Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw did not speak Gujarati.

According to former foreign secretary J.N. Dixit, field marshall Maneckshaw was fluent in several languages including Gujarati.

According to former foreign secretary J.N. Dixit, field marshall Maneckshaw was fluent in several languages including Gujarati.Field Marshal Shamsherji Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw was the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the five-star rank of Field Marshal. He was born in Amritsar, Punjab, to Parsi parents, who moved to Punjab from Valsad's small town on the Gujarat coast. He was fluent in various languages like Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, English, and his parental language of Gujarati.

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