Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman

Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman
Soman (left) with O.B. Sjaaf of the Indonesian Navy, 1960
4th Chief of the Naval Staff
In office
4 June 1962 – 3 March 1966
PresidentSarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Indira Gandhi
Preceded byRam Dass Katari
Succeeded byAdhar Kumar Chatterji
Personal details
Born(1913-03-13)13 March 1913
Died8 February 1995(1995-02-08) (aged 81)
Military service
Allegiance British India
India
Branch/service Royal Indian Navy
 Indian Navy
Years of service1932–1966
Rank Admiral
CommandsIndian Fleet
Bombay Command
Commodore-in-Charge Cochin
Battles/warsWorld War II
Annexation of Goa
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
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Admiral Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman (30 March 1913 – 8 February 1995) was an Indian Navy Admiral. He was in command of the Indian Navy from 1962 to 1966 as the 4th Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS).