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[[Vice admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] '''Kamalakar Laxman Kulkarni''' [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]] (19 October 1921 – 24 March 1991) was an [[Indian Navy]] admiral.<ref name="passes">{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Kulkarni Passes Away|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1991-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1991-03-25_096.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=25 March 1991|access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref>
[[Vice admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] '''Kamalakar Laxman Kulkarni''' [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]] (19 October 1921 – 24 March 1991) was an [[Indian Navy]] admiral.<ref name="passes">{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Kulkarni Passes Away|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1991-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1991-03-25_096.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=25 March 1991|access-date=26 December 2020}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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===Post-Independence===
===Post-Independence===
Kulkarni was promoted acting lieutenant-commander on 31 December 1948,<ref>{{cite web|title=Promotion of Officers in the RIN|url=https://archive.pib.gov.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=26 December 2022}}</ref> and to substantive lieutenant-commander on 1 July 1951.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=127  |date=7 July 1951 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1951/O-2307-1951-0027-107892.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> Specialising in radar and advanced navigation, he qualified in various advanced courses in the United Kingdom, along with the National Defence College course.<ref name="retires"/> On 15 February 1955, he was promoted acting commander and appointed Executive Officer I.N. Barracks, Bombay,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=89  |date=30 April 1955 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1955/O-2198-1955-0018-100716.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> with promotion to the substantive rank on 31 December.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=74  |date=14 April 1956 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1956/O-2166-1956-0015-98855.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He successively commanded the frigate INS ''Trishul'' and the destroyers ''[[HMS Rotherham|Rajput]]'' and ''[[HMS Raider (H15)|Rana]]''.<ref name="retires">{{cite web|title=Admiral Kulkarni Retires|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1976-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1976-04-01_086.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 April 1976|access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref> Promoted captain, he commanded the 15th Frigate Squadron from 1961 to 1963.<ref name="promoted">{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral to Head Eastern Naval Command: Admiral Kulkarni Promoted|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1973-JUNE-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1973-11-01_149.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 November 1973|access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref> He then served as Director National Cadet Corps for Gujarat for a year, and was appointed Naval Officer-in-Charge, Goa in 1964.<ref name="retires"/> He was promoted [[Commodore (India)|commodore]] and appointed Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in 1967.<ref name="retires"/>  
Kulkarni was promoted acting lieutenant-commander on 31 December 1948,<ref>{{cite web|title=Promotion of Officers in the RIN|url=https://archive.pib.gov.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=26 December 2020}}</ref> and to substantive lieutenant-commander on 1 July 1951.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=127  |date=7 July 1951 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1951/O-2307-1951-0027-107892.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> Specialising in radar and advanced navigation, he qualified in various advanced courses in the United Kingdom, along with the National Defence College course.<ref name="retires"/> On 15 February 1955, he was promoted acting commander and appointed Executive Officer I.N. Barracks, Bombay,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=89  |date=30 April 1955 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1955/O-2198-1955-0018-100716.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> with promotion to the substantive rank on 31 December.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=74  |date=14 April 1956 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1956/O-2166-1956-0015-98855.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He successively commanded the frigate INS ''Trishul'' and the destroyers ''[[HMS Rotherham|Rajput]]'' and ''[[HMS Raider (H15)|Rana]]''.<ref name="retires">{{cite web|title=Admiral Kulkarni Retires|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1976-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1976-04-01_086.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 April 1976|access-date=26 December 2020}}</ref> Promoted captain, he commanded the 15th Frigate Squadron from 1961 to 1963.<ref name="promoted">{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral to Head Eastern Naval Command: Admiral Kulkarni Promoted|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1973-JUNE-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1973-11-01_149.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 November 1973|access-date=26 December 2020}}</ref> He then served as Director National Cadet Corps for Gujarat for a year, and was appointed Naval Officer-in-Charge, Goa in 1964.<ref name="retires"/> He was promoted [[Commodore (India)|commodore]] and appointed Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in 1967.<ref name="retires"/>  


===Flag rank===
===Flag rank===
On 23 December 1968, Kulkarni was promoted acting [[Rear admiral (India)|rear admiral]] and appointed [[Chief of Materiel (India)|Chief of Material]].<ref name="appointments">{{cite web|title=Senior Naval Appointments: Admiral Kohli to Head NDC|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1968-MAY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1968-11-03_252.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=3 November 1968|access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref> Kulkarni was promoted substantive rear admiral on 22 May 1971.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=970  |date=21 August 1971 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1971/O-1356-1971-0034-60822.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> In March 1973, he was promoted acting [[Vice admiral (India)|Vice admiral]] and appointed [[Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command]].<ref name="retires"/> The appointment was subsequently upgraded,<ref name="promoted"/> and Kulkarni was promoted substantive vice-admiral on 27 October 1973.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=1391  |date=14 December 1974 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1974/O-1255-1974-0050-55622.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He retired in April 1976.<ref name="retires"/>
On 23 December 1968, Kulkarni was promoted acting [[Rear admiral (India)|rear admiral]] and appointed [[Chief of Materiel (India)|Chief of Material]].<ref name="appointments">{{cite web|title=Senior Naval Appointments: Admiral Kohli to Head NDC|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1968-MAY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1968-11-03_252.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=3 November 1968|access-date=26 December 2020}}</ref> Kulkarni was promoted substantive rear admiral on 22 May 1971.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=970  |date=21 August 1971 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1971/O-1356-1971-0034-60822.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> In March 1973, he was promoted acting [[Vice admiral (India)|Vice admiral]] and appointed [[Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command]].<ref name="retires"/> The appointment was subsequently upgraded,<ref name="promoted"/> and Kulkarni was promoted substantive vice-admiral on 27 October 1973.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=1391  |date=14 December 1974 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1974/O-1255-1974-0050-55622.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He retired in April 1976.<ref name="retires"/>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 07:49, 26 October 2022


