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	[[Vice admiral (India)\|Vice Admiral]] '''Nar Pati Datta''' [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal\|AVSM]] (1 April 1922 – 10 October 2003) was an [[Indian Navy]] admiral.<ref name="FOCWF">{{cite web\|title=Rear Admiral Datta to be Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet\|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1974-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1974-04-20_100.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=20 April 1974\|access-date=28 December ~~2022~~}}</ref>		[[Vice admiral (India)\|Vice Admiral]] '''Nar Pati Datta''' [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal\|AVSM]] (1 April 1922 – 10 October 2003) was an [[Indian Navy]] admiral.<ref name="FOCWF">{{cite web\|title=Rear Admiral Datta to be Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet\|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1974-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1974-04-20_100.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=20 April 1974\|access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref>

	==Early career==		==Early career==
	After taking an [[Master of Arts\|M.A.]] from [[Government College Lahore]] in 1943, Datta taught at the college as an English literature lecturer for a year.<ref name="head">{{cite web\|title=Vice Admiral Datta to Head Mazagaon Dock Limited\|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-AUG-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-2/PDF/DEF-1977-11-02_154.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=2 November 1977\|access-date=28 December ~~2022~~}}</ref> On 30 June 1944, he was commissioned a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve (RINVR).<ref>{{cite book \|date=1945 \|title=The Navy List: July 1944\|chapter=The Royal Indian Navy: Officers of the Royal Indian Naval Volunteer Reserve\|publisher=H.M. Government\|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/navylistjul1945v2grea/page/2122/mode/2up?q=\|pages=2123}}</ref>		After taking an [[Master of Arts\|M.A.]] from [[Government College Lahore]] in 1943, Datta taught at the college as an English literature lecturer for a year.<ref name="head">{{cite web\|title=Vice Admiral Datta to Head Mazagaon Dock Limited\|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-AUG-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-2/PDF/DEF-1977-11-02_154.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=2 November 1977\|access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref> On 30 June 1944, he was commissioned a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve (RINVR).<ref>{{cite book \|date=1945 \|title=The Navy List: July 1944\|chapter=The Royal Indian Navy: Officers of the Royal Indian Naval Volunteer Reserve\|publisher=H.M. Government\|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/navylistjul1945v2grea/page/2122/mode/2up?q=\|pages=2123}}</ref>

	==Post-Independence==		==Post-Independence==
	He received a regular commission in the Indian Navy post-Independence, and was promoted substantive [[lieutenant-commander]] on 30 December 1954.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=15 \|date=15 January 1955 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1955/O-2198-1955-0003-100701.pdf \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He attended the [[Defence Services Staff College]] at Wellington,<ref name="head"/> and was promoted commander on 31 December 1959.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=234 \|date=10 September 1960 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1960/O-1947-1960-0037-87645.pdf \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> During his career, he specialised in torpedoes and anti-submarine warfare.<ref name="promoted">{{cite web\|title=Rear Admiral Datta Promoted\|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-AUG-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-2/PDF/DEF-1977-09-08_066.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=8 September 1977\|access-date=28 December ~~2022~~}}</ref>		He received a regular commission in the Indian Navy post-Independence, and was promoted substantive [[lieutenant-commander]] on 30 December 1954.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=15 \|date=15 January 1955 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1955/O-2198-1955-0003-100701.pdf \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He attended the [[Defence Services Staff College]] at Wellington,<ref name="head"/> and was promoted commander on 31 December 1959.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=234 \|date=10 September 1960 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1960/O-1947-1960-0037-87645.pdf \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> During his career, he specialised in torpedoes and anti-submarine warfare.<ref name="promoted">{{cite web\|title=Rear Admiral Datta Promoted\|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-AUG-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-2/PDF/DEF-1977-09-08_066.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=8 September 1977\|access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref>

	Datta successively commanded the [[Whitby-class frigate]] {{ship\|INS\|Talwar\|F140}}, the [[Hunt-class destroyer]] {{ship\|INS\|Ganga\|D94}} and the cruiser {{ship\|INS\|Mysore\|C60}}.<ref name="head"/> In 1969, he attended a course at the Imperial Defence College (now the [[Royal College of Defence Studies]]) in London,<ref name="FOCWF"/> and served as [[Military attaché\|naval adviser]] to the [[List of High Commissioners of India to the United Kingdom\|High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom]] at [[India House, London]] from December 1969 to April 1972. He also served as Fleet Operations Officer [[Western Fleet (India)\|Western Fleet]] and as Director of Naval Plans at Naval HQ.<ref name="promoted"/>		Datta successively commanded the [[Whitby-class frigate]] {{ship\|INS\|Talwar\|F140}}, the [[Hunt-class destroyer]] {{ship\|INS\|Ganga\|D94}} and the cruiser {{ship\|INS\|Mysore\|C60}}.<ref name="head"/> In 1969, he attended a course at the Imperial Defence College (now the [[Royal College of Defence Studies]]) in London,<ref name="FOCWF"/> and served as [[Military attaché\|naval adviser]] to the [[List of High Commissioners of India to the United Kingdom\|High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom]] at [[India House, London]] from December 1969 to April 1972. He also served as Fleet Operations Officer [[Western Fleet (India)\|Western Fleet]] and as Director of Naval Plans at Naval HQ.<ref name="promoted"/>

