Former Navy chief J.G. Nadkarni dead
Monday - July 2, 2018 9:14 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Mumbai July 2 (IANS) Former Indian Navy chief Admiral Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni passed away here on Monday an official spokesperson said. He was 86.
Nadkarni the 14th Chief of Naval Staff (December 1987 - November 1990) breathed his last at the naval hospital here INHS Asvini.
A widower he is survived by two sons including one who is a Rear Admiral in the Indian Navy.
Settled in Pune post-retirement he was an avid maritime historian and was a founding member of the Maritime History Society.
His wife Vimal Nadkarni had died in late 2016.
--IANS qn/vd
Nadkarni the 14th Chief of Naval Staff (December 1987 - November 1990) breathed his last at the naval hospital here INHS Asvini.
A widower he is survived by two sons including one who is a Rear Admiral in the Indian Navy.
Settled in Pune post-retirement he was an avid maritime historian and was a founding member of the Maritime History Society.
His wife Vimal Nadkarni had died in late 2016.
--IANS qn/vd
