Western Naval Command#List of Commanders

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| commander1 = Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh, AVSM, NM

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| commander2 = Rear Admiral Rahul Vilas Gokhale, NM

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The Western Naval Command is one of the three command–level formations of the Indian Navy.{{cite web|title=Organisation of Western Command|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/about-indian-navy/organisation-western-naval-command-mumbai|publisher=Indian Navy|access-date=1 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210060810/http://indiannavy.nic.in/about-indian-navy/organisation-western-naval-command-mumbai|archive-date=2013-02-10|url-status=dead}} It is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. As the senior–most of the three formations, the command is responsible for the all naval forces in the Arabian Sea and western parts of the Indian Ocean and the naval establishments on the west coast of India.

The Command was formed on 1 March 1968.{{cite web|last=Luthra|first=Gulshan|date=December 2018|title=50 Glorious Years of Western Naval Command|url=https://www.indiastrategic.in/2018/12/19/50-glorious-years-of-western-naval-command/|access-date=31 October 2020|website=India Strategic}} The Command is commanded by a Three Star Flag Officer of the rank of Vice Admiral with the title Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Command (FOC-in-C). Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh is the current FOC-in-C WNC, who took over on 3 January 2024.{{cite web |title=VICE ADMIRAL SANJAY J SINGH TAKES OVER AS FLAG OFFICER COMMANDING-IN-CHIEF, WESTERN NAVAL COMMAND |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1992829 |website=pib.gov.in |access-date=4 January 2024}}

History

After the independence and the partition of India on 15 August 1947, the ships and personnel of the Royal Indian Navy were divided between the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan. The division of the ships was on the basis of two-thirds of the fleet to India, one third to Pakistan.Bhatia (1977), p. 28: "Consequent on the partition of the country on 15 August 1947, two thirds of the undivided fleet and associated assets came to India." Two new appointments were created, the Rear Admiral Commanding Indian Naval Squadron (RACINS), the commander of the surface fleet of the Navy, and the Commodore-in-Charge Bombay, a one-star officer who headed the shore establishments on the western coast. To bring the service more in line with other navies, on 1 May 1952 the Rear Admiral Commanding Indian Naval Squadron was re-designated Flag Officer Commanding (Flotillas), Indian Fleet,{{cite web|title=Change of Titles in Indian Navy|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1952-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1952-04-27_107.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=27 April 1952|access-date=31 January 2020}}

On 30 December 1957, the office of Flag Officer Commanding (Flotillas) was re-designated Flag Officer Commanding Indian Fleet (FOCIF), while the command of the shore establishments was upgraded to the Two Star appointment of Flag Officer Bombay (FOB) in June 1958. The FOCIF and FOB reported to the Chief of the Naval Staff. On 1 March 1968, the FOB was upgraded to the Three Star of Vice Admiral and was re-designated Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command (FOC-in-C WNC). The Indian Fleet was renamed as Western Fleet with the Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet (FOCWF) reporting into the FOC-in-C WNC.{{cite book |last1=Hiranandani |first1=G M |title=Transition to triumph : history of the Indian Navy, 1965-1975 |year=2000 |publisher=Lancer Publishers |isbn=978-1897829721 |pages=615}}{{cite web|title=Reorganisation of Naval Commands|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1968-JAN-APR-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1968-03-02_089.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=2 March 1968|access-date=2 February 2020}}

Area of responsibility

The Western Naval Command (WNC) is the sword arm of the Indian Navy and naval operations conducted on the western seaboard would be central to the outcome of any conflict at sea against Pakistan. The Western Fleet is the two-star level operational formation of the Western Naval Command. It utilises Mumbai and Karwar as its home ports, with INS Kunjali, its HQ in Mumbai.

The fleet at the WNC is based under Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area (FOMA) and provides naval defence in the sensitive north Arabian Sea adjacent to Pakistan.

INS Kadamba, a large naval base, was constructed under Project Seabird and completed in 2005. This naval base, at Karwar in Karnataka, is used exclusively by the Indian Navy.

