Talk:Sam Manekshaw

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Iranian or Indian?

-Sam Manekshaw is a Parsi from India. I thought Parsis usually consider themselves Persian. Thats what I read in the article on Freddie Mercury. -

Parsis have been in India since 12 centuries and have assimilated into general Indian population. Even their language is Gujarati which is Indian. See Parsi people article. Theres no way you can call a Parsi and Iranian, its akin to calling an American whose ancestors landed in New England in 1600's an Englishman! अमेय आर्यन DaBroodey 06:41, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed the unnecessary "which is mainly honorary" from the paragraph.Bharatveer 16:11, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gen.Manekshaw was the first to get the rank of FM in '73. Cariappa got it in '83.Bharatveer 08:37, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is a reference in this article to Sam going to Burma in WW2 with 12 Frontier Force Rifles. In WW2 the Frontier Force Rifles had the regimental number 13 and the Frontier Force Regiment were regiment number 12. So the reference I believe should be to 12 Frontier Force Regiment or 13 Frontier Force Rifles - but I don't know which because I don't know which he was with! Certainly both the FF Rifles and FF Regiment had battalions in Burma. Kirrages 19:39, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Since his "home" batallion was originally 9/12 FFReg I see this was part of 80 Brigade, part of 20 Div which was part of the 14th Army. So I guess the reference to FFRifles rather than FFReg is probably an error. Kirrages 23:06, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

death?

is MAnekshaw alive? .. i guess not .. there is no mention of how he died .. strange .. Leningrad

Your guess is the thing that is strange here. Bharatveer 12:31, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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harry love india officer —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.70.201.39 (talk) 10:51, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Capitals

The use of capitals in this article was hopeless. Obviously it wasn't the work of only one person (too inconsistent for that!). Ordinary words like captain as the name of a rank rather than with a name in a title do not take a capital. "He was a captain in the army and served with my friend Captain Maneshaw". Phrases such as "army plans", "military plans" should not be given capitals. See the article Bernard Montgomery for something approaching a sane use of capitals. Read, learn, and inwardly digest. Jagdfeld (talk) 10:45, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Burial in Ooty?

Is this correct? Both he and his wife were Parsis. Final repose is usually at the Towers of Silence, not underground. Jellytussle (talk) 11:55, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Economist

His obits in this magazine said he was linked to bizarre allegations, what are they? July 5th 2008 page 95 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.187.151.49 (talk) 17:38, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

1962 CHINA

Why isnt the failed china war included when india got its back side handed to them while sam was commanding them? too much shame? 86.153.130.184 (talk) 19:15, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]