Vice Admiral Manohar Prahlad Awati, PVSM, VrC (7 September 1927 – 4 November 2018) was a Flag Officer in the Indian Navy. He last served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) Western Naval Command. During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, he was awarded the Vir Chakra for his command of the Arnala-class anti-submarine corvette INS Kamorta . The admiral was also known as the "Father of the Indian Navy's Circumnavigation Adventures".
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7 September 1927 Surat, India
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Died |
4 November 2018 (aged 91) Satara, India
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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