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Kesavapillai Ramakrishnan "Jerry" Nair (1915–2007) was a former Flag officer in the Indian Navy who served as the first Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief

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Career

Early career

Nair was commissioned in the Royal Indian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RINVR) in 1942, and was promoted temporary acting lieutenant on 8 April 1943. In 1944, he attended a specialist anti-submarine course in the United Kingdom. On 21 January 1945, he was posted to HMIS ''Machlimar'' at Bombay, whose executive officer was Lieutenant-Commander

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Post-Independence

Nair was promoted to acting commander (paid) on 31 December 1949 and to substantive commander on 30 June 1951. On 3 January 1955, he was appointed CO, INS ''Venduruthy'' at Cochin with the acting rank of captain, receiving promotion to the substantive rank on 31 December 1955. He held several important commands, including CO of INS ''

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'', captain of the 22nd Destroyer Squadron and INS ''Valsura'' at Jamnagar. He was appointed

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(COP) at Naval Headquarters on 20 November 1959, in the rank of commodore, and served until 1963, when he was appointed chief of staff to the Flag Officer Commanding Indian Fleet (FOCIF), serving under Rear Admirals

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Benjamin Abraham Samson Vice Admiral (India), Vice Admiral Benjamin Abraham 'Chippy' Samson, PVSM (25 September 1916 – 18 March 2008) was an Indian Navy Admiral who served as the Flag Officer Commanding Indian Fleet from 8 January 1964 to 31 May 1966. He was the firs ...

. In June 1965, he was appointed to a second tenure as Chief of Personnel and was promoted rear admiral in August when the post was raised to flag rank. In July 1967, Nair was appointed the first Flag Officer East Coast, based at Vishakhapatnam. Eight months later, on 1 March 1968, he became the first Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command (FOC-in-C, ENC) when the post was upgraded. After serving for three years, he retired from the Navy in March 1971. He died in 2007.

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