S. M. Shrinagesh

S. M. Shrinagesh
2nd Governor of Mysore
In office
4 May 1963 – 2 April 1965
Chief MinisterS. Nijalingappa
Preceded byJayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur
Succeeded byV. V. Giri
3rd Governor of Andhra Pradesh
In office
8 September 1962 – 4 May 1964
Chief MinisterNeelam Sanjiva Reddy
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
Preceded byBhim Sen Sachar
Succeeded byPattom A. Thanu Pillai
6th Governor of Assam
In office
13 January 1961 – 7 September 1962
Chief MinisterBimala Prasad Chaliha
Preceded byVishnu Sahay
Succeeded byVishnu Sahay
In office
14 October 1959 – 12 November 1960
Chief MinisterBimala Prasad Chaliha
Preceded byChandreswar Prasad Sinha
Succeeded byVishnu Sahay
2nd Chief of the Army Staff
In office
15 May 1955 – 7 May 1957
PresidentRajendra Prasad
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Preceded byGeneral Rajendrasinhji Jadeja
Succeeded byGeneral Kodendera Subayya Thimayya
Personal details
Born(1903-05-11)11 May 1903
Kolhapur, Kolhapur State, British Raj
(now in Maharashtra, India)
Died27 December 1977(1977-12-27) (aged 74)
New Delhi, India
SpouseRajkumari Kochhar
Children5
Military career
Allegiance British India
 India
Service / branch British Indian Army
 Indian Army
Years of service30 August 1923- 7 May 1957
Rank General
Service numberIA-417[1]
Unit19th Hyderabad Regiment presently Kumaon Regiment
Commands Chief of Army Staff
Southern Army
Western Army
GOC Madras Area
V Corps (later XV Corps)
Lushai Brigade (Burma)
64th Indian Infantry Brigade
6/19 Hyderabad (now 6 Kumaon)

General Satyawant Mallanna Shrinagesh (also known as Satyavant Shrinagule Mallannah) (11 May 1903 – 27 December 1977) was an Indian military officer who served as 2nd Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 14 May 1955 till 7 May 1957.[2][3][4] After retirement he served as the governor of Assam from 14 October 1959 to 12 November 1960 and again from 13 January 1961 to 7 September 1962. He was the governor of Andhra Pradesh from 8 September 1962 to 4 May 1964 and governor of Mysore from 4 May 1964 to 2 April 1965. He also served as principal of the Administrative Staff College of India in Hyderabad, Hyderabad State from 1957 to 1959.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference COAS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Devon, destiny, drama in the skies". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh - Munzinger Biographie".
  4. ^ "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum".