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{{Short description|Indian admiral (1933–2024)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| president           = [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]<br/>[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
| primeminister       = [[Chandra Shekhar]]<br/>[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| honorific_prefix    = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| name                = Laxminarayan Ramdas
| honorific_suffix    = [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]], [[Vir Chakra|VrC]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]
| office              = 13th [[Chief of Naval Staff (India)|Chief of Naval Staff]]
| term                = 1 December 1990 – 30 September 1993
| predecessor         = [[Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni]]
| successor           = [[Vijai Singh Shekhawat]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1933|09|05|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]])
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2024|03|15|1933|09|05|df=y}}
| death_place         = [[Secunderabad]], [[Telangana]], India
| placeofburial       = 
| image               = Ramdas l.jpg
| caption             = Ramdas in 2016
| nickname            = 
| allegiance          = {{flag|India}}
| branch              = {{navy|India}}
| serviceyears        = 1953–1993
| rank                = [[File:IN_Admiral_Shoulder_curl.png|20px]] [[File:14-Indian Navy-ADM.svg|20px]] [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| commands            = [[Eastern Naval Command]]<br/>[[Southern Naval Command]]<br/>[[Eastern Fleet (India)|Eastern Fleet]]<br/>{{ship|INS|Beas|1958}}
| battles             = [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]
| awards              = [[File:Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Param Vishist Seva Medal]]<br/>[[File:Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Ati Vishist Seva Medal]]<br/>[[File:Vir_Chakra_ribbon_bar.svg|20px]] [[Vir Chakra]]<br/>[[File:Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Vishisht Seva Medal]]<br/> [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]]
| relations           = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]] [[Ram Dass Katari]] <br>(Father-in-law)
| spouse              = Lalita Ramdas
| laterwork           = 
| religion            = 
}}

[[Admiral (India)|Admiral]] '''Laxminarayan Ramdas''', [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]], [[Vir Chakra|VrC]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]] (5 September 1933 – 15 March 2024) was an Indian naval officer who served as the 13th [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of Naval Staff]], from 1990 to 1993. Ramdas joined the Indian Navy in 1953, and served as the [[flag lieutenant]] to Admiral [[Ram Dass Katari]], the first Indian [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]]. During the [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1971]], he was involved in a naval blockade of [[East Pakistan]], hindering attempts to evacuate 93,000 troops and leading to East Pakistan's surrender, for which he was awarded the [[Vir Chakra]].

==Early life and education==
Laxminarayan Ramdas was born on 5 September 1933<ref name=":0" /><ref name="The Times of India 2024 i198" /><ref name=":1" /> into a [[Tamil Brahmin]] family. He grew up in [[Matunga]] in Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web |title=Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas: A war hero and champion of human rights |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/admiral-laxminarayan-ramdas-a-war-hero-and-champion-of-human-rights-9219051/ |website=The Indian Express |access-date=19 March 2024 |language=en |date=17 March 2024 |archive-date=17 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317100033/https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/admiral-laxminarayan-ramdas-a-war-hero-and-champion-of-human-rights-9219051/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He attended the [[Cambridge School Srinivaspuri]] in Delhi.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Defence Academy |url=https://nda.nic.in/site-page-viewer/22 |website=nda.nic.in |access-date=15 March 2024 |archive-date=2 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402182750/https://nda.nic.in/site-page-viewer/22 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=School Alumni {{!}} Cambridge School {{!}} New Friends Colony |url=https://nfc.cambridgeschool.edu.in/about/alumni/ |website=Cambridge school |access-date=15 March 2024 |archive-date=15 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315074851/https://nfc.cambridgeschool.edu.in/about/alumni/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After passing his [[Senior Cambridge]], Ramdas joined the 1st course of the Joint Services Wing (JSW) in Dehradun in January 1949. He was part of 'B' squadron of 4 Division. The JSW later moved to Khadakwasla in Pune and was christened the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]] in 1954.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Defence Academy |url=https://nda.nic.in/site-page-viewer/14 |website=nda.nic.in |access-date=15 March 2024 |archive-date=15 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315072620/https://nda.nic.in/site-page-viewer/14 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Career==
Ramdas was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 1 September 1953, with seniority as a sub-lieutenant from the same date.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=284 |date=26 December 1953 |url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1953/O-2248-1953-0052-103980.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India |access-date=4 June 2022 |archive-date=4 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604231415/https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1953/O-2248-1953-0052-103980.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=186  |date=24 September 1953 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=186  |date=24 September 1955 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He then attended the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]] from December 1953 to May 1955, where he trained as a [[communication]] specialist.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Defence Academy |url=https://nda.nic.in/site-page-viewer/22 |website=nda.nic.in |access-date=15 March 2024 |archive-date=2 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402182750/https://nda.nic.in/site-page-viewer/22 |url-status=live }}</ref>