Vice Admiral

K. L. Kulkarni

PVSM
Born(1921-10-19)19 October 1921
Died24 March 1991(1991-03-24) (aged 69)
Ganeshpur, Belgaum, Karnataka
Allegiance British Raj
 India
Service/branch Royal Indian Navy
Indian Navy
Years of service1940–1976
Rank Vice Admiral
Commands heldEastern Naval Command
Chief of Material
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff
Naval Officer-in-Charge, Goa
15th Frigate Squadron
INS Rana
INS Rajput
INS Trishul
Battles/warsIndo-Pakistani War of 1971
World War II
Awards Param Vishisht Seva Medal

Vice Admiral Kamalakar Laxman Kulkarni PVSM (19 October 1921 – 24 March 1991) was an Indian Navy admiral.[1]

Career[edit | edit source]

Early career[edit | edit source]

Kulkarni was commissioned a midshipman in the Royal Indian Navy on 1 September 1940.[2] As a gunnery officer on HMS Glasgow, he was involved in a friendly fire incident on 7 December 1941 in which Glasgow sank the patrol vessel HMIS Prabhavati, having mistaken it for a submarine.[3] He was promoted acting sub-lieutenant on 1 May 1942, having undergone gunnery and navigation courses at Portsmouth.[4] He was assigned to the minesweeper HMIS Carnatic on 19 October 1942,[5] and was promoted lieutenant on 1 July 1943.[6] On 22 July, he was posted to the sloop HMIS Hindustan.[7]

Post-Independence[edit | edit source]

Kulkarni was promoted acting lieutenant-commander on 31 December 1948,[8] and to substantive lieutenant-commander on 1 July 1951.[9] Specialising in radar and advanced navigation, he qualified in various advanced courses in the United Kingdom, along with the National Defence College course.[10] On 15 February 1955, he was promoted acting commander and appointed Executive Officer I.N. Barracks, Bombay,[11] with promotion to the substantive rank on 31 December.[12] He successively commanded the frigate INS Trishul and the destroyers Rajput and Rana.[10] Promoted captain, he commanded the 15th Frigate Squadron from 1961 to 1963.[13] He then served as Director National Cadet Corps for Gujarat for a year, and was appointed Naval Officer-in-Charge, Goa in 1964.[10] He was promoted commodore and appointed Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in 1967.[10]

Flag rank[edit | edit source]

On 23 December 1968, Kulkarni was promoted acting rear admiral and appointed Chief of Material.[14] Kulkarni was promoted substantive rear admiral on 22 May 1971.[15] In March 1973, he was promoted acting Vice admiral and appointed Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command.[10] The appointment was subsequently upgraded,[13] and Kulkarni was promoted substantive vice-admiral on 27 October 1973.[16] He retired in April 1976.[10]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Vice Admiral Kulkarni Passes Away" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 25 March 1991. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "The Royal Indian Navy". The Navy List: December 1940. H.M. Government. 1940. p. 761.
  3. ↑ Collins, D. J. E.; Prasad, Bisheshwar, eds. (1964). "Chapter VI: The Japanese Peril". The Royal Indian Navy: 1939-1945. pp. 96–97.
  4. ↑ "Courses". The Navy List: October 1942. H.M. Government. 1942. p. 1735.
  5. ↑ "The Royal Indian Navy: Alphabetical List of Vessels with their Complements of Officers". The Navy List: December 1942. H.M. Government. 1942. p. 1875.
  6. ↑ "Officers of the Royal Indian Navy". The Navy List: December 1943. H.M. Government. 1943. p. 1802.
  7. ↑ "The Royal Indian Navy: Alphabetical List of Vessels with their Complements of Officers". The Navy List: June 1944. H.M. Government. 1944. p. 3069.
  8. ↑ "Promotion of Officers in the RIN" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 31 December 1948. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  9. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 7 July 1951. p. 127.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 "Admiral Kulkarni Retires" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 1 April 1976. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  11. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 30 April 1955. p. 89.
  12. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 14 April 1956. p. 74.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Vice Admiral to Head Eastern Naval Command: Admiral Kulkarni Promoted" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 1 November 1973. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  14. ↑ "Senior Naval Appointments: Admiral Kohli to Head NDC" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 3 November 1968. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  15. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 21 August 1971. p. 970.
  16. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 14 December 1974. p. 1391.
Military offices
Preceded by
Nilakanta Krishnan 		Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command
1973-1976 		Succeeded by
Swaraj Parkash
Preceded by
V. A. Kamath 		Chief of Material
1968-1973 		Succeeded by
Rajendra Tandon
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