Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh
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General Satyawant Mallanna Shrinagesh |
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| Chief of the Army Staff (India) | |
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In office 15 May 1955 – 7 May 1957 |
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| Preceded by | General Rajendrasinhji Jadeja |
| Succeeded by | General Kodendera Subayya Thimayya |
| Governor of Assam | |
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In office 1961–1962 |
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| Preceded by | Vishnu Sahay |
| Succeeded by | Vishnu Sahay |
| Governor of Andhra Pradesh | |
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In office 1962–1964 |
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| Preceded by | Bhim Sen Sachar |
| Succeeded by | Pattom A. Thanu Pillai |
| Governor of Mysore | |
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In office 1964–1965 |
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| Preceded by | Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur |
| Succeeded by | V. V. Giri |
| Governor of Assam | |
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In office 1959–1960 |
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| Preceded by | Chandreswar Prasad Sinha |
| Succeeded by | Vishnu Sahay |
| Personal details | |
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11 May 1903 Kolhapur, Maharashtra |
| Died | 27 December 1977 (aged 74) |
| Spouse(s) | Kumari Shrinagesh |
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| Allegiance |
 British Indian Empire India
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| Service/branch |
British Indian Army Indian Army
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| Years of service | 30 August 1923- 7 May 1957 |
| Rank |
 General
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| Unit | 19th Hyderabad Regiment presently Kumaon Regiment |
| Commands |
 Chief of Army Staff Southern Army Western ArmyGOC Madras Area V Corps (later XV Corps) Lushai Brigade (Burma) 64th Indian Infantry Brigade  6/19 Hyderabad (now 6 Kumaon)
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General Satyawant Mallanna Shrinagesh (also known as Satyavant Shrinagule Mallannah) (11 May 1903 – 27 December 1977) was an Indian military officer who served as 3rd Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 14 May 1955 till 7 May 1957. After retirement he served as the Governor of Assam from 14 October 1959 to 12 November 1960 and again from 13 January 1961 to 7 September 1962. He was the Governor of Andhra Pradesh from 8 September 1962 to 4 May 1964 and Governor of Mysore from 4 May 1964 to 2 April 1965. He also served as principal of the Indian Administrative Staff College in Hyderabad, Hyderabad State from 1957 to 1959.
Shrinagesh was born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, the eldest son of Dr. Shrinagesh Mallannah, in a Kannada speaking Lingayat family influenced by Brahma Samaj. His father was the personal physician to H.E.H. Mir Sir Osman Ali Khan Asaf Jah VII, the Nizam of Hyderabad. Born in 1903 at Kolhapur, Maharashtra he went to West Buckland School in England and entered the University of Cambridge in 1921.
He was among the earliest batches of Indians to be nominated for the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in England. He won the Quetta Cup for the best man at arms entering the Indian Army in 1923.
From Sandhurst he was subsequently commissioned onto the Unattached List for the Indian Army on 30 August 1923. After the mandatory one year attachment to a British regiment in India, in his case the 1st battalion North Staffordshire Regiment, he was admitted to the Indian Army and posted to the 2nd battalion 1st Madras Pioneers on 14 October 1924 with which he served mostly in Burma until it was disbanded. In 1933, he joined the 4th battalion 19th Hyderabad Regiment and served in Singapore as its adjutant from December 1935 to December 1939. In December 1939, he was posted as an Instructor at the Indian Military Academy, Dehra Dun.
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