Books and writing
Lecture on leadership: St Xavier’s College, Bombay (1998)
Delivered in November 1998. Published by ThePrint in 2024. He wrote no books. This talk is the fullest statement of his views on leadership. He argues for moral courage and tells his version of the April 1971 cabinet meeting. In it he places the meeting in 1970. Other accounts date it to April 1971. ThePrint republished it in its Great Speeches series in December 2024.
ThePrint Great Speeches: Manekshaw’s 1998 lecture (1 December 2024)
Messages to Pakistani forces in East Pakistan (1971)
Radio messages of 9, 11 and 15 December 1971. Three radio messages urged Pakistani troops in the east to surrender. Wikipedia records that the messages had a demoralising effect before the surrender on 16 December.
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, MC: Soldiering with Dignity (a book about him) (2002)
Natraj Publishers, Dehradun. A biography by Lt Gen Depinder Singh. He was Manekshaw’s military assistant while he was Army Chief. It draws on episodes he saw at first hand. A second edition was published later. Kuldip Singh Bajwa in The Tribune praised its “easy flowing anecdotal style”.
BRAC University Library: Soldiering with Dignity (2002) · The Tribune: review of Soldiering with Dignity (6 April 2003) · Blackwell’s: Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw by Depinder Singh
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw: The Man and His Times (a book about him) (2014)
Niyogi Books. By Brig Behram Panthaki and Zenobia Panthaki. He served as Manekshaw’s aide-de-camp. She was close to Sam and Silloo Manekshaw. The book follows his character and humour from childhood to fame. Frontline called it a riveting account of the life and times of India’s first Field Marshal.
Niyogi Books: Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, The Man and His Times · Frontline review via Parsi Khabar (5 October 2014)
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