Sam Manekshaw (later a field marshal) was a colonel in the Directorate of Military Operations who went to Srinagar with V. P. Menon to assess the situation on 26 October 1947.
Sam Manekshaw (who later became Field Marshal) was a colonel in the Directorate of Military Operations. He went to Srinagar with V. P. Menon to get a first-hand assessment of the situation on 26 October 1947.