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	==Early career==		==Early career==
	Among the first Indians to be selected for the Royal Indian Marine in 1930,<ref name="commodores">{{cite web\|title=Two New Commodores for Navy - Upgrading of Naval HQ Posts\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1956-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1956-10-10_152.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=10 October 1956\|access-date=7 March ~~2022~~}}</ref> Shankar was appointed an engineer sub-lieutenant (on probation) in the [[Royal Indian Navy]] on 23 April 1935,<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=34159 \|date=10 May 1935 \|page=3051 \|supp=}}</ref> and was confirmed in his appointment on 23 October 1936.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=34356 \|date=1 January 1937 \|page=18 \|supp=}}</ref> He was promoted to engineer lieutenant on 23 April 1938.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=34510 \|date=13 May 1938 \|page=3121 \|supp=}}</ref> On 2 August 1939, Shankar was assigned to [[HMIS Dalhousie]], the RIN depot ship and training barracks based at Bombay, as well as to the [[P-class sloop]] HMIS ''Pathan''.<ref>{{cite book \|title=The Navy List: December 1939 \|publisher=HM Government, UK \|date=1939 \|pages=762–763 \|chapter=The Royal Indian Navy (Royal Indian Navy - Establishments) }}</ref>		Among the first Indians to be selected for the Royal Indian Marine in 1930,<ref name="commodores">{{cite web\|title=Two New Commodores for Navy - Upgrading of Naval HQ Posts\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1956-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1956-10-10_152.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=10 October 1956\|access-date=7 March 2020}}</ref> Shankar was appointed an engineer sub-lieutenant (on probation) in the [[Royal Indian Navy]] on 23 April 1935,<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=34159 \|date=10 May 1935 \|page=3051 \|supp=}}</ref> and was confirmed in his appointment on 23 October 1936.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=34356 \|date=1 January 1937 \|page=18 \|supp=}}</ref> He was promoted to engineer lieutenant on 23 April 1938.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=34510 \|date=13 May 1938 \|page=3121 \|supp=}}</ref> On 2 August 1939, Shankar was assigned to [[HMIS Dalhousie]], the RIN depot ship and training barracks based at Bombay, as well as to the [[P-class sloop]] HMIS ''Pathan''.<ref>{{cite book \|title=The Navy List: December 1939 \|publisher=HM Government, UK \|date=1939 \|pages=762–763 \|chapter=The Royal Indian Navy (Royal Indian Navy - Establishments) }}</ref>

	During the Second World War, Shankar was assigned to the sloop [[HMIS Lawrence\|HMIS ''Lawrence'']] on 21 November 1940; among the other junior officers then assigned to her was the future admiral and Indian Navy Chief of the Naval Staff [[Sourendra Nath Kohli]].<ref>{{cite book \|title=The Navy List: February 1941 \|publisher=HM Government, UK \|date=1941 \|pages=1302 \|chapter=The Royal Indian Navy}}</ref> For "courage, enterprise and devotion to duty in operations in the Persian Gulf," Shankar was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) on 10 March 1942, one of only a few Indian officers to be so decorated during the war.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=35481 \|date=6 March 1942 \|page=1105 \|supp=y}}</ref> On 3 December, he was assigned to the sloop [[HMIS Hindustan\|HMIS ''Hindustan'']],<ref>{{cite book \|title=The Navy List: December 1943 \|publisher=HM Government, UK \|date=1943 \|pages=2823 \|chapter=The Royal Indian Navy}}</ref> and was promoted acting engineer lieutenant-commander on 30 September 1943.<ref>{{cite book \|title=The Navy List: July 1945 \|publisher=HM Government, UK \|date=1945 \|pages=2101 \|chapter=The Royal Indian Navy - Officers of the Royal Indian Navy}}</ref> He was promoted substantive engineer lieutenant-commander on 23 April 1946.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=37699 \|date=23 August 1946 \|page=4249 \|supp=}}</ref>		During the Second World War, Shankar was assigned to the sloop [[HMIS Lawrence\|HMIS ''Lawrence'']] on 21 November 1940; among the other junior officers then assigned to her was the future admiral and Indian Navy Chief of the Naval Staff [[Sourendra Nath Kohli]].<ref>{{cite book \|title=The Navy List: February 1941 \|publisher=HM Government, UK \|date=1941 \|pages=1302 \|chapter=The Royal Indian Navy}}</ref> For "courage, enterprise and devotion to duty in operations in the Persian Gulf," Shankar was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) on 10 March 1942, one of only a few Indian officers to be so decorated during the war.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=35481 \|date=6 March 1942 \|page=1105 \|supp=y}}</ref> On 3 December, he was assigned to the sloop [[HMIS Hindustan\|HMIS ''Hindustan'']],<ref>{{cite book \|title=The Navy List: December 1943 \|publisher=HM Government, UK \|date=1943 \|pages=2823 \|chapter=The Royal Indian Navy}}</ref> and was promoted acting engineer lieutenant-commander on 30 September 1943.<ref>{{cite book \|title=The Navy List: July 1945 \|publisher=HM Government, UK \|date=1945 \|pages=2101 \|chapter=The Royal Indian Navy - Officers of the Royal Indian Navy}}</ref> He was promoted substantive engineer lieutenant-commander on 23 April 1946.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=37699 \|date=23 August 1946 \|page=4249 \|supp=}}</ref>

