Silloo Manekshaw (1911-2001) was an Indian artist and painter, best known as the wife of the late Indian Army Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw.
Wiki/Biography
Silloo Bode was born in Amritsar, Punjab, in 1911 (aged 90 years; time of death). She received her postgraduate degree from Elphinstone College, Mumbai. She then pursued higher education at Sir JJ College of Art, Mumbai.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 5″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Not much is known about her parents. Silu Bode had a sister who once lived in Lahore, Pakistan, and her brother-in-law was a doctor in the British Indian Army.
husband and children
On April 22, 1939, Silu Bird married Sam Manekshaw, the first Army Chief of Staff to be promoted to Field Marshal. Sam died in 2008.
Siloo and Sam Manekshaw on their wedding day
The couple has two daughters named Maja Daruwala (lawyer and human rights advocate) and Sherry Batliwala (retired corporate employee).
Photos of Maya Daruvala
Photos of Shirley Batliwala
Relationships/Affairs
In 1937, at a social event in Lahore, Sam Manekshaw met Silloo Bode, and they developed a relationship and married in 1939.
Silu Manekshaw and her husband Sam Manekshaw
social work
As the wife of an Army officer, Silloo Manekshaw prioritizes the welfare of her local community in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu. Notably, she founded a charity clinic for disadvantaged groups and directed plays at the Defense Staff College, Wellington. Silu used Sam’s reputation to gain financial support from across India for the welfare of the community and sold her paintings to raise funds.
Silloo with Sam Manekshaw at a networking meeting
die
Silloo Manekshaw died of cancer on February 13, 2001 in Tamil Nadu, India. Siru Manekshaw was buried in the Parsi cemetery in Ooty after his death.
Facts/Trivia
- In the 1950s, Siroo and Sam Manekshaw were often seen attending Bollywood parties.
Sillo Manekshaw and her husband Sam Manekshaw at a Bollywood party
- According to Sam Manekshaw, Siloo was both his ardent supporter and his harshest critic. In an interview with the media, Sam’s eldest daughter Sherry Batliwala told how her mother Silloo was a strict wife. she says,
She would remind him that he came from a middle-class family in Amritsar. “They will respect you today, but tomorrow, when you are no longer a field marshal or a company director, you will be a nobody,” she warned him. I think it also made him more focused. “
Sillo Manekshaw and her husband Sam Manekshaw with their first daughter
- According to her daughters, Silu Manekshaw was an avid reader, a talented painter and an intelligent conversationalist.
Silloo Manekshaw with husband Sam Manekshaw and daughters Maja and Sherry
- Sherry Batliwala once wrote about Silloo’s room and wardrobe in her bungalow “Stavka” in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu. Silu’s room in “Stavka” has beautiful pink and blue decorations. She had the largest wardrobe and dressing room, stretching from wall to wall and floor to ceiling.
Photos of ‘Stavka’ from Coonoor, Tamil Nadu
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education