Interview with Sam Manekshaw [sound recording]
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Title:
Interview with Sam Manekshaw [sound recording]
Series Title:
India: A People Partitioned Oral Archive
Creator:
Manekshaw; Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji (1914-2008); Indian military leader
Kumar; Bhavna (fl 2000); interviewer ( contributor )
Manekshaw, Sam, 1914-2008 ( contributor )
मानेकशॉ, सैम, 1914-2008 ( contributor )
માણેકશા, સામ, 1914-2008 ( contributor )
Kumar, Bhavna, fl. 2000 ( contributor )
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Copyright Date:
© 2018 Andrew Whitehead and the interviewee(s). All rights reserved. Used here with permission.
Language:
English
Measurements:
00:32:33

Notes

Abstract:
Sam Manekshaw interviewed by Bhavna Kumar about his memories of Tom Dykes, a fellow officer in the Royal Scots in Lahore in the mid-1930s. Dykes was killed in Kashmir in October 1947. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical history: Field-Marshall Sam Manekshaw was born in 1914 in Amritsar, Punjab in a Parsi family. He studied at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun (1932-1934). Manekshaw was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and attached to 2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots and then later the 4th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment. During the Second World War he fought in Burma. Following Partition Manekshaw opted for the Indian Army. He rose to become Chief of Staff of the Indian Army in 1969 and led Indian forces in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He was the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of Field Marshal on 3 January 1973. Manekshaw died in June 2008.
General Note:
Interview by Bhavna Kumar in Delhi, India
General Note:
Conditions governing reproduction: The recording is available for consultation without restriction, and short extracts (up to 50 words) can be published with an appropriate acknowledgement. Any publication of longer extracts or use of interviews for broadcast requires the prior written permission of Andrew Whitehead
General Note:
Duration: 00:32:33
General Note:
Recording no.: Additional 8
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Date of Interview: July 2000
General Note:
Partial transcript with notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/03
General Note:
Publication note: Research for broadcast of the BBC Radio 4 programme 'An Incident in Kashmir' (2003); and Andrew Whitehead, 'A Mission in Kashmir' (Viking Penguin, 2007)
General Note:
Order with this reference: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Manekshaw, Sam, 1914-2008 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/18290424

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Special Collections
Rights Management:
All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
Resource Identifier:
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4 ( Order with reference )
OA3/01/18/08 ( CALM Reference number )