Saluting Sam Bahadur: Field Marshal Manekshaw

A commission of MOD was looking into the matter of increasing the pay of Armed Forces. When they were discussing to increase the separation allowance (which is given when soldier is posted in a non family station) for the defence forces. The commission asked Sam why this should be increased. Then Sam Bahadur told them that in 1940 he was posted far away from his family for 3 years and he could not see his family. When he came back his wife had given birth to a daughter. Then he added that the only reason for him to believe that she was his daughter was that her face resembled him. This reason was good enough to increase the so called separation allowance.

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