मानेकश'खौ थैजानो गिनानै, जेनेरेला गावनि आंगोनि मिलिटारि क्रस रिबनखौ होजाबना बुंदोंमोन "सासे थैनाय मानसिखौ ,मिलिटारि क्रसजों मान होनाय जाया"।
Fearing that Manekshaw would die, the general pinned his own Military Cross ribbon on him saying, "A dead person cannot be awarded a Military Cross".