Capabilities

File:INS Vikramaditya (R33) with a Sea Harrier.jpg

The Flagship carrier of the Western Fleet is INS Vikramaditya. The WNC is equipped with submarine pens, a carrier dock and main maintenance dockyards. The Carrier Battle Group of the Western Fleet consists of INS Vikramaditya, Delhi class destroyers, Talwar class frigates, Brahmaputra class frigates, INS Kolkata, Indian navy's one of the most powerful destroyer{{Cite news|url = http://www.firstpost.com/india/delay-mars-main-air-defence-weapon-deployment-ins-kolkata-1662943.html|title = Delay mars main air defence weapon deployment on INS Kolkata|date = 13 August 2014}} and Sindhughosh class submarines. The Naval Aviation is provided by MiG-29K fighters along with airborne early warning Kamov Ka-31 Helicopters.

Full-fledged shipbuilding facilities on the western seaboard include the Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai, the Goa Shipyard Limited and the Cochin Shipyard Ltd in Kerala, which is India's largest repair dry dock.

Organization

The Western Naval Command is organized as follows:{{Cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/organisation|title=Organisation {{!}} Indian Navy|website=indiannavy.nic.in|access-date=2016-10-17}}

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!Current Holder

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Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief

|Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh, AVSM, NM

Chief of Staff

|Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar, AVSM, NM

|{{cite web |title=x.com |url=https://x.com/IN_WNC/status/1794663579784032441 |website=X (formerly Twitter) |access-date=27 May 2024}}

Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet (FOCWF)

|Rear Admiral Rahul Vilas Gokhale, NM

|{{cite web |title=Western Naval Command |url=https://x.com/IN_WNC/status/1827003763804016720 |website=x.com |access-date=24 August 2024}}

Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area (FOMA)

|Rear Admiral Anil Jaggi

|{{Cite web |last=Bose |first=Mrityunjay |title=Admiral Jaggi takes over as FOMA chief |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/maharashtra/admiral-jaggi-takes-over-as-foma-chief-3173109 |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}

Flag Officer Goa Area (FOGA) & Flag Officer Naval Aviation (FONA)

|Rear Admiral Ajay D. Theophilus

|{{cite web |title=Rear Admiral Ajay D Theophilus assumed charge as FOGA |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1944823 |website=pib.gov.in |access-date=11 August 2023}}

Flag Officer Commanding Gujarat Naval Area (FOGNA)

|Rear Admiral Sathish Vasudev, NM

|{{cite web |title=Gujarat Naval Area |url=https://x.com/IN_GDD/status/1827285555274772920 |website=x.com |access-date=25 August 2024}}

Flag Officer Commanding Karnataka Naval Area (FOK)

|Rear Admiral K. M. Ramakrishnan, VSM

|{{cite web |title=IN_KTKNA/status/1645379695943503875 |url=https://twitter.com/IN_KTKNA/status/1645379695943503875 |website=Twitter |access-date=10 April 2023 |language=en}}

Flag Officer Defence Advisory Group (FODAG)

Admiral Superintendent Dockyard (ASD) - Mumbai

|Rear Admiral Deepak Kumar Goswami, AVSM

|{{cite web |title=Rear Admiral Deepak Kumar Goswami Takes Charge as the Admiral Superintendent, Naval Dockyard, Mumbai - India Strategic |url=https://www.indiastrategic.in/rear-admiral-deepak-kumar-goswami-takes-charge-as-the-admiral-superintendent-naval-dockyard-mumbai/ |website=indiastrategic.in |access-date=30 December 2023 |date=31 July 2023}}

Commodore Commanding Submarines (West)

Commodore Anurag Srivastava

|{{cite web |title=IN_WNC/status/1703230768796037545 |url=https://twitter.com/IN_WNC/status/1703230768796037545 |website=X (formerly Twitter) |access-date=19 September 2023 |language=en}}

Naval bases

Naval bases under Western Naval Command are the following{{Cite web|title = Organisation of Western Naval Command, Mumbai {{!}} Indian Navy|url = http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/organisation-western-naval-command-mumbai#|website = indiannavy.nic.in|access-date = 2015-12-29}}

