BELIEVE IT OR NOT...

GREAT LIVES : V.O.C.

NOBEL LAUREATE C V RAMAN

DR ABDUL KALAM & FIELD MARSHAL MANEKSHAW

*Whom To Salute..?*

*APJ Kalam or  Manekshaw...?*

Plz Read Interesting All the Parts.......

     

            *FIRST PART*

When Dr.Abdul Kalam

Was The President ,

He Visited Coonoor.

On Reaching ,

He Came To Know That

Field Marshall Sir Sam

Manekshaw Was

In The Military Hospital there.

Dr.Kalam Wanted

To visit Sam ,

Which Was Unscheduled.

Arrangements Were Made.

At The Bedside ,

Kalam Spent About

15 Minutes..

Talking To Sam &

Enquiring About

His Health.

 

Just Before Leaving

Kalam Asked Sam

' Are You Comfortable ?

Is There Anything

I Could Do ?

Do You Have

Any Grievance ?

Or Any Requirement

That Would Make You

More Comfortable ?'

        *SEC0ND PART*

Sam Said 'Yes ..

Your Excellency ,

I Have 0ne Grievance '

Shocked With Concern

& Anguish ,

Kalam Asked Him

What It Was. 

Sam Replied

' Sir , My Grievance

Is That

I Am Not Able To

Get Up & Salute

My Most Respected

President of

My Beloved Country'.

Kalam Held

Sam's Hand

As Both Were In Tears.

         *THIRD PART*

But

The Remaining Part

Of The Tale

With Regarding

This Meeting Is That

Sam Did Tell APJ

That

He Was Not Paid

The Pension

Of the

Field Marshall’s Rank

Till Then ,

For Nearly Twenty

Years.

        *FOURTH PART*

An Aghast

President Went To Delhi

And Passed The

Pension With Arrears

Within A Week

And

Sent The Cheque

Of Nearly

Rs.1.25 Crores

Through The

Defence Secretary

By A Special Plane

To Wellington , Ooty ,

Where Sam Was Ailing.

That Is The

Greatness Of

APJ.

        *FIFTH PART*

But..

Then Sam Received

The Cheque

And Promptly Donated It

To The Army Relief Fund.

*Whom Will*

*You Salute Now..?*

*Indeed*

*Those Real Heroes*

*Are Missing Today.*

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