whole preparation is on the battlefield to do or die in trying. When you were called on to answer that call of duty, you did so with thorough efficiency and professionalism. War by necessity has to be a harsh reality if it is to achieve its objectives of peace. Pakistan's defeat inculcated in it the reality that Hindu majority Bharat would not be the walk over those Islamic marauders had been all too used to. Instead it now pursues a war inflicted by a thousand cuts in which Bangladesh joins in.
Bharat's armed forces wisely by all accounts saw its strategic interests as best served by leaving these two Islamic wings of India to preoccupy themselves with their own destruction. Politics under Mrs Gandhi, as so much under the Nehru’s dictated otherwise. The other actors that have since entered the scene have hardly been better. The greatest honour a grateful nation could bestow on their greatest war heroes, is to proffer to them the great offices of state. Indeed, Bharat as almost any other nation is the creature of its champion in war as it was with King Bharat. Mrs Gandhi saw in him that champion who could have eclipsed her reign. Manekshaw was for me that defining man of the nation for those few short weeks. India remains a sad nation that could not see in its war hero, a champion that could sue peace as well as war.
