There can be no doubt that Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw is the greatest Indian military leader since India's independence. This is for the simple reason that the armies under his command won one of the greatest military victories in the subcontinent.
The crash in Poonch wiped out an entire chain of command, from the Army Commander down to the Brigade Commander along with the senior most IAF officer in the theatre of operations in a single day.
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