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	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
	Shrinagesh was born in [[Kolhapur]], [[Maharashtra]], the eldest son of Dr. Shrinagesh Mallannah, in a [[Kannada language\|Kannada]] speaking [[Lingayat]] family influenced by [[Brahma Samaj]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.udayavani.com/kannada/news/rajangana/128710/palella-political-leaders-military-leaders-and-the-fame \| title=S. M. Shrinagesh \| publisher=Udayavaani \| access-date=20 January ~~2022~~}}</ref> His father was the personal physician to [[Asaf Jah VII\|H.E.H. Mir Sir Osman Ali Khan Asaf Jah VII]], the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]. His mother was Ahalyabai, daughter of Krishnaji Kelavkar. Born in 1903 at Kolhapur, Maharashtra he went to West Buckland School in England and entered the [[University of Cambridge]] in 1921.		Shrinagesh was born in [[Kolhapur]], [[Maharashtra]], the eldest son of Dr. Shrinagesh Mallannah, in a [[Kannada language\|Kannada]] speaking [[Lingayat]] family influenced by [[Brahma Samaj]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.udayavani.com/kannada/news/rajangana/128710/palella-political-leaders-military-leaders-and-the-fame \| title=S. M. Shrinagesh \| publisher=Udayavaani \| access-date=20 January 2016}}</ref> His father was the personal physician to [[Asaf Jah VII\|H.E.H. Mir Sir Osman Ali Khan Asaf Jah VII]], the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]. His mother was Ahalyabai, daughter of Krishnaji Kelavkar. 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 [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]] in 1923.		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 [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]] in 1923.
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	He was then appointed the first Indian Commandant of the Kumaon Regimental Centre in Agra on 2 October 1946 and served in that capacity till 12 December 1946. He was then chosen to lead the 268th Infantry Brigade British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) in post [[World War II]] [[Japan]] and served in that post till 1947. He was also Brigade Commander of the famous Lushai Brigade in Burma in 1947.		He was then appointed the first Indian Commandant of the Kumaon Regimental Centre in Agra on 2 October 1946 and served in that capacity till 12 December 1946. He was then chosen to lead the 268th Infantry Brigade British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) in post [[World War II]] [[Japan]] and served in that post till 1947. He was also Brigade Commander of the famous Lushai Brigade in Burma in 1947.

	On his return from Japan, he was promoted to acting [[Major-General]] on 3 September 1947 and was appointed the General Officer Commanding of the Madras Area.<ref name="actg_maj_gen">{{cite web\|title=Five More Indians Promoted Major Generals\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1947-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1947-09-03_372.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=3 September 1947\|access-date=26 January ~~2022~~}}</ref> From January 1948, he was appointed the Adjutant General at the Army Headquarters and held that post till August of the same year. Promoted to acting [[Lieutenant-General]], he also commanded the 5th Corps (later designated as 15th Corps). He was appointed the overall commander of all troops in Jammu & Kashmir during the 1947–48 [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947\|Indo-Pak War]] and held this command till the ceasefire on 1 January 1949. He was chosen as the GOC-in-C Western Command on 15 January 1949 and promoted to the substantive rank of [[Lieutenant General]] in 1950. He was then appointed the GOC-in-C Southern Command and held that post, till he assumed charge as the Army Chief on 14 May 1955. He was decorated with the U.S. [[Legion of Merit]] in September 1955.<ref>{{cite web\|title=General Shrinagesh Received U.S. Legion of Merit\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1955-JULY%20DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1955-09-02_094.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=2 September 1955\|access-date=25 September ~~2022~~}}</ref>		On his return from Japan, he was promoted to acting [[Major-General]] on 3 September 1947 and was appointed the General Officer Commanding of the Madras Area.<ref name="actg_maj_gen">{{cite web\|title=Five More Indians Promoted Major Generals\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1947-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1947-09-03_372.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=3 September 1947\|access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref> From January 1948, he was appointed the Adjutant General at the Army Headquarters and held that post till August of the same year. Promoted to acting [[Lieutenant-General]], he also commanded the 5th Corps (later designated as 15th Corps). He was appointed the overall commander of all troops in Jammu & Kashmir during the 1947–48 [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947\|Indo-Pak War]] and held this command till the ceasefire on 1 January 1949. He was chosen as the GOC-in-C Western Command on 15 January 1949 and promoted to the substantive rank of [[Lieutenant General]] in 1950. He was then appointed the GOC-in-C Southern Command and held that post, till he assumed charge as the Army Chief on 14 May 1955. He was decorated with the U.S. [[Legion of Merit]] in September 1955.<ref>{{cite web\|title=General Shrinagesh Received U.S. Legion of Merit\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1955-JULY%20DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1955-09-02_094.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=2 September 1955\|access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref>

