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Satyendra Singh Jamwal

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Nationality
  
Indian

Occupation
  
Naval officer

Spouse(s)
  
Geeta Jamwal

Died
  
2010

Parents
  
Major-General (retired) Jagdish Singh Jamwal.

Satyendra Singh Jamwal was one of the highest ranking Indian naval officers and was in-charge of the southern command until his tragic accidental shooting death in 2010.

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A highly decorated officer he was being groomed to take over as the chief of the Indian Navy.Rear Admiral S S Jamwal was commissioned in the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer on July 1, 1980.

  • ADC to the President of India.
  • Naval Attache to Russia
  • In-charge southern command Indian Navy.
  • Commanding officer INS Delhi (D61).

    • Alma Mater

  • The Lawrence School, Sanawar.
  • National Defence Academy.
  • Grechko Naval War College in the then USSR.
  • Defence Services Staff College at Wellington

    • Controversy surrounding his death

    Rear Admiral S S Jamwal was accidentally killed while examining a firearm at the INS Dronacharya in Kochi. The police investigation claimed that the death was a suicide. But the Navy said it was an accidental shooting.

    References

    Satyendra Singh Jamwal Wikipedia
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