	==Flag rank==		==Flag rank==
	On 2 May 1973, Commodore Datta was promoted acting rear admiral and appointed Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=772 \|date=14 July 1973 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1973/O-1285-1973-0028-57273.pdf \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref name="appointments">{{cite web\|title=Naval Appointments\|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1973-JUNE-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1973-11-02_152.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=2 November 1973\|access-date=28 December ~~2022~~}}</ref> In November, he was appointed [[Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (India)\|Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff]] (DCNS).<ref name="appointments"/> On 22 April 1974, he assumed command as [[Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet]] (FOCWF).<ref name="FOCWF"/> He was promoted substantive rear admiral on 1 April 1975.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=1059 \|date=31 July 1976 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1976/O-1167-1976-0031-52032.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> In March 1976, he was appointed to a second tenure as DCNS,<ref name="promoted"/> and was promoted vice-admiral on 5 September 1977.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=796 \|date=12 August 1978 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1978/O-1094-1978-0032-48198.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>		On 2 May 1973, Commodore Datta was promoted acting rear admiral and appointed Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=772 \|date=14 July 1973 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1973/O-1285-1973-0028-57273.pdf \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref name="appointments">{{cite web\|title=Naval Appointments\|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1973-JUNE-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1973-11-02_152.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=2 November 1973\|access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref> In November, he was appointed [[Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (India)\|Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff]] (DCNS).<ref name="appointments"/> On 22 April 1974, he assumed command as [[Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet]] (FOCWF).<ref name="FOCWF"/> He was promoted substantive rear admiral on 1 April 1975.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=1059 \|date=31 July 1976 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1976/O-1167-1976-0031-52032.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> In March 1976, he was appointed to a second tenure as DCNS,<ref name="promoted"/> and was promoted vice-admiral on 5 September 1977.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=796 \|date=12 August 1978 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1978/O-1094-1978-0032-48198.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>

	After retiring from the Navy, Datta was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of [[Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders]] in November 1977.<ref name="head"/> A skilled yachtsman, he later became the Chairman of the Selection Committee of the Yachting Association of India and managed the national team. In 1987, he became the first Indian judge of the [[International Yacht Racing Union]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=First Indian as International Yachting Judge\|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1987-JUNE-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1987-01-08_004.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=8 January 1987\|access-date=28 December ~~2022~~}}</ref>		After retiring from the Navy, Datta was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of [[Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders]] in November 1977.<ref name="head"/> A skilled yachtsman, he later became the Chairman of the Selection Committee of the Yachting Association of India and managed the national team. In 1987, he became the first Indian judge of the [[International Yacht Racing Union]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=First Indian as International Yachting Judge\|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1987-JUNE-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1987-01-08_004.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=8 January 1987\|access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref>

	==Post-retirement==		==Post-retirement==
	From 1994 to 1998, he served as an International Sailing Federation (ISAF) council member for South and Central Asia, and was awarded a silver medal in November 1998 "in recognition of his outstanding voluntary contribution to the sport of sailing."<ref>{{cite web\|title=Obituary: Nar Pati Datta\|url=https://www.sailing.org/news/11930.php#.X-oduxZ7mh8\|website=World Sailing\|access-date=28 December ~~2022~~}}</ref> On 10 October 2003, he was killed in a traffic accident in Delhi when he was struck by a speeding bus.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Agrawal \|first=Subhash \|date=23 October 2003 \|title=An Officer and Gentleman\|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/an-officer-and-gentleman/88127/ \|work=The Financial Express \|access-date=28 December ~~2022~~}}</ref>		From 1994 to 1998, he served as an International Sailing Federation (ISAF) council member for South and Central Asia, and was awarded a silver medal in November 1998 "in recognition of his outstanding voluntary contribution to the sport of sailing."<ref>{{cite web\|title=Obituary: Nar Pati Datta\|url=https://www.sailing.org/news/11930.php#.X-oduxZ7mh8\|website=World Sailing\|access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref> On 10 October 2003, he was killed in a traffic accident in Delhi when he was struck by a speeding bus.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Agrawal \|first=Subhash \|date=23 October 2003 \|title=An Officer and Gentleman\|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/an-officer-and-gentleman/88127/ \|work=The Financial Express \|access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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[[Vice admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] '''Nar Pati Datta''' [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]] (1 April 1922 – 10 October 2003) was an [[Indian Navy]] admiral.<ref name="FOCWF">{{cite web|title=Rear Admiral Datta to be Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1974-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1974-04-20_100.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=20 April 1974|access-date=28 December 2022}}</ref>

==Early career==
After taking an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] from [[Government College Lahore]] in 1943, Datta taught at the college as an English literature lecturer for a year.<ref name="head">{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Datta to Head Mazagaon Dock Limited|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-AUG-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-2/PDF/DEF-1977-11-02_154.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=2 November 1977|access-date=28 December 2022}}</ref> On 30 June 1944, he was commissioned a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve (RINVR).<ref>{{cite book |date=1945 |title=The Navy List: July 1944|chapter=The Royal Indian Navy: Officers of the Royal Indian Naval Volunteer Reserve|publisher=H.M. Government|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/navylistjul1945v2grea/page/2122/mode/2up?q=|pages=2123}}</ref>

==Post-Independence==
He received a regular commission in the Indian Navy post-Independence, and was promoted substantive [[lieutenant-commander]] on 30 December 1954.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=15 |date=15 January 1955 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1955/O-2198-1955-0003-100701.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He attended the [[Defence Services Staff College]] at Wellington,<ref name="head"/> and was promoted commander on 31 December 1959.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=234 |date=10 September 1960 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1960/O-1947-1960-0037-87645.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> During his career, he specialised in torpedoes and anti-submarine warfare.<ref name="promoted">{{cite web|title=Rear Admiral Datta Promoted|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-AUG-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-2/PDF/DEF-1977-09-08_066.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=8 September 1977|access-date=28 December 2022}}</ref>

Datta successively commanded the [[Whitby-class frigate]] {{ship|INS|Talwar|F140}}, the [[Hunt-class destroyer]] {{ship|INS|Ganga|D94}} and the cruiser {{ship|INS|Mysore|C60}}.<ref name="head"/> In 1969, he attended a course at the Imperial Defence College (now the [[Royal College of Defence Studies]]) in London,<ref name="FOCWF"/> and served as [[Military attaché|naval adviser]] to the [[List of High Commissioners of India to the United Kingdom|High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom]] at [[India House, London]] from December 1969 to April 1972. He also served as Fleet Operations Officer [[Western Fleet (India)|Western Fleet]] and as Director of Naval Plans at Naval HQ.<ref name="promoted"/>

==Flag rank==
On 2 May 1973, Commodore Datta was promoted acting rear admiral and appointed Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=772 |date=14 July 1973 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1973/O-1285-1973-0028-57273.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref name="appointments">{{cite web|title=Naval Appointments|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1973-JUNE-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1973-11-02_152.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=2 November 1973|access-date=28 December 2022}}</ref> In November, he was appointed [[Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff]] (DCNS).<ref name="appointments"/> On 22 April 1974, he assumed command as [[Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet]] (FOCWF).<ref name="FOCWF"/> He was promoted substantive rear admiral on 1 April 1975.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=1059 |date=31 July 1976 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1976/O-1167-1976-0031-52032.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> In March 1976, he was appointed to a second tenure as DCNS,<ref name="promoted"/> and was promoted vice-admiral on 5 September 1977.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=796 |date=12 August 1978 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1978/O-1094-1978-0032-48198.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>

After retiring from the Navy, Datta was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of [[Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders]] in November 1977.<ref name="head"/> A skilled yachtsman, he later became the Chairman of the Selection Committee of the Yachting Association of India and managed the national team. In 1987, he became the first Indian judge of the [[International Yacht Racing Union]].<ref>{{cite web|title=First Indian as International Yachting Judge|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1987-JUNE-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1987-01-08_004.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=8 January 1987|access-date=28 December 2022}}</ref>

==Post-retirement==
From 1994 to 1998, he served as an International Sailing Federation (ISAF) council member for South and Central Asia, and was awarded a silver medal in November 1998 "in recognition of his outstanding voluntary contribution to the sport of sailing."<ref>{{cite web|title=Obituary: Nar Pati Datta|url=https://www.sailing.org/news/11930.php#.X-oduxZ7mh8|website=World Sailing|access-date=28 December 2022}}</ref> On 10 October 2003, he was killed in a traffic accident in Delhi when he was struck by a speeding bus.<ref>{{cite news |last=Agrawal |first=Subhash |date=23 October 2003 |title=An Officer and Gentleman|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/an-officer-and-gentleman/88127/ |work=The Financial Express |access-date=28 December 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Road incident deaths in India]]
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