Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Manekshaw ya zama COAS na 8 na Sojojin Indiya a 1969, kuma a karkashin umurninsa sojojin Indiya sun gudanar da kamfen na nasara a kan Pakistan a cikin Indo-Pakistani War na 1971 wanda ya haifar da 'Yantar da Bangladesh
Yaƙin ya ɗauki kwanaki 12 daga 3 ga Disamba zuwa 16 ga Disamba, ɗaya daga cikin gajerun yaƙe-yaƙe na Tarihi. A ranar 16 ga Disamba, 1971, Laftanar Janar A. A. K. Niazi na Sojojin Pakistan ya rattaba hannu kan Yarjejeniyar Bayarwa a Dhaka a gaban Laftanar Janar Jagjit Singh Aurora, Laftanar Janar J. F. R. Jacob da sauran Manyan Jami'an Sojojin Indiya. Fiye da Sojojin Pakistan 93,000 sun mika wuya ga Sojojin Indiya, wanda aka rubuta a matsayin daya daga cikin mafi girman mika wuya a Tarihi. Sakamakon da sojojin Indiya suka samu a lokacin wannan yakin, a karkashin jagorancin soja na Manekshaw, ya ba wa al'ummar sabuwar kwarin gwiwa, kuma a cikin godiya ga ayyukansa, a watan Janairun 1973, Shugaban Indiya ya ba shi mukamin Field Marshal. An kuma ba shi Padma Vibhushan da Padma Bhushan, na biyu da na uku mafi girman lambobin yabo na farar hula na Indiya, don hidimarsa ga al'ummar Indiya.