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INS Dwarka

|Okha

| rowspan="2" | Gujarat

|Logistics and Maintenance support

INS Sardar Patel{{Cite web|title = INS Sardar Patel: Indian Navy's new base commissioned in Gujarat - The Economic Times|url = http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/ins-sardar-patel-indian-navys-new-base-commissioned-in-gujarat/articleshow/47213260.cms|website = The Economic Times|access-date = 2015-12-29}}

|Porbandar

|Logistics Support

INS Kadamba

| rowspan="3" |Karwar

| rowspan="3" | Karnataka

|Logistics and Maintenance support

INS Vajrakosh

|Naval ammunition and missile depot

INHS Patanjali

|Naval Hospital

INS Gomantak

|Vasco da gama

| rowspan="3" |Goa

|Logistics and Maintenance support

INS Hansa

|Dabolim

|Naval Air Station

INHS Jeevanti

|Vasco-da-gama

|Naval Hospital

INS Angre

| rowspan="10" |Mumbai

| rowspan="10" |Maharashtra

|Logistics and Administrative support

INS Abhimanyu

|MARCOS base

INS Agnibahu

|Missile boat squadron base

INHS Asvini

|Naval Hospital

INS Kunjali

|Naval Air Station

INS Shikra

|Naval Air Station

INS Tanaji

|Naval ammunition depot

INS Trata

|Coastal Missile Defense

INS Tunir

|Naval missile depot

INS Vajrabahu

|Submarine base

List of Commanders

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colspan="6" |Commodore-in-Charge Bombay (COMBAY)

|Commodore Henry Richmond Inigo-Jones

|15 August 1947

|31 December 1950

|Formerly Royal Indian Navy.

|{{cite web|title=Press Note|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1950-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1950-12-30_334.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 December 1950|access-date=16 February 2020}}

|Commodore R. M. T. Taylor

|31 December 1950

|March 1954

|Seconded from the Royal Navy

|{{cite web|title=Senior Naval Officers' Conference Opens - Admiral Pizey's Address|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1952-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1952-12-03_307.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=3 December 1952|access-date=31 January 2020}}

|Commodore Ajitendu Chakraverti

|March 1954

|16 November 1954

|First Indian to hold the appointment.

|{{cite web|title=Press Note|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1953-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1953-12-05_386.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=5 December 1953|access-date=31 January 2020}}

|Commodore Adhar Kumar Chatterji

|17 November 1954

|November 1956

|Later served as Chief of the Naval Staff.

|{{cite web|title=Change in Bombay Naval Command|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1954%20DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1954-11-15_334.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=15 November 1954|access-date=1 February 2020}}

|Commodore Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman

|November 1956

|12 June 1958

|Later served as Chief of the Naval Staff.

|{{cite web|title=Commodore Soman to Take Over Bombay Command|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1956-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1956-10-15_166.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=15 October 1956|access-date=1 February 2020}}{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=188 |date=16 August 1958 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}

colspan="6" |Flag Officer Bombay (FOB)

|Rear Admiral Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman

|12 June 1958

|April 1960

|Later Chief of the Naval Staff.

|{{cite web|title=New Deputy Chief of Naval Staff|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1962-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1962-05-14_188.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=14 May 1962|access-date=1 February 2020}}

|Rear Admiral S. G. Karmarkar {{small|{{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|MBE}}}}

|June 1960

|June 1964

|{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=312 |date=26 November 1960 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1960/O-1948-1960-0048-87707.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=330 |date=15 August 1964 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1964/O-1798-1964-0033-81989.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}

|Rear Admiral R. S. David

|June 1964

|15 February 1968

|{{cite web|title=Commodore Krishnan New Navy Vice Chief|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1967-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-VOL-2/PDF/DEF-1967-12-11_192.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=11 December 1967|access-date=30 January 2020}}{{cite web|title=S. M. Nanda|url=https://www.timescontent.com/syndication-photos/reprint/news/621585/sm-nanda-rs-david-rear-admiral-indi.html|website=Times of India Group|date=16 February 1968|access-date=1 February 2020}}

|Rear Admiral Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}

|16 February 1968

|1 March 1968

|Later Chief of the Naval Staff.

colspan="6" |Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command (FOC-in-C WNC)

|Vice Admiral Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}

|1 March 1968

|28 February 1970

|Later served as Chief of Naval Staff

|{{cite book |title=Services chiefs of India |year=2007 |publisher=Northern Book Centre |isbn=9788172111625 |pages=111}}{{cite web |title=Upgradations in Defence Services Appointments |url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1968-JAN-APR-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1968-03-01_081.pdf |publisher=Press Information Bureau - Archive |access-date=1 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral Nilakanta Krishnan {{small|PVSM, DSC}}

|28 February 1970

|12 February 1971

|{{cite web |title=Admiral Chatterji Hands Over Charge to Admiral Nanda |url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1970-JAN-MAY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1970-02-28_085.pdf|publisher=Press Information Bureau - Archive|date=28 February 1970 |access-date=2 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral Sourendra Nath Kohli {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM}}}}

