List of Admirals of Indian Navy from 1947 to 2021

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Admirals of Indian Navy

Indian Navy is the naval branch of Indian Armed forces responsible for safeguarding India’s oceans and coastline. The Supreme commander of the Indian Navy is our President. However the actual command is vested in the Chief of Naval staff who is a four star officer.

The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) is the prime commanding Authority of Indian Navy. He is responsible for Advising the Defense Minister on the matters related to Navy. He is the Senior Most Admiral of Navy given the Chief of Defense Staff is not an naval officer.

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List of Indian Navy Chiefs

Sr. No.	Names	Tenure of Office
1.	Rear Admiral J.T.S. Hall	August 15, 1947, to August 14 1948
2.	Admiral Sir Edward Parry	August 15, 1948, to October 13 1951
3.	Admiral Sir Mark Pizey	October 14, 1951, to 21 July 1955
4.	Vice-Admiral Sir Stephen Carlill	22 July 1955 to April 21 1958
5.	Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari	April 22, 1958, to June 4 1962
6.	Vice Admiral B.S. Soman	June 05, 1962, to March 3 1966
7.	Admiral A.K. Chatterjee	March 04, 1966, to February 27 1970
8.	Admiral S.M. Nanda	February 28, 1970, to February 28 1973
9.	Admiral S.N. Kohli	March 01, 1973, to February 28 1976
10.	Admiral J.L. Cursetji	March 01, 1976, to February 28 1979
11.	Admiral R.L. Pereira	March 01, 1979, to February 28 1982
12.	Admiral O.S. Dawson	March 01, 1982, to November 30 1984
13.	Admiral R.H. Tahiliani	December 01, 1984, to November 30 1987
14.	Admiral J.G. Nadkarni	December 01, 1987, to November 30 1990
15.	Admiral Ramdas	December 01, 1990, to September 30 1993
16.	Admiral V.S. Shekhawat	October 01, 1993, to September 30 1996
17.	Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat	October 01, 1996, to December 30 1998
18.	Admiral Sushil Kumar	December 31, 1998, to December 29 2001
19.	Admiral Madhvendra Singh	December 29, 2001, to July 31 2004
20.	Admiral Arun Prakash	August 01, 2004, to October 30 2006
21.	Admiral Suresh Mehta	October 30, 2006, to August 31 2009
22.	Admiral Nirmal Verma	August 31, 2009, to August 31 August 2012
23.	Admiral Devender Kumar Joshi	August 31, 2012, to February 26 2014
24.	Vice Admiral RK Dhowan	February 26, 2014, to May 31 2016
25.	Admiral Sunil Lanba	May 31, 2016, to May 31 2019
26.	Admiral Karambir Singh	May 31, 2019, to November 30 2021
27.	Admiral R. Harikumar	November 30 2021 to present