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Vice Admiral Kamalakar Laxman Kulkarni PVSM (19 October 1921 – 24 March 1991) was an Indian Navy admiral.[1]
Career
Early career
Kulkarni was commissioned a midshipman in the Royal Indian Navy on 1 September 1940.[2] As a gunnery officer on HMS Glasgow, he was involved in a friendly fire incident on 7 December 1941 in which Glasgow sank the patrol vessel HMIS Prabhavati, having mistaken it for a submarine.[3] He was promoted acting sub-lieutenant on 1 May 1942, having undergone gunnery and navigation courses at Portsmouth.[4] He was assigned to the minesweeper HMIS Carnatic on 19 October 1942,[5] and was promoted lieutenant on 1 July 1943.[6] On 22 July, he was posted to the sloop HMIS Hindustan.[7]
Post-Independence
Kulkarni was promoted acting lieutenant-commander on 31 December 1948,[8] and to substantive lieutenant-commander on 1 July 1951.[9] Specialising in radar and advanced navigation, he qualified in various advanced courses in the United Kingdom, along with the National Defence College course.[10] On 15 February 1955, he was promoted acting commander and appointed Executive Officer I.N. Barracks, Bombay,[11] with promotion to the substantive rank on 31 December.[12] He successively commanded the frigate INS Trishul and the destroyers Rajput and Rana.[10] Promoted captain, he commanded the 15th Frigate Squadron from 1961 to 1963.[13] He then served as Director National Cadet Corps for Gujarat for a year, and was appointed Naval Officer-in-Charge, Goa in 1964.[10] He was promoted commodore and appointed Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in 1967.[10]
Flag rank
On 23 December 1968, Kulkarni was promoted acting rear admiral and appointed Chief of Material.[14] Kulkarni was promoted substantive rear admiral on 22 May 1971.[15] In March 1973, he was promoted acting Vice admiral and appointed Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command.[10] The appointment was subsequently upgraded,[13] and Kulkarni was promoted substantive vice-admiral on 27 October 1973.[16] He retired in April 1976.[10]
References
- ↑ Vice Admiral Kulkarni Passes Away. Press Information Bureau of India - Archive(25 March 1991). Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ↑ The Navy List: December 1940{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. H.M. Government(1940)
- ↑ The Royal Indian Navy: 1939-1945{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(1964)
- ↑ The Navy List: October 1942{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. H.M. Government(1942)
- ↑ The Navy List: December 1942{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. H.M. Government(1942)
- ↑ The Navy List: December 1943{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. H.M. Government(1943)
- ↑ The Navy List: June 1944{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. H.M. Government(1944)
- ↑ Promotion of Officers in the RIN. Press Information Bureau of India - Archive(31 December 1948). Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ↑ Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch)(7 July 1951).
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Admiral Kulkarni Retires. Press Information Bureau of India - Archive(1 April 1976). Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ↑ Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch)(30 April 1955).
- ↑ Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch)(14 April 1956).
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Vice Admiral to Head Eastern Naval Command: Admiral Kulkarni Promoted. Press Information Bureau of India - Archive(1 November 1973). Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ↑ Senior Naval Appointments: Admiral Kohli to Head NDC. Press Information Bureau of India - Archive(3 November 1968). Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ↑ Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch)(21 August 1971).
- ↑ Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch)(14 December 1974).
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