|12 February 1971

|27 February 1973

|Later served as Chief of Naval Staff

|{{cite web |title=Admiral Sourendra Nath Kohli, Padma Bhushan, PVSMAdmiral Sourendra Nath Kohli, Padma Bhushan, PVSM |url=http://www.irfc-nausena.nic.in/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=83 |website=Indian Navy Information Resource and Facilitation Centre |publisher=Indian Navy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410073723/http://www.irfc-nausena.nic.in/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=83 |archive-date=10 April 2009}}

|Vice Admiral Jal Cursetji {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM}}}}

|27 February 1973

|28 February 1976

|Later served as Chief of Naval Staff

|{{cite web |title=Admiral Cursetji To Head Western Naval Command|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1973-JAN-MAY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1973-02-14_083.pdf|publisher=Press Information Bureau - Archive|date=14 February 1973 |access-date=3 February 2020}}{{cite web|title=New Senior Naval Appointments|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1976-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1976-02-28_054.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=28 February 1976|access-date=4 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral Ronald Lynsdale Pereira {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}

|28 February 1976

|5 April 1977

|Later served as Chief of Naval Staff

|{{cite web|title=New Senior Naval Appointments|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1976-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1976-02-28_054.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=28 February 1976|access-date=4 February 2020}}{{cite web|title=Admiral Pereira Takes Over as Vice Chief of Naval Staff|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-JAN-JULY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-I/PDF/DEF-1977-04-05_070.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=5 April 1977|access-date=4 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral Rustom K. S. Ghandhi {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|VrC}}}}

|April 1977

|3 March 1979

|{{cite web|title=Senior Naval Officers' Conference|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1978-SEP-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1978-11-05_100.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=5 November 1978|access-date=5 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral V. E. C. Barboza {{small|PVSM, AVSM *}}

|3 March 1979

|March 1981

|{{cite web|title=Defence Snippets|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1979-JAN-MAY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-I/PDF/DEF-1979-04-09_152.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=9 April 1979|access-date=5 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral Manohar Prahlad Awati {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|VrC}}}}

|March 1981

|30 March 1983

|{{cite news |title=Vice Admiral M P Awati, distinguished and genial senior officer in the Indian Navy – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/01/11/vice-admiral-m-p-awati-distinguished-genial-senior-officer-indian/ |work=The Telegraph |date=11 January 2019}}{{cite news |last1=T. N. Raghunatha |title=Iconic Vice Admiral Awati (Retd) passes away in Satara |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2018/india/iconic-vice-admiral-awati--retd--passes-away-in-satara.html |work=The Pioneer |date=5 November 2018 |language=en}}{{cite web|title=Admiral Awati Inaugurates Naval Diving Squadron|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1981-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1981-03-14_077.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=14 March 1981|access-date=6 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}

|31 March 1983

|30 April 1984

|Later served as Chief of Naval Staff

|{{cite web|title=Admiral Tahiliani Takes Over Western Naval Command|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1983-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1983-03-31_102.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=31 March 1983|access-date=29 January 2020}}

|Vice Admiral Subimal Mookerjee {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM}}}}

|30 April 1984

|28 February 1986

|{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Mookerjee Takes Over Western Naval Command|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1984-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1984-04-29_159.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=29 April 1984|access-date=8 February 2020}}{{cite web|title=Subimal Mookerjee Retires From Navy|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1986-JAN-JULY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1986-03-01_127.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 March 1986|access-date=29 January 2020}}

|Vice Admiral Sukhmal Jain {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}

|28 February 1986

|31 December 1990

|{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Jain Takes Over Western Naval Command|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1986-JAN-JULY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1986-02-26_121.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=28 February 1986|access-date=29 January 2020}}{{Cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indian-navy-rocked-by-major-succession-scandal/1/315770.html|title=Indian Navy rocked by major succession scandal|access-date=2017-10-24}}

|Vice Admiral H. Johnson {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|VSM}}}}

|1 January 1991

|31 August 1992

|{{cite web|title=New Vice Chief, Flag Officer Commanders-in-Chief and Deputy Chief For Indian Navy|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1990-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-II/PDF/DEF-1990-12-28_181.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=28 December 1990|access-date=29 January 2020}}

|Vice Admiral KASZ Raju {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|NM}}}}

|31 August 1992

|31 December 1994

|{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral KASZ Raju|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1992-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1992-08-31_196.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=31 August 1992|access-date=8 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}

|31 December 1994

|30 September 1996

|Later served as Chief of Naval Staff.

