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Rest In Peace Sam Bahadur!

Posted by: kathiyawari on: Tuesday, July 1, 2008

The first active Field Marshall of the Indian Army, Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw is active no more. The nonagenarian took his last breath on 27th June 2008 at a Military Hospital in Wellington, Tamil Nadu at the age of 94.
He was a hero in the 2nd world war and was decorated right in the [...]