	==Post-independence==		==Post-independence==
	Following Indian independence in 1947, Shankar served at Naval Headquarters and was promoted engineer commander (acting engineer captain) on 31 December 1948.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Promotion of Officers in the RIN\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1948-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1948-12-31_479.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=31 December 1948\|access-date=7 March ~~2022~~}}</ref> In 1950, he became the second Indian officer to command INS ''Shivaji'', the mechanical training establishment of the Indian Navy,<ref name="obit"/> with promotion to substantive engineer captain on 30 June 1951.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=133 \|date=14 July 1951 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He was subsequently appointed the Industrial Manager, Indian Naval Dockyard Bombay, and in July 1954 became the first Indian officer to be appointed Chief of Material at Naval HQ.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Changes in Senior Naval Appointments\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1954%20DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1954-07-15_196.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=15 July 1954\|access-date=7 March ~~2022~~}}</ref> On 24 September 1956, the post of Chief of Material was upgraded to the status of a commodore (2nd class), making Shankar the first Indian naval engineer officer to be elevated to this rank.<ref name="commodores"/><ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=107 \|date=27 April 1957 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He was promoted to engineer rear-admiral on 28 December 1959,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=162 \|date=2 July 1960 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1960/O-1947-1960-0027-87635.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> becoming the first naval engineering officer to attain flag rank, and was appointed Controller-General Ordnance Factories.<ref name="obit"/> In 1960, he was further appointed Controller-General Defence Production, and held the appointment until his retirement on 20 August 1964.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=428 \|date=17 October 1964 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1964/O-1799-1964-0042-82045.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref name="obit"/>		Following Indian independence in 1947, Shankar served at Naval Headquarters and was promoted engineer commander (acting engineer captain) on 31 December 1948.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Promotion of Officers in the RIN\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1948-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1948-12-31_479.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=31 December 1948\|access-date=7 March 2020}}</ref> In 1950, he became the second Indian officer to command INS ''Shivaji'', the mechanical training establishment of the Indian Navy,<ref name="obit"/> with promotion to substantive engineer captain on 30 June 1951.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=133 \|date=14 July 1951 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He was subsequently appointed the Industrial Manager, Indian Naval Dockyard Bombay, and in July 1954 became the first Indian officer to be appointed Chief of Material at Naval HQ.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Changes in Senior Naval Appointments\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1954%20DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1954-07-15_196.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=15 July 1954\|access-date=7 March 2020}}</ref> On 24 September 1956, the post of Chief of Material was upgraded to the status of a commodore (2nd class), making Shankar the first Indian naval engineer officer to be elevated to this rank.<ref name="commodores"/><ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=107 \|date=27 April 1957 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He was promoted to engineer rear-admiral on 28 December 1959,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=162 \|date=2 July 1960 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1960/O-1947-1960-0027-87635.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> becoming the first naval engineering officer to attain flag rank, and was appointed Controller-General Ordnance Factories.<ref name="obit"/> In 1960, he was further appointed Controller-General Defence Production, and held the appointment until his retirement on 20 August 1964.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=428 \|date=17 October 1964 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1964/O-1799-1964-0042-82045.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref name="obit"/>

	==Later life==		==Later life==
	Retiring in Delhi, Shankar was conferred the honorary rank of vice-admiral on 20 December 1985.<ref name="obit"/> He died at Delhi in the morning of 18 November 1993, and was cremated with full military honours the following afternoon. He was survived by his daughter and two sons, one an air commodore in the Indian Air Force.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Vice Admiral (Ret'd) Daya Shankar - A Man of Many 'Firsts' - Laid to Rest\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1993-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1993-11-19_289.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=19 November 1993\|access-date=14 March ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Retiring in Delhi, Shankar was conferred the honorary rank of vice-admiral on 20 December 1985.<ref name="obit"/> He died at Delhi in the morning of 18 November 1993, and was cremated with full military honours the following afternoon. He was survived by his daughter and two sons, one an air commodore in the Indian Air Force.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Vice Admiral (Ret'd) Daya Shankar - A Man of Many 'Firsts' - Laid to Rest\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1993-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1993-11-19_289.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=19 November 1993\|access-date=14 March 2020}}</ref>

