Condition of Manekshaw improves
The condition of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw has improved as he was rushed to the Army's Specialised Research and Referral Hospital in New Delhi yesterday morning.
Manekshaw, 91, who was the Indian army chief during the 1971 Liberation War, has been suffering from pneumonia and renal problems but his condition is now stable, doctors said.
He was flown to New Delhi from his home in Wellington in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Manekshaw, the Indian Army's first field marshal, led his country to victory in the war against Pakistan in 1971.
A veteran of Burma campaign in the Second World War, he was decorated with the second highest award Padma Vibhushan after the 1971 Indo-Pak war and has settled in Wellington in Conoor district in Tamil Nadu after retirement.
He was admitted to the Military Hospital there following complaints of breathlessness four days ago.