|{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat Takes Over as FOC-in-C (West)|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1994-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE-/PDF/DEF-1994-12-31_440.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=31 December 1994|access-date=2 March 2020}}{{cite web|title=Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat Takes Over as Chief of Indian Navy|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1996-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-III/PDF/DEF-1996-09-30_111.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=28 December 1990|access-date=8 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral Kailash K. Kohli {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}

|20 October 1996

|31 March 1998

|Vice Admiral Madhvendra Singh {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}

|1 April 1998

|31 March 2001

|Later served as Chief of Naval Staff, and as Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee

|{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xvs_CgAAQBAJ&q=Madanjit+Singh+western+naval+command&pg=PT176|title=The Sinking of INS Khukri: Survivor's Stories|last=Cardozo|first=Major General Ian|date=2006-12-01|publisher=Roli Books Private Limited|isbn=9789351940999|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2001/roct2001/29102001/r2910200110.html|title=Latest Releases|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-10-24}}

|Vice Admiral Vinod Pasricha {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|NM}}}}

|1 April 2001

|31 December 2002

|{{cite web|title=Naval Appointments|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/2001-JAN-MARCH-DEFENCE-I/PDF/DEF-2001-03-01_150.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 March 2001|access-date=4 July 2020}}

|Vice Admiral Arun Prakash {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VrC|VSM}}}}

|1 January 2003

|30 September 2003

|Later served as Chief of Naval Staff, and as Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee

|{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=1868|title=Vice Admiral Arun Prakash,PVSM,AVSM,VrC,VSM,ADC will be the new Naval Chief|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-10-24}}{{Cite news|url=http://zeenews.india.com/home/vice-admiral-arun-prakash-takes-over-as-cinc-of-wnc_73639.html|title=Vice Admiral Arun Prakash takes over as C-in-C of WNC|date=2002-12-31|work=Zee News|access-date=2017-10-24|language=en}}

|Vice Admiral Madanjit Singh {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}

|1 October 2003

|28 February 2006

|{{Cite news|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/admiral-byce-named-flag-officer-cic-of-western-naval-command_278690.html|title=Admiral Byce named flag officer CIC of Western Naval Command|date=2006-02-28|work=Zee News|access-date=2017-10-24|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2003/09/22/stories/2003092204291100.htm|website=The Hindu|title=New Naval appointments|date=2003-09-22|access-date=2017-10-24}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|Vice Admiral Sangram Singh Byce {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|NM}}}}

|1 March 2006

|31 July 2007

|{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=16031|title=New Flag Appointments in the Navy|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-10-24}}

|Vice Admiral Jagjit Singh Bedi {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|UYSM|AVSM|VSM}}}}

|1 August 2007

|30 April 2009

|{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=12271|title=New Deputy Chief for the Navy|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-10-24}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2007/07/31/vice-admiral-bedi-takes-charge-of-western-naval-command-1185869091.html|title=Bedi takes charge of Western Naval Command|work=www.oneindia.com|access-date=2017-10-24|language=en}}

|Vice Admiral Sanjeev Bhasin {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM}}}}

|1 May 2009

|30 April 2012

|{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-sanjeev-bhasin-to-head-the-western-naval-command-1251285|title=Sanjeev Bhasin to head the Western Naval Command {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=2009-04-29|work=dna|access-date=2017-10-24|language=en}}

|Vice Admiral D. K. Joshi {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|YSM|NM|VSM}}}}

|1 May 2012

|31 August 2012

|Later served as Chief of Naval Staff. Current Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

|{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/D-K-Joshi-is-new-chief-of-Western-Naval-Command/articleshow/8129905.cms|title=D K Joshi is new chief of Western Naval Command - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-10-24}}

|Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha {{small|PVSM, AVSM, NM *}}

|1 September 2012

|31 May 2014

|Retired from the Navy after being superseded.

|{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=86874|title=Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha PVSM AVSM NM& BAR, ADC Appointed as Commander in Chief Western Naval Command to Take Over from Vice Admiral DK Joshi|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-10-24}}

|Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chopra {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}

|1 June 2014

|31 March 2015

|{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Vice-Admiral-Anil-Chopra-takes-over-as-Western-Naval-Commander/articleshow/