<prompt> Manekshaw akasimuka kuva 8th COAS weIndia Army muna 1969, uye pasi pekutungamira kwake mauto eIndia akaita mishandirapamwe yakabudirira kurwisa Pakistan muhondo yeIndo-Pakistani ya1971 yakatungamira kurusununguko rweBangladesh  <response>: muna December 1971.Hondo yacho yakatora mazuva 12 kubva musi wa 3 December kusvika musi wa 16 December, imwe yehondo pfupi zvikuru munhoroondo. Musi wa 16 Zvita 1971, Lt. Gen. A. A. K. Niazi wePakistan Army akasaina Chinyorwa cheKuzvipira kuDhaka pamberi paLt. Gen. Jagjit Singh Aurora, Lt. Gen. J. F. R. Jacob nevamwe Vakuru Vakuru veMasoja eIndia. Varwi vePakistan vanopfuura 93 000 vakazviisa mumaoko euto reIndia, izvo zvakanyorwa seimwe yevakanyanya kuzviisa mumaoko munhoroondo. Migumisiro inokosha yakawanwa neuto reIndia mukati mehondo iyi, pasi pehutungamiri hwemauto anokwanisa hwaManekshaw, yakapa nyika pfungwa itsva yekuvimba, uye mukuziva mabasa ake, muna Ndira 1973 Mutungamiri weIndia akamupa chinzvimbo chema field marshal. Akapihwawo Padma Vibhushan uye Padma Bhushan, wechipiri uye wechitatu wepamusoro muIndia mubayiro wevanhu, nekuda kwebasa rake kuIndia. 