	General Shrinagesh retired on 7 May 1957, completing 34 years of distinguished military service. Post retirement, he served as the Governor of Assam from 1959 to 1962, then as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh from 1962 to 1964 and finally as Governor of Mysore (now Karnataka) from 1964 to 1965. From 1957 to 1959, he also served as the Principal of the Administrative Staff College in Hyderabad.		General Shrinagesh retired on 7 May 1957, completing 34 years of distinguished military service. Post retirement, he served as the Governor of Assam from 1959 to 1962, then as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh from 1962 to 1964 and finally as Governor of Mysore (now Karnataka) from 1964 to 1965. From 1957 to 1959, he also served as the Principal of the Administrative Staff College in Hyderabad.

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	In 1934, Shrinagesh married Rajkumari Kochhar (14 April 1915—24 January 2017),<ref name="showers"/><ref>{{cite news \|date=2 February 2017 \|title=Rajkumari Shrinagesh\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/rajkumari-shrinagesh/articleshow/56931766.cms \|work=The Times of India\|access-date=27 September ~~2022~~}}</ref> with whom he had three sons and two daughters. One son, Satish, also joined the Indian Army, retiring as a major.<ref name="showers">{{cite news \|date=15 April 2015 \|title=Showers of love as Army's grand old lady turns 100\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/chandigarh/showers-of-love-as-army-s-grand-old-lady-turns-100-67639 \|work=The Tribune (Chandigarh) \|access-date=27 September ~~2022~~}}</ref>		In 1934, Shrinagesh married Rajkumari Kochhar (14 April 1915—24 January 2017),<ref name="showers"/><ref>{{cite news \|date=2 February 2017 \|title=Rajkumari Shrinagesh\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/rajkumari-shrinagesh/articleshow/56931766.cms \|work=The Times of India\|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref> with whom he had three sons and two daughters. One son, Satish, also joined the Indian Army, retiring as a major.<ref name="showers">{{cite news \|date=15 April 2015 \|title=Showers of love as Army's grand old lady turns 100\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/chandigarh/showers-of-love-as-army-s-grand-old-lady-turns-100-67639 \|work=The Tribune (Chandigarh) \|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref>

	Diagnosed with [[Parkinson's disease]] in the late 1950s,<ref name="showers"/> Shrinagesh succumbed to the disease in the morning of 27 December 1977 at the Army Hospital Delhi Cantonment. Survived by his wife and children, he was cremated with full military honours in New Delhi the following day, with his funeral attended by senior military officers including the Chief of the Army Staff [[Tapishwar Narain Raina]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=General S.M. Shrinagesh Passes Away\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-AUG-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-2/PDF/DEF-1977-12-72_276.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=27 December 1977\|access-date=27 September ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=General Shrinagesh Cremated\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-AUG-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-2/PDF/DEF-1977-12-28_277.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=28 December 1977\|access-date=27 September ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Diagnosed with [[Parkinson's disease]] in the late 1950s,<ref name="showers"/> Shrinagesh succumbed to the disease in the morning of 27 December 1977 at the Army Hospital Delhi Cantonment. Survived by his wife and children, he was cremated with full military honours in New Delhi the following day, with his funeral attended by senior military officers including the Chief of the Army Staff [[Tapishwar Narain Raina]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=General S.M. Shrinagesh Passes Away\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-AUG-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-2/PDF/DEF-1977-12-72_276.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=27 December 1977\|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=General Shrinagesh Cremated\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-AUG-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-2/PDF/DEF-1977-12-28_277.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=28 December 1977\|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref>

