Saturday, June 28, 2008

Foreign Advisor, Army Chief condole Manekshaw's death

AFP, New Delhi-Former Indian Army chief Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, who was the Chief of the Bangladesh-India Joint Force during the War of Liberation in 1971, died at the age of 94, officials said on Friday.He led his country to victory against Pakistan in 1971 resulting in the emergence of Bangladesh as an independent state after a nine-month bloody war. • FULL STORY

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