Lt Jamshed Maneckshaw died on the Chittagong front during World War II
Prakash Bhandari
The world knows late Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw as the man who, as the chief of the Indian army in the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War which resulted in the liberation of Bangladesh, made great contributions to the creation of that nation. He had also served on the Burma front as a captain of the 12th Frontier Force and was seriously wounded while fighting the Imperial Japanese Army during World War (WW) II.
But the world is unaware that another Maneckshaw — Lt Jamshed (Jimmy) Maneckshaw — also defended Indian territory against the Japanese invasion in the Dohazari region of the Chittagong front......