Remembering Sam Bahadur The Gift of East Pakistan for Rs. 1000/- by Major Yahya Khan Manekshaw loved bikes as well and bought a James motorcycle from a British Officer for 1600 Rupees in 1947. Just two days before partition, his good friend Major Yahya Khan, who went on to become President of Pakistan, begged Manekshaw to sell him the bike. "What will I use?" asked Manekshaw. To which Yahya replied, "Sir, you will get everything in India, we will get nothing in Pakistan." Manekshaw agreed to sell the bike for a Thousand Rupees and said, "Okay, Yahya take it!" Yahya looked at his superior and said, "Sir, I haven't got a thousand. I will send it to you." Manekshaw was never paid the thousand rupees but says, "Yahya (later President of Pakistan) made up for it by giving me the whole of East Pakistan!".