	==Awards and decorations==		==Awards and decorations==
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	Diagnosed with [[Parkinson's disease]] in the late 1950s,<ref name="showers"/> Shrinagesh succumbed to the disease in the morning of 27 December 1977 at the Army Hospital Delhi Cantonment. Survived by his wife and children, he was cremated with full military honours in New Delhi the following day, with his funeral attended by senior military officers including the Chief of the Army Staff [[Tapishwar Narain Raina]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=General S.M. Shrinagesh Passes Away\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-AUG-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-2/PDF/DEF-1977-12-72_276.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=27 December 1977\|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=General Shrinagesh Cremated\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-AUG-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-2/PDF/DEF-1977-12-28_277.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=28 December 1977\|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref>		Diagnosed with [[Parkinson's disease]] in the late 1950s,<ref name="showers"/> Shrinagesh succumbed to the disease in the morning of 27 December 1977 at the Army Hospital Delhi Cantonment. Survived by his wife and children, he was cremated with full military honours in New Delhi the following day, with his funeral attended by senior military officers including the Chief of the Army Staff [[Tapishwar Narain Raina]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=General S.M. Shrinagesh Passes Away\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-AUG-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-2/PDF/DEF-1977-12-72_276.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=27 December 1977\|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=General Shrinagesh Cremated\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-AUG-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-2/PDF/DEF-1977-12-28_277.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=28 December 1977\|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref>

	==Awards and ~~Decorations~~==		==Awards and decorations==
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| term_start4 = 15 May 1955
| term_end4 = 7 May 1957
| president4 = [[Rajendra Prasad]]
| primeminister4 = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| predecessor4 = [[Rajendrasinhji Jadeja|General Rajendrasinhji Jadeja]]
| successor4 = [[Kodendera Subayya Thimayya|General Kodendera Subayya Thimayya]]
| term_start3 = 14 October 1959
| term_end3 = 12 November 1960
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| 1namedata3 = Bimala Prasad Chaliha
| predecessor3 = Chandreswar Prasad Sinha
| successor3 = Vishnu Sahay
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| term_end2 = 7 September 1962
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| predecessor2 = [[Vishnu Sahay]]
| successor2 = Vishnu Sahay
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| term_end1 = 4 May 1964
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| 1namedata1 = [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]] [[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]]
| predecessor1 = [[Bhim Sen Sachar]]
| successor1 = [[Pattom A. Thanu Pillai]]
| office = 2nd [[List of Governors of Karnataka|Governor of Mysore]]
| term_start = 4 May 1963
| term_end = 2 April 1965
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[[General (India)|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|Chief of Army Staff]] of the [[Indian Army]] from 14 May 1955 till 7 May 1957.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-02-10/chandigarh/27831122_1_plane-crash-army-chiefs-western-command | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140213094722/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-02-10/chandigarh/27831122_1_plane-crash-army-chiefs-western-command | url-status=dead | archive-date=2014-02-13 | work=[[The Times of India]] |title = Devon, destiny, drama in the skies}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Satyavant+Mallannah+Shrinagesh/0/6655.html |title = Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh - Munzinger Biographie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090621/spectrum/book1.htm | title=The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum}}</ref> 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 Karnataka|Governor of Mysore]] from 4 May 1964 to 2 April 1965. He also served as principal of the [[Administrative Staff College of India]] in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[Hyderabad State]] from 1957 to 1959.

==Early life and education==
Shrinagesh was born in [[Kolhapur]], [[Maharashtra]], the eldest son of Dr. Shrinagesh Mallannah, in a [[Kannada language|Kannada]] speaking [[Lingayat]] family influenced by [[Brahma Samaj]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.udayavani.com/kannada/news/rajangana/128710/palella-political-leaders-military-leaders-and-the-fame | title=S. M. Shrinagesh | publisher=Udayavaani | access-date=20 January 2016}}</ref> His father was the personal physician to [[Asaf Jah VII|H.E.H. Mir Sir Osman Ali Khan Asaf Jah VII]], the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]. His mother was Ahalyabai, daughter of Krishnaji Kelavkar. 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 [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]] in 1923.

==Military career up to 1939==
From Sandhurst he was subsequently commissioned a second lieutenant on the Unattached List for the Indian Army on 29 August 1923.<ref name="commission_Gazette">{{London Gazette |issue=32858 |date=31 August 1923 |page=5911 |nolink=y}}</ref> After the mandatory one year attachment to a British regiment in India, in his case the 1st Battalion of the [[North Staffordshire Regiment]], he was admitted to the Indian Army and posted to the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Madras Pioneers (erstwhile [[64th Pioneers]]) on 14 October 1924, with which he served mostly in [[Burma]] until it was disbanded.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33018 |date=6 February 1925 |page=858 |nolink=y}}</ref> In 1933, he joined the 4th battalion [[19th Hyderabad Regiment]] and served in [[Singapore]] as its adjutant from December 1935 to December 1939.<ref>October 1939 & April 1940 Indian Army Lists</ref> In December 1939, he was posted as an instructor at the [[Indian Military Academy|Indian Military Academy, Dehra Dun]].

