Why Sam Manekshaw deserves Bharat Ratna

After the Himalayan debacle of 1962 caused by the Chinese invasion and stalemated wars against Pakistan in 1947 and 1965, it was in 1971 that Gen Sam Bahadur's team defeated Pakistan into abject surrender On April 3, this year, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw would have been 110 years old. But he lives on in the hearts and minds of all Indians as the greatest soldier of all time who gave India its first comprehensive victory with a new country, Bangladesh, being created. His biopic, Sam Bahadur, resonates on Netflix. Advertisement It is election season with a blitz of Modi Sarkar…