After his return to India, he was promoted to lieutenant on 16 August 1955.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=47  |date=23 February 1957 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> He then served as the [[Flag lieutenant]] to the first Indian [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]] Admiral [[Ram Dass Katari]].{{sfn|Katari|1983}}

Ramdas was promoted to lieutenant-commander on 16 August 1963.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=351 |date=12 October 1963 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1963/O-1841-1963-0041-83554.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India |access-date=14 January 2021 |archive-date=14 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114231635/http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1963/O-1841-1963-0041-83554.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Ramdas was promoted to [[Commander]] on 30 June 1969; he was appointed the first Officer-in-charge Naval Academy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gazette of India |url=https://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/1970/O-1389-1970-0003-62646.pdf |website=egazette.gov.in |access-date=15 March 2024 |archive-date=15 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315142249/https://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/1970/O-1389-1970-0003-62646.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> He went on to establish and head the Naval Academy in [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]], for which he was awarded the [[Vishisht Seva Medal]] on 26 January 1971.<ref>{{cite web |title=Distinguished Service and Gallantry Award Winners on Republic Day 2019 |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1971-JAN-DEC-AWARDS-/PDF/DEF-1971-01-25_004.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |access-date=15 March 2024 |archive-date=25 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725071343/https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1971-JAN-DEC-AWARDS-/PDF/DEF-1971-01-25_004.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The Naval Academy moved to Goa in 1986 and to Ezhimala in Kerala in 2009 as the [[Indian Naval Academy]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 May 2006 |title=INS Mandovi to be shifted to Ezhimala |url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/ins-mandovi-to-be-shifted-to-ezhimala_298265.html |access-date=21 March 2024 |website=[[Zee News]] |language=en |archive-date=21 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321151437/https://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/ins-mandovi-to-be-shifted-to-ezhimala_298265.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Shukla |first=Ajai |date=29 September 2015 |title=Ezhimala academy churns out officer-engineers for an expanding navy |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/ezhimala-academy-churns-out-officer-engineers-for-an-expanding-navy-115092900027_1.html |access-date=21 March 2024 |work=[[The Business Standard]] |archive-date=21 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321151437/https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/ezhimala-academy-churns-out-officer-engineers-for-an-expanding-navy-115092900027_1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 

[[File:Former Indian Navy chiefs with Admiral Robin K. Dhowan at the Conclave of Chiefs 2015.jpg|thumb|Ramdas (3rd from right) with former chiefs and Admiral Robin K. Dhowan at the Conclave of Chiefs, 2015]]

===Indo-Pakistani War of 1971===
During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]], as part of the newly formed Eastern Fleet, whilst in command of [[INS Beas (1958)|INS Beas]], Admiral Ramdas took part in the most effective naval blockade of [[East Pakistan]] which frustrated Pakistan's attempt to evacuate 93,000 of their troops who eventually surrendered to the Indian Forces.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Kumar |first=Naveen |date=16 March 2024 |title=War hero Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas given funeral with Naval honours |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/war-hero-admiral-laxminarayan-ramdas-given-funeral-with-naval-honours/article67957714.ece |access-date=21 March 2024 |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=21 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321185008/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/war-hero-admiral-laxminarayan-ramdas-given-funeral-with-naval-honours/article67957714.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Dutta |first=Amrita Nayak |date=16 March 2024 |title=Former Navy Chief Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas (1933–2024): A war hero who carried the courage of conviction |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/former-navy-chief-admiral-laxminarayan-ramdas-1933-2024-a-war-hero-who-carried-the-courage-of-conviction-9217006/ |access-date=21 March 2024 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en |archive-date=19 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319151752/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/former-navy-chief-admiral-laxminarayan-ramdas-1933-2024-a-war-hero-who-carried-the-courage-of-conviction-9217006/ |url-status=live }}</ref> INS ''Beas'' also captured a large number of ships carrying contraband to East Pakistan, bombarded [[Cox's Bazar]] and took part in the landing and other operations in an area which had been mined.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kesnur |first=Srikant |last2=Sharma |first2=Utkarsh |date=1 November 2021 |title=A golden dawn for the sunrise fleet |url=https://thedailyguardian.com/a-golden-dawn-for-the-sunrise-fleet/ |access-date=22 March 2024 |website=The Daily Guardian |language=en |archive-date=22 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322022752/https://thedailyguardian.com/a-golden-dawn-for-the-sunrise-fleet/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was awarded the [[Vir Chakra]], the third-highest gallantry award.<ref name=":0" />

The citation for the Vir Chakra reads as follows:<ref>{{cite web |title=Gallantry Awards {{!}} Ministry of Defence, Government of India |url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/2970 |website=www.gallantryawards.gov.in |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111110619/https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/2970 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vir Chakra (VrC), Awardee: Adm Laxminarayan Ramdass, PVSM, AVSM, VrC, VSM, ADC @ TWDI |url=http://twdi.in/node/4406 |website=twdi.in |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111110629/http://twdi.in/node/4406 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Quotation|Gazette Notification:  86 Pres/72 15-7-72 
Date of Award: 1971

{{center|'''CITATION'''<br>
'''COMMANDER LAXMINARAYAN RAMDAS, VSM'''<br>
'''00132-Z'''}}
During the operations against Pakistan in December 1971, Commander Laxminarayan Ramdas was the commanding officer of an Indian naval unit of Eastern Fleet. Throughout the period of operations, he was called upon to operate within enemy waters, where there was constant danger to his ship from enemy mines and submarines. Undeterred, he carried out continuous probes into the enemy defended harbours in Bangladesh and inflicted heavy damage on the enemy. During one of the sorties, an enemy submarine was sighted close to his ship. He attacked the submarine repeatedly, which was presumably destroyed.

Throughout, Commander Laxrminarayan Ramdas displayed gallantry, leadership and devotion to duty of a high order.|sign=|source=}}

===Post-war career===
After the war, Ramdas commanded a Patrol Vessel Squadron in the Indian Navy. He later served as [[Military attaché|Naval Attaché]] in [[Germany]] for three years, and was promoted to captain on 1 July 1976.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=129  |date=29 January 1977 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>

===Flag rank===
Ramdas was promoted to acting [[Rear Admiral]] 7 April 1981 (substantive from 1 June 1981) and took over as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operations) at NHQ.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=854  |date=20 June 1981 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=140  |date=29 January 1983 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> On 29 June 1983, he was appointed [[Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet]] (FOCEF),{{cn|date=March 2024}} and also took command of the [[Eastern Fleet (India)|Eastern Fleet]].<ref name=":1" /> 

Ramdas was promoted to [[Vice admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] on 1 April 1985 and appointed Controller of Warship Production & Acquisition (CWP&A).<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=1326  |date=21 September 1985 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> On 20 February 1986, he took over as [[Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (India)|Deputy Chief of Naval Staff]] (DNCS). After an eighteen-month stint as DCNS, Ramdas was appointed [[Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command]]. He took command from Vice Admiral [[Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani]] at Kochi. In February 1989, he moved to Vizag as the [[Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command]]. On 26 January 1989, he was awarded the [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]].<ref name="PVSM">{{cite web |title=GALLANTRY AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS FOR DEFENCE PERSONNEL |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1988-JAN-JUNE-DEFENCE%20I/PDF/DEF-1988-01-23_032.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=23 January 1988 |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111110615/https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1988-JAN-JUNE-DEFENCE%20I/PDF/DEF-1988-01-23_032.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> He was at the helm of the Eastern Naval Command for about twenty months.<ref name="new_Vice_Chief_Navy">{{cite web|title=New Vice Chief of Navy, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command and Deputy Chief of Navy Announced|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1987-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-/PDF/DEF-1987-11-28_153.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India – Archive|date=28 November 1987|access-date=29 February 2020|archive-date=1 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301024001/http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1987-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-/PDF/DEF-1987-11-28_153.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Chief of Naval Staff===
Ramdas was appointed the next [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]], succeeding Admiral [[Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni]]. He took over as CNS on 30 November 1990.<ref name="PIB - CNS">{{cite web |title=ADMIRAL L RAMDAS TAKES OVER AS CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1990-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-II/PDF/DEF-1990-11-30_158.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=30 November 1990 |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111110629/https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1990-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-II/PDF/DEF-1990-11-30_158.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]] was [[General (India)|General]] [[Sunith Francis Rodrigues]]. On 1 August 1991, [[Air Chief Marshal (India)|Air Chief Marshal]] [[Nirmal Chandra Suri]] took over as the [[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]]. All the three service chiefs were from the same course, the 1st JSW, a first in India.<ref>{{cite web |title=Three Chiefs-1st JSW – Air Chief Marshal NC Suri |url=https://airchiefmarshalncsuri.com/indian-air-force-iaf/ |website=airchiefmarshalncsuri.com |access-date=15 March 2024 |date=11 July 2021 |archive-date=15 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315080652/https://airchiefmarshalncsuri.com/indian-air-force-iaf/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 30 June 1993, with the superannuation of General S. F. Rodrigues, Ramdas took over as [[Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee]].<ref>{{cite web |title=ADMIRAL L RAMDAS TAKES OVER AS CHAIRMAN CHIEFS OF STAFF COMMITTEE He was the great man. |url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1993-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1993-06-29_167.pdf |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-date=7 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207130943/http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1993-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1993-06-29_167.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Ramdas was married to Lalita Ramdas (née Katari), daughter of Admiral [[Ram Dass Katari]], the first Indian [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of Naval Staff]]. He served as the [[Aam Aadmi Party]]'s internal [[lokpal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aamaadmiparty.org/internal-lokpal|title=Official website of Aam Aadmi Party|access-date=31 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403155350/http://www.aamaadmiparty.org/internal-lokpal|archive-date=3 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> His younger daughter, [[Kavita Ramdas]], is the senior advisor to the President of the [[Ford Foundation]] and had previously served for many years as country representative of the Ford Foundation in India. Kavita Ramdas is married to Zulfiqar Ahmad, a Pakistani national who is a peace activist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/comm/vista/spring04/ramdas.shtml|title=On a global mission|publisher=Mount Holyoke College|access-date=26 May 2020|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321142136/https://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/comm/vista/spring04/ramdas.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/magazine/article/A-Woman-s-Work-India-native-Kavita-Ramdas-2772372.php|title=A Woman's Work, India native Kavita Ramdas spins her privileged background into gold for underprivileged women at S.F.'s Global Fund for Women|date=10 November 2002|publisher=SFGate|access-date=26 May 2020|archive-date=10 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210160636/https://www.sfgate.com/magazine/article/A-Woman-s-Work-India-native-Kavita-Ramdas-2772372.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Retirement==
After retirement, Ramdas took up residence at [[Alibag]]. He together with his wife, then devoted themselves to a variety of humanitarian causes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.toxipedia.org/display/wanmec/Lalita+Ramdas|access-date=25 October 2015|title=WANMEC-Women Peacemakers by Name|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104030/http://www.toxipedia.org/display/wanmec/Lalita+Ramdas|url-status=live}}</ref> 

The couple also intervened in military matters. They were part of the group which filed a [[Public-interest litigation (India)|PIL]] in the [[Supreme Court of India]] against the appointment of the then [[Bikram Singh (general)|Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh]] for the post of [[Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army|Chief of Army Staff]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/retired-navy-chief-admiral-challenges-next-army-chief/1/183095.html|title=Retired navy chief Admiral L. Ramdas challenges 'next' army chief|access-date=15 January 2013|archive-date=11 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511221920/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/retired-navy-chief-admiral-challenges-next-army-chief/1/183095.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 

The couple opposed the establishment of the [[Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant]] in Tamil Nadu. For his efforts to demilitarise and denuclearize [[South Asia]], and his efforts to prevent the building of the Kudankulam reactor, Ramdas was awarded the [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for peace in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationRamdasLax.htm|title=Citation for Laxminarayan Ramdas and Ibn Abdur Rehman|date=31 August 2004|publisher=Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation|access-date=22 January 2010|archive-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527122851/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationRamdasLax.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Ramdas died on 15 March 2024, at the age of 90.<ref name="The Times of India 2024 i198">{{cite web | title=Hero of 1971 Indo- Pak war & former Navy chief Admiral Ramdas dies at 90 | website=The Times of India | date=16 March 2024 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/hero-of-1971-indo-pak-war-former-navy-chief-admiral-ramdas-dies-at-90/articleshow/108533793.cms | access-date=17 March 2024 | archive-date=17 March 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317012211/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/hero-of-1971-indo-pak-war-former-navy-chief-admiral-ramdas-dies-at-90/articleshow/108533793.cms | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas, former Indian Navy chief, passes away at 91 |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/admiral-laxminarayan-ramdas-former-indian-navy-chief-passes-away-at-91-2937930 |access-date=15 March 2024 |publisher=Deccan Herald |date=15 March 2024 |archive-date=15 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315075959/https://www.deccanherald.com/india/admiral-laxminarayan-ramdas-former-indian-navy-chief-passes-away-at-91-2937930 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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===Bibliography===
*{{citation|first1=Ram Dass|last1=Katari|title=A Sailor Remembers|year=1983|isbn=9780706920642|publisher=Vikas}}

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{{s-aft|after=S. P. Govil}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramdas, Laxminarayan}}
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