![]() ![]() Gen Niranjan Malik PVSM (Retd) for this article. Cariappa became the first General and Rathore the first ever Lt. Cariappa, who is the most deserving among us.” Rathore declined the offer saying “Sir, we have a very talented army officer, my senior, Gen. “Are you ready to be the first General of The Indian Army?”. Rathore said, “You see, sir, we don’t have enough experience to lead a nation too, so shouldn’t we appoint a British person as the first Prime Minister of India?”Īfter a pregnant pause, Nehru asked Rathore, Nehru was a bit taken aback by the independent streak of the officer, though, he asked him to speak freely. However one senior officer, Nathu Singh Rathore, asked for permission to speak. Having learned under the British, only to serve and rarely to lead, all the civilians and men in uniform present nodded their heads in agreement. Although pins are a far less common household item than they once were, the expression survives. ![]() An early appearance in print is in Susan Ferrier’s The Inheritance (1824): You might have heard a pin drop in the house while that was going on. Nehru proposed, “I think we should appoint a British officer as a General of The Indian Army, as we don’t have enough experience to lead the same.” This hyperbole dates from the early nineteenth century. Soon after getting freedom from British rule in 1947, the de-facto prime minister of India, *Jawahar Lal Nehru called a meeting of senior Army Officers to select the first General of the Indian army.* *at 4:40am, on D-Day in 1944, to help liberate your country, I couldn’t find a single Frenchman to show a passport to…. *”Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach, * The American senior gave the Frenchman a long, hard look. “Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.”Īmericans always have to show their passports on arrival in France !”, the Customs officer sneered. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously. “You have been to France before, Monsieur ?”, the Customs officer asked sarcastically. *an elderly US gentleman of 83* arrived in Paris by plane.Īt French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on. *Unfortunately there was no soldier from Gujarat from whom I could have learned Gujarati.”…* Tamil from the men of the Madras Sappers īengali from the men of the Bengal Sappers, I have learned Punjabi from men of the Sikh Regiment “Friends, I have fought many a battle in my long career. Swept the audience with a hard stare and replied, We will hear you only if you speak in Gujarati.”įield Marshal Sam Bahadur Maneckshaw stopped. The crowd started chanting, “Speak in Gujarati. *Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Maneckshaw* once started addressing a public meeting at Ahmedabad in English. *What is the meaning of pin drop silence?*įollowing are some instances when silence could speak louder than voice. ![]()
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