The lion will roar no more ... but the thousand lions he created will roar forever...

The lion will roar no more .. but the thousand lions he created will roar forever...

Manekshaw: A soldier who created a nation

Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw is no more

A soldier's General, Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw crafted India's greatest military victory in the 1971 Indo-Pak war that created just not history, but also a new nation.

Affectionately called "Sam Bahadur", Manekshaw, 94, was the architect of many a military triumph, but his finest hour came when Pakistani forces were vanquished in 14 days flat
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Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, whose military victory in the 1971 Indo-Pak war led to the creation of Bangladesh, died at the Military Hospital at Wellington in Tamil Nadu on Friday. He was 94.

The Padma Vibhushan and Military Cross awardee, who was admitted to the hospital for some time for "progressive lung disease", had slipped into a coma earlier in the day and the end came just after midnight at 00:30 am, the defence ministry said in a statement.

Manekshaw had developed "acute bronchopneumonia with associated complications" and was placed under intensive care four days ago after his condition became serious.
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Re: The lion will roar no more ... but the thousand lions he created will roar foreve

Let the soul rest in peace

Re: The lion will roar no more ... but the thousand lions he created will roar foreve

Its a sad day indeed

Re: The lion will roar no more ... but the thousand lions he created will roar foreve

A Great and unrecoverable loss ...condolences

Re: The lion will roar no more ... but the thousand lions he created will roar foreve

The Great War Hero may now Rest In Peace

Re: The lion will roar no more ... but the thousand lions he created will roar foreve

Rest in Peace.
He was truly a military legend.

M

Re: The lion will roar no more ... but the thousand lions he created will roar foreve

May his soul rest in peace..

he was so kind that he arranged bed for almost all of the captured pakistanis in 1971 war and he himself with his soldiers slept on floor on blanket.. i know few may feel he tortured his own soldiers but he knew that war captured ppl are human and moreover in india everyone coming from outside is guest.. be it an enemy

Re: The lion will roar no more ... but the thousand lions he created will roar foreve

May his soul rest in peace. Amen.

Z

Re: The lion will roar no more ... but the thousand lions he created will roar foreve

He was a great man....im also from wellington ...d place where he spent d last 3 decades of his life.....nd my family knew him personally.....nd on all d occasions dat i met him......he was a very kind and jovial person........Though he was a field marshall.....he was completely down to earth.

May his soul rest in peace....

Re: The lion will roar no more ... but the thousand lions he created will roar foreve

I have to use slang here, our f*cking ministers didnt even attended the farewell

PM busy with US talks, only defence minister came !!!

Shame Shame Shame :cry:

what a shame :cry:

Re: The lion will roar no more ... but the thousand lions he created will roar foreve

Hats off to dis great person..

Re: The lion will roar no more ... but the thousand lions he created will roar foreve

rest in peace great soldier .

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Choto Cheeta said:
I have to use slang here, our f*cking ministers didnt even attended the farewell

PM busy with US talks, only defence minister came !!!

Shame Shame Shame what a shame

Because they care only for political success. But he was different. He was a true national hero.

P

Re: The lion will roar no more ... but the thousand lions he created will roar foreve

Its nice to know that so many of our young happening generation care so much about Sam Bahadur. But its sad to note that due to the miserely policies of our Govt (read politicians+beurocrates(IAS) ) most of our bright youngmen are not ready to join the Armed Forces (The payscales are pathetic dude..). Its a shame when you find that all the three services are facing shortage of officers, and that too in a land of billion plus.