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| birth_place = [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]]<ref name=gb-sci>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k35_SlDMyUsC&q=sourendra+nath+kohli&pg=PA113|title=Service Chiefs of India|isbn=9788172111625|access-date=2011-11-08|last1=Sartaj Alam Abidi|first1=S.|last2=Sharma|first2=Satinder|year=2007}}</ref> | | birth_place = [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]]<ref name=gb-sci>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k35_SlDMyUsC&q=sourendra+nath+kohli&pg=PA113|title=Service Chiefs of India|isbn=9788172111625|access-date=2011-11-08|last1=Sartaj Alam Abidi|first1=S.|last2=Sharma|first2=Satinder|year=2007}}</ref> | ||
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[[Admiral (India)|Admiral]] '''Sourendra Nath Kohli''', [[PVSM]] (21 June 1916 – 21 January 1997) was an [[Indian Navy]] [[admiral]] who served as the 8th [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]] from 1 March 1973 until 29 February 1976.<ref name=irfc-snkohli>{{cite web|url=http://www.irfc-nausena.nic.in/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=83|title=Admiral Sourendra Nath Kohli, Padma Bhushan, PVSM|publisher=Information Resource Facilitation Centre, Indian Navy|access-date=2011-11-08}}</ref> Kohli served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-IN-C) of the [[Western Naval Command]] during the [[Indo-Pakistan War of 1971]] and | [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]] '''Sourendra Nath Kohli''', [[PVSM]] (21 June 1916 – 21 January 1997) was an [[Indian Navy]] [[admiral]] who served as the 8th [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]] from 1 March 1973 until 29 February 1976.<ref name=irfc-snkohli>{{cite web|url=http://www.irfc-nausena.nic.in/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=83|title=Admiral Sourendra Nath Kohli, Padma Bhushan, PVSM|publisher=Information Resource Facilitation Centre, Indian Navy|access-date=2011-11-08}}</ref> Kohli served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-IN-C) of the [[Western Naval Command]] during the [[Indo-Pakistan War of 1971]] and successfully led Indian Navy's [[Western Fleet (India)|Western Fleet]] in [[Operation Trident (1971)|Operation Trident]] and [[Operation Python]] against the [[Pakistan Navy]] fleet in [[Karachi]]. His prior commands include those as the commanding officer of {{ship|INS|Mysore|C60}} and {{ship|INS|Rana|D115}}. | ||
== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
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After [[independence of India|independence]], Kohli opted to join the [[Indian Navy]] and was one of the key officers selected to oversee the expansion of the naval fleet. He was deputed to the United Kingdom in December 1948 in connection with acquisition of destroyers and was appointed Commanding Officer of {{ship|INS|Rana|D115}} on her purchase from the [[Royal Navy]] in 1949, receiving promotion to acting commander (substantive lieutenant-commander) on 30 June of that year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=953 |date=9 July 1949 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> | After [[independence of India|independence]], Kohli opted to join the [[Indian Navy]] and was one of the key officers selected to oversee the expansion of the naval fleet. He was deputed to the United Kingdom in December 1948 in connection with acquisition of destroyers and was appointed Commanding Officer of {{ship|INS|Rana|D115}} on her purchase from the [[Royal Navy]] in 1949, receiving promotion to acting commander (substantive lieutenant-commander) on 30 June of that year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=953 |date=9 July 1949 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> | ||
Other appointments that Kohli held included those as the Senior Officer of the flagship of the Indian Navy, {{ship|INS|Godavari|D92}}. Later, he also served as the Commanding Officer of the flagship, {{ship|INS|Mysore|C60}}. He was promoted to substantive commander on 30 June 1951,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=133 |date=14 July 1951 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> and was promoted substantive captain on 30 June 1955.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=151 |date=30 July 1955 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> | Other appointments that Kohli held included those as the Senior Officer of the flagship of the Indian Navy, {{ship|INS|Godavari|D92}}. Later, he also served as the Commanding Officer of the flagship, {{ship|INS|Mysore|C60}}. He was promoted to substantive commander on 30 June 1951,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=133 |date=14 July 1951 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> and was promoted to substantive captain on 30 June 1955.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=151 |date=30 July 1955 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> | ||
Kohli served as the superintendent of the [[Naval Dockyard (Bombay)|Naval Dockyard]] in Bombay. He also twice served as the Director of Naval Plans. His staff appointments included those as Chief of Material and then as the Vice Chief of Naval Staff. | Kohli served as the superintendent of the [[Naval Dockyard (Bombay)|Naval Dockyard]] in Bombay. He also twice served as the Director of Naval Plans. His staff appointments included those as Chief of Material and then as the Vice Chief of Naval Staff. | ||