Ram Dass Katari
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Vice Admiral Ram Dass Katari PVSM, AVSM |
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| Born |
8 October 1911 Chingleput, Madras Presidency |
| Died | 1983 |
| Allegiance |
 British India (1927-1947) India (from 1947) |
| Service/branch |
Royal Indian Navy Indian Navy |
| Years of service | 1927–1962 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Commands held |
Chief of the Naval Staff Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Naval Fleet INS Rajput (D141) HMIS Kistna (U46) HMIS Cauvery (U10) |
| Battles/wars |
World War II Liberation of Goa |
| Other work | Ambassador to Burma Chairman, APSRTC Author, A Sailor Remembers |
Vice Admiral Ram Dass Katari (1911–1983) was an Indian Navy officer who served as the 3rd Chief of the Naval Staff from 22 April 1958 to 4 June 1962. He was the first Indian to hold the office and succeeded the last British officer to the post, Vice Admiral Sir Stephen Hope Carlill. He led the Indian Navy in the conflict during the liberation of Goa against the Portuguese Navy.
Adm R D Katari was born in Chingleput in Madras Presidency on October 8, 1911. He spent most of his childhood and youth in Hyderabad. He was educated at Mahbub College High School and at Nizam College in Hyderabad.
After graduation, Katari was in the first batch of Indian cadet-entry officers to join TS Dufferin on its establishment in 1927. He topped the entrance examination. He finished the course earning the Viceroy's Gold Medal. Later, he was the first graduate of TS Dufferin to serve on its Governing Board.
At the start of World War II, he was commissioned as a Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve and served in surface fleets of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. He specialized in anti-submarine warfare. Later, he also served as an instructor at the Anti-Submarine Warfare School.
At the end of the war, as a Lieutenant Commander, he was appointed the Commanding officer of HMIS Cauvery (U10) and led the mine clearance operations in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
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