| Order number: |
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
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| Summary: |
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.
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| Main author: |
Manekshaw; Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji (1914-2008); Indian military leader |
| Other authors: |
Kumar; Bhavna (fl 2000); interviewer |
| Extent: |
00:32:33
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| Admin 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. |
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 ... View more |
| Custodial history: |
Interview by Bhavna Kumar in Delhi, India |
| Access status: |
Open
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| Access conditions: |
MP3 audio file can be accessed on CD-R in Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. Users must bring their own headphones and computer to consult material.
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| Copyright: |
Copyright held by Andrew Whitehead |
| User restrictions: |
The recording is available for consultation without restriction, and short extracts (up to 200 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 |
| Language: |
English
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| Copies: |
Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections. |
| Related material: |
Partial transcript with notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/03 |
| Publications: |
Research for broadcast of the BBC Radio 4 programme 'An Incident in Kashmir' (2003); and Andrew Whitehead, 'A Mission in Kashmir' (Viking Penguin, 2007)
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| Format: |
Archive
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