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[[Vice Admiral]] '''Daya Shankar''' [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|DSC]] (2 January 1912 – 18 November 1993) was a decorated [[Indian Navy]] admiral, naval engineer and the first [[Indian Armed Forces]] officer to hold the appointment of Controller General Defence Production.<ref name="obit"/>

==Early career==
Among the first Indians to be selected for the Royal Indian Marine in 1930,<ref name="commodores">{{cite web|title=Two New Commodores for Navy - Upgrading of Naval HQ Posts|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1956-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1956-10-10_152.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=10 October 1956|access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref> Shankar was appointed an engineer sub-lieutenant (on probation) in the [[Royal Indian Navy]] on 23 April 1935,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34159 |date=10 May 1935 |page=3051 |supp=}}</ref> and was confirmed in his appointment on 23 October 1936.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34356 |date=1 January 1937 |page=18 |supp=}}</ref> He was promoted to engineer lieutenant on 23 April 1938.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34510 |date=13 May 1938 |page=3121 |supp=}}</ref> On 2 August 1939, Shankar was assigned to [[HMIS Dalhousie]], the RIN depot ship and training barracks based at Bombay, as well as to the [[P-class sloop]] HMIS ''Pathan''.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Navy List: December 1939 |publisher=HM Government, UK |date=1939 |pages=762–763 |chapter=The Royal Indian Navy (Royal Indian Navy - Establishments) }}</ref>

During the Second World War, Shankar was assigned to the sloop [[HMIS Lawrence|HMIS ''Lawrence'']] on 21 November 1940; among the other junior officers then assigned to her was the future admiral and Indian Navy Chief of the Naval Staff [[Sourendra Nath Kohli]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Navy List: February 1941 |publisher=HM Government, UK |date=1941 |pages=1302 |chapter=The Royal Indian Navy}}</ref> For "courage, enterprise and devotion to duty in operations in the Persian Gulf," Shankar was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) on 10 March 1942, one of only a few Indian officers to be so decorated during the war.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=35481 |date=6 March 1942 |page=1105 |supp=y}}</ref> On 3 December, he was assigned to the sloop [[HMIS Hindustan|HMIS ''Hindustan'']],<ref>{{cite book |title=The Navy List: December 1943 |publisher=HM Government, UK |date=1943 |pages=2823 |chapter=The Royal Indian Navy}}</ref> and was promoted acting engineer lieutenant-commander on 30 September 1943.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Navy List: July 1945 |publisher=HM Government, UK |date=1945 |pages=2101 |chapter=The Royal Indian Navy - Officers of the Royal Indian Navy}}</ref> He was promoted substantive engineer lieutenant-commander on 23 April 1946.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37699 |date=23 August 1946 |page=4249 |supp=}}</ref>

==Post-independence==
Following Indian independence in 1947, Shankar served at Naval Headquarters and was promoted engineer commander (acting engineer captain) on 31 December 1948.<ref>{{cite web|title=Promotion of Officers in the RIN|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1948-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1948-12-31_479.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=31 December 1948|access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref> In 1950, he became the second Indian officer to command INS ''Shivaji'', the mechanical training establishment of the Indian Navy,<ref name="obit"/> with promotion to substantive engineer captain on 30 June 1951.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=133 |date=14 July 1951 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He was subsequently appointed the Industrial Manager, Indian Naval Dockyard Bombay, and in July 1954 became the first Indian officer to be appointed Chief of Material at Naval HQ.<ref>{{cite web|title=Changes in Senior Naval Appointments|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1954%20DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1954-07-15_196.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=15 July 1954|access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref> On 24 September 1956, the post of Chief of Material was upgraded to the status of a commodore (2nd class), making Shankar the first Indian naval engineer officer to be elevated to this rank.<ref name="commodores"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=107 |date=27 April 1957 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He was promoted to engineer rear-admiral on 28 December 1959,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=162 |date=2 July 1960 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1960/O-1947-1960-0027-87635.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> becoming the first naval engineering officer to attain flag rank, and was appointed Controller-General Ordnance Factories.<ref name="obit"/> In 1960, he was further appointed Controller-General Defence Production, and held the appointment until his retirement on 20 August 1964.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=428 |date=17 October 1964 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1964/O-1799-1964-0042-82045.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref name="obit"/>

==Later life==
Retiring in Delhi, Shankar was conferred the honorary rank of vice-admiral on 20 December 1985.<ref name="obit"/> He died at Delhi in the morning of 18 November 1993, and was cremated with full military honours the following afternoon. He was survived by his daughter and two sons, one an air commodore in the Indian Air Force.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral (Ret'd) Daya Shankar - A Man of Many 'Firsts' - Laid to Rest|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1993-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1993-11-19_289.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=19 November 1993|access-date=14 March 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Indian sailors]]
[[Category:Indian military personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Royal Indian Navy officers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)]]
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