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|honorific_suffix=[[Maha Vir Chakra|MVC]] [[AVSM]]
|honorific_suffix=[[Maha Vir Chakra|MVC]] [[AVSM]]
|birth_date=9 October 1926
|birth_date=9 October 1926
|birth_place=[[Rangoon]], [[Burma]], undivided [[British India]]
|birth_place=[[Rangoon]], [[Burma]], [[British India]]
|death_date= April 2003
|death_date= April 2003
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|allegiance={{flag|Azad Hind}}
|allegiance={{flag|Azad Hind}}(1944-1945) <br />{{Flag|India}}(1952-1977)
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|serviceyears={{unbulleted list|ca. 1944–1945|25 January 1952 –|8 October 1977}}
|rank= [[File:Air_Commodore_of_IAF.png|20px]] [[Air Commodore]]
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==Early life==
==Early life==
Ramesh Sakharam Benegal was born on 9 October 1926 in [[Rangoon]], [[Burma]], which was then part of undivided [[British India]] to Shri Benegal Sakharam Rao and his wife Kalyani. He was the youngest of his family, with two elder brothers, Dinker and Sumitra. While in high school, he was an enthusiastic member of the [[Boy Scouts]] organisation.<ref>{{cite book|author=Air Commodore Ramesh S Benegal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r-llQkW3TaAC&pg=PT9&lpg=PT9&dq=dinker+sakharam+rao#q=dinker%20sakharam%20rao|title=Burma to Japan with Azad Hind: A War Memoir 1941–1945|publisher=Lancer Publishers LLC|isbn=9781935501640}}</ref>
Ramesh Sakharam Benegal was born on 9 October 1926 in [[Rangoon]], [[Burma]], which was then part of undivided [[British India]] to Shri Benegal Sakharam Rao and his wife Kalyani. He was the youngest of his family, with two elder brothers, Dinker and Sumitra. While in high school, he was an enthusiastic member of the [[Boy Scouts]] organisation.<ref>{{cite book|author=Air Commodore Ramesh S Benegal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r-llQkW3TaAC&dq=dinker+sakharam+rao&pg=PT9|title=Burma to Japan with Azad Hind: A War Memoir 1941–1945|publisher=Lancer Publishers LLC|isbn=9781935501640}}</ref>


==Military career==
==Military career==
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