Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi mourns Lt. Gen JFR Jacob death
Jacob had played a prominent hero of the 1971 Indo-Pak war.
He died following a prolonged illness at the age of 92.
Congress tweeted quoting Gandhi: "A brave son of India,his role in the Bangladesh liberation war as Chief of Eastern command has a special place in the war history of world. The country stands proud of his life, work and service to the nation as a soldier and patriot."
Born in 1923 in Kolkata, Lt Gen Jacob joined the army at the age of 19 and also fought in World War II and the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 before he retired in 1978.
Post retirement, he also served as the Governor of Goa and Punjab.
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