Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman

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Admiral Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman
4th Chief of the Naval Staff
In office 4 June 1962 – 3 March 1966
President	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) Lal Bahadur Shastri Indira Gandhi
Preceded by	Ram Dass Katari
Succeeded by	Adhar Kumar Chatterji
Personal details
Born	(1913-03-13)13 March 1913 Gwalior, Gwalior State, British Raj
Died	8 February 1995(1995-02-08) (aged 81) Pune, Maharashtra, India
Military service
Allegiance	British India  India
Branch/service	Royal Indian Navy  Indian Navy
Years of service	1932–1966
Rank	Admiral
Commands	Indian Fleet Bombay Command Commodore-in-Charge Cochin
Battles/wars	World War II Liberation of Goa Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

Admiral Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman (30 March 1913 – 8 February 1995) was an Indian Navy Admiral. He was in command of the Indian Navy from 1962 to 1966 as the 4th Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS).^[1]