==Later career==
During the Second World War, from 17 December 1942 till 28 August 1945, Shrinagesh was the Commanding Officer of the 6/19th Hyderabad Regiment (now 6th Kumaon). He then officiated as the Brigade Commander of the [[64th Indian Infantry Brigade]] of the [[Indian 19th Infantry Division|19th Indian (Dagger) Division]] in Burma from August 1945. He was selected to go to Germany as Deputy Chief of the Indian Military Mission in November 1945.<ref name="Indian_Army_List_Apr_46">{{cite book|pages=1688|title=Indian Army List for April 1946 (Part 2)|publisher=Government of India Press|year=1946}}</ref> In that capacity, he also worked as the Economic Adviser & Consul looking after the interests of Indian nationals in Germany and locating missing Prisoners of War (POWs).

He was then appointed as the first Indian Commandant of the Kumaon Regimental Centre in Agra on 2 October 1946 and served in that capacity till 12 December 1946. He was then chosen to lead the 268th Infantry Brigade British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) in post [[World War II]] [[Japan]] and served in that post till 1947. He was also Brigade Commander of the famous Lushai Brigade in Burma in 1947.

On his return from Japan, he was promoted to acting [[Major-General]] on 3 September 1947 and was appointed the General Officer Commanding of the Madras Area.<ref name="actg_maj_gen">{{cite web|title=Five More Indians Promoted Major Generals|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1947-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1947-09-03_372.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=3 September 1947|access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref> From January 1948, he was appointed as the Adjutant General at the Army Headquarters and held that post till August of the same year. Promoted to acting [[Lieutenant-General]], he also commanded the 5th Corps (later designated as 15th Corps). He was appointed the overall commander of all troops in Jammu & Kashmir during the 1947–48 [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947|Indo-Pak War]] and held this command till the ceasefire on 1 January 1949. He was chosen as the GOC-in-C Western Command on 15 January 1949 and promoted to the substantive rank of [[Lieutenant General]] in 1950. He was then appointed as the GOC-in-C Southern Command and held that post, till he assumed charge as the Army Chief on 14 May 1955. He was decorated with the U.S. [[Legion of Merit]] in September 1955.<ref>{{cite web|title=General Shrinagesh Received U.S. Legion of Merit|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1955-JULY%20DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1955-09-02_094.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=2 September 1955|access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref>

General Shrinagesh retired on 7 May 1957, completing 34 years of distinguished military service. Post retirement, he served as the Governor of Assam from 1959 to 1962, then as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh from 1962 to 1964 and finally as Governor of Mysore (now Karnataka) from 1964 to 1965. From 1957 to 1959, he also served as the Principal of the Administrative Staff College in Hyderabad.

==Personal life==
In 1934, Shrinagesh married Rajkumari Kochhar (14 April 1915—24 January 2017),<ref name="showers"/><ref>{{cite news |date=2 February 2017 |title=Rajkumari Shrinagesh|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/rajkumari-shrinagesh/articleshow/56931766.cms |work=The Times of India|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref> with whom he had three sons and two daughters. One son, Satish, also joined the Indian Army, retiring as a major.<ref name="showers">{{cite news |date=15 April 2015 |title=Showers of love as Army's grand old lady turns 100|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/chandigarh/showers-of-love-as-army-s-grand-old-lady-turns-100-67639 |work=The Tribune (Chandigarh) |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref>

Diagnosed with [[Parkinson's disease]] in the late 1950s,<ref name="showers"/> Shrinagesh succumbed to the disease in the morning of 27 December 1977 at the Army Hospital Delhi Cantonment. Survived by his wife and children, he was cremated with full military honours in New Delhi the following day, with his funeral attended by senior military officers including the Chief of the Army Staff [[Tapishwar Narain Raina]].<ref>{{cite web|title=General S.M. Shrinagesh Passes Away|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-AUG-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-2/PDF/DEF-1977-12-72_276.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=27 December 1977|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=General Shrinagesh Cremated|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-AUG-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-2/PDF/DEF-1977-12-28_277.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=28 December 1977|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref>

