Rear Admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star "admiral" rank. It is often regarde ...

Ran Vijay Singh Rathore (December 1932 – 3 December 1971) served the

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from 1953 to 1971. He attended

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. He was the son of

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Nathu Singh Rathore Lieutenant General Nathu Singh Rathore was an Indian Army officer from Gumanpura, Rajasthan. Early years Singh was born in 1900, although official records say he was born on 10 May 1902 at Gumanpura in the princely state of Dungarpur. He was ...

. He died in the submarine named ''

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''. He was the captain of the mission.

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