When Sam Manekshaw trolled Pakistani General Yahya Khan.
Sam Manekshaw was a legend. If anyone was responsible for the complete victory of the Indian Army in 1971, it was he. There are stories about Sam Manekshaw, but none more humorous than this.
Before partition of India, Manekshaw and Yahya Khan (President of Pakistan during 1971 war) were friends and on the staff of Field Marshall Sir Claude Auchinleck.
Sam Manekshaw owned a red James motorcycle, which Yahya had an eye on.
He offered to buy the motorcycle for Rs.1000
Manekshaw agreed to sell the motorcycle.
Partition happened and Yahya took the motorcycle to Pakistan, never paying the thousand rupees he owned to Sam Manekshaw.
After the Instrument of Surrender was signed on 16 December 1971, Gen. Sam Manekshaw was heard saying, "Yahya never paid me the Rs. 1,000 for my motorbike, but now he has paid with half his country."
