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Vice Admiral MP Awati passes away
November 13 , 2018
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- An icon in the history of Indian Navy, Vice Admiral (retired) Manohar Prahlad Awati, died in his native village Vinchurni in Satara district of Maharastra.
- He was known as the father of Indian Navy’s circumnavigation adventures.
- He commanded a naval unit of the Eastern Fleet in the 1971 India-Pakistan war, whose actions led to the destruction of an enemy submarine.
- He was awarded the Vir Chakra in 1972 for showing valour as the commanding officer of INS Kamorta during the 1971 war.
- He was instrumental in introducing the ‘Sagar Parikrama’ project in 2007, which entailed the solo circumnavigation around the globe on Indian-made sailboats.
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