Manekshaw wuxuu noqday sarkaalkii 8-aad ee ciidamada Hindiya sanadkii 1969-kii, isaga oo ka amar qaata ciidamada Hindiya waxay sameeyeen ololeyo guul leh oo ka dhan ah Pakistan dagaalkii Hindiya iyo Pakistan ee 1971-kii taasoo keentay xoreynta Bangladesh
Bishii Diseembar 1971. Dagaalku wuxuu socday 12 maalmood laga bilaabo 3dii Diseembar ilaa 16kii Diseembar, oo ka mid ah dagaalladii ugu gaaban taariikhda. Bishii Diseembar 16, 1971, Lt. Gen. A. A. K. Niazi oo ka tirsan Ciidanka Pakistan ayaa saxiixay Qalabka Surrender ee Dhaka iyadoo ay goobjoog ka ahaayeen Lt. Gen. Jagjit Singh Aurora, Lt. Gen. J. F. R. Jacob iyo Saraakiil kale oo Sare oo ka tirsan Ciidanka Hindiya. In ka badan 93,000 oo askari oo Pakistaan ah ayaa isku soo dhiibay ciidanka Hindiya, taasoo lagu diiwaangeliyey inay ka mid tahay is dhiibistii ugu badneyd taariikhda. Natiijooyinka go'aaminta leh ee ay gaareen Ciidanka Hindiya intii lagu jiray dagaalkan, hogaaminta milatariga ee Manekshaw, waxay umadda siisay kalsooni cusub, iyo aqoonsi adeegyadiisa, bishii Janaayo 1973 Madaxweynaha Hindiya wuxuu ku wareejiyay darajada Field Marshal. Waxaa sidoo kale lagu abaalmariyay Padma Vibhushan iyo Padma Bhushan, abaalmarinta labaad iyo saddexaad ee ugu sarreysa muwaadiniinta Hindiya siday u kala horreeyaan, adeegyadii uu u soo qabtay umadda Hindiya.