==Awards and Decorations==
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|colspan="4"| {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award‐star|ribbon=India_General_Service_Medal_1947.svg|width=106}} {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Indian_Independence_medal_1947.svg|width=106}} {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ribbon_-_1939-45_Star.png|width=106}}
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award‐star|ribbon=Ribbon_-_Burma_Star.png|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ribbon_-_War_Medal.png|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ribbon_India_Service_Medal.png|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_ribbon.png|width=106}}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
|[[General Service Medal 1947]]
|colspan="2"|[[Indian Independence Medal]]
|[[1939–1945 Star]]
|-
|[[Burma Star]]
|[[War Medal 1939–1945]]
|[[India Service Medal]]
|[[Legion of Merit]] (Commander)
|}

==Dates of rank==
{|class="wikitable" style="background:white"
! Insignia !! Rank !! Component !! Date of rank
|-
|align="center" |[[File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-1a.svg|35px]] || [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom & other Commonwealth countries|Second Lieutenant]] || [[British Indian Army]] || 29 August 1923<ref name="commission_Gazette"/>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-1b.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|Lieutenant]] || British Indian Army || 30 November 1925<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33124 |date=15 January 1926 |page=374 |nolink=y}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-2.svg|35px]] || [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] || British Indian Army || 30 August 1932<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33871 |date=7 October 1932 |page=6337 |nolink=y}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-3.svg|35px]] || [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]] ||British Indian Army || 30 August 1940<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34993 |date=15 November 1940 |page=6570 |nolink=y}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-4.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-Colonel]] || British Indian Army || December 1942 (acting) 27 March 1943 (temporary)<ref name="Indian_Army_List_45">{{cite book|pages=137A|title=Indian Army List for October 1945 (Part I)|publisher=Government of India Press|year=1945}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-5.svg|35px]] || [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]] || British Indian Army || November 1945 (acting)<ref name="Indian_Army_List_Apr_46"/>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:British Army (1928-1953) OF-6.svg|35px]] || [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]] || British Indian Army || December 1946 (acting)
|-
|align="center" |[[File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-3.svg|35px]] || Major || [[Indian Army]] || 15 August 1947<ref name="insignia" group="note">Upon independence in 1947, India became a [[Dominion of India|Dominion]] within the British [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. As a result, the rank insignia of the [[British Army]], incorporating the [[Tudor Crown]] and four-pointed [[Order of the Bath|Bath Star]] ("pip"), was retained, as [[George VI of the United Kingdom|George VI]] remained Commander-in-Chief of the [[Indian Armed Forces]]. After 26 January 1950, when India became a [[Republic of India|republic]], the [[President of India]] became Commander-in-Chief, and the [[Lion Capital of Asoka|Ashoka Lion]] replaced the crown, with a five-pointed star being substituted for the "pip."</ref><ref name="insignia_designs"/>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-7.svg|35px]] || [[Major general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] || Indian Army || 3 September 1947 (acting)<ref name="actg_maj_gen"/><ref name="insignia" group="note"/>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-8.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-General]] || Indian Army || 1948 (acting)<ref name="insignia" group="note"/>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:British_Army_(1920-1953)_OF-4.svg|35px]] || Lieutenant-Colonel || Indian Army || 30 August 1949<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1375 |date=24 September 1949 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1949/O-2356-1949-0000-109448.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref name="insignia" group="note"/>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant-General]] || Indian Army || 26 January 1950 (recommissioning and change in insignia)<ref name="insignia_designs">{{cite web|title=New Designs of Crests and Badges in the Services|url=http://pib.nic.in/archive/docs/DVD_38/ACC%20NO%20807-BR/HOM-1950-01-06_484.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808193914/http://pib.nic.in/archive/docs/DVD_38/ACC%20NO%20807-BR/HOM-1950-01-06_484.pdf|archive-date=8 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=227 |date=11 February 1950 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[General (India)|General]] (COAS) || Indian Army || 14 May 1955<ref name="COAS">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=113 |date=11 June 1955 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1955/O-2198-1955-0024-100722.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Further reading==
* Issar, Satish K. (2009). ''General S. M. Srinagesh'', New Delhi: Vision Books, {{ISBN|81-7094-741-3}}

==Notes==
{{Reflist|group=note}}

==External links==
* [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Army-Chiefs/Chiefs-Army05.html at bharat-rakshak.com]

==References==
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