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         | servicenumber = IA-417<ref name="COAS"/>
         | servicenumber = IA-417<ref name="COAS"/>
         | unit = [[19th Hyderabad Regiment]] presently [[Kumaon Regiment]]
         | unit = [[19th Hyderabad Regiment]] presently [[Kumaon Regiment]]
         | commands = [[File:Flag COAS India.jpg|20px]] Chief of Army Staff<br/>[[File:IA Southern Command.jpg|20px]] [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Army]] <br/>[[File:IA Western Command.jpg|20px]] [[Western Command (India)|Western Army]]<br/>GOC Madras Area<br/>[[XV Corps (India)|V Corps (later XV Corps)]]<br/> [[Lushai Brigade]] ([[Burma]])<br/>[[64th Indian Infantry Brigade]]<br/> [[19th Hyderabad Regiment|6/19 Hyderabad (now 6 Kumaon)]]}}
         | commands = [[File:Flag COAS India.jpg|20px]] Chief of Army Staff<br/>[[File:IA Southern Command.svg|20px]] [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Army]] <br/>[[File:IA Western Command.svg|20px]] [[Western Command (India)|Western Army]]<br/>GOC Madras Area<br/>[[XV Corps (India)|V Corps (later XV Corps)]]<br/> [[Lushai Brigade]] ([[Burma]])<br/>[[64th Indian Infantry Brigade]]<br/> [[19th Hyderabad Regiment|6/19 Hyderabad (now 6 Kumaon)]]}}
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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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|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}}
|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}}
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