Admiral

Admiral

Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...

 (retired) Laxminarayan Ramdas served as Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian navy

Indian Navy

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 taking the rein

Rein

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s on November 30, 1990. He was commissioned in the Indian navy on September 1, 1953.

Career

Ramdas was trained as a communication

Communication

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 specialist in the Royal Naval Staff College in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. He then went on to head in the Naval Academy in Kochi

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, Kerala

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or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

. One of his major accomplishments was the reconnaissance and interdiction of enemy vessels and bombing of East Pakistan

East Pakistan

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 during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war. Among the awards he won during his time in the Indian were: Vir Chakra

Vir Chakra

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, Param Vishisht Seva Medal

Param Vishisht Seva Medal

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, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal

Ati Vishisht Seva Medal

Ati Vishisht Seva Medal is a military award of India given to recognize "distinguished service of an exceptional order" to all ranks of the armed forces....

 and the Vishisht Seva Medal

Vishisht Seva Medal

Vishisht Seva Medal is a decoration of the Indian Armed forces. It is awarded to recognize "distinguished service of an exceptional order" to all ranks of the Indian armed forces....

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He is also a keen sports person, enjoying cricket

Cricket

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, golf

Golf

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 and quite naturally yachting

Yachting

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. In 2004 he was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay

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 Awards for peace for his efforts in trying to demilitarise and denuclearize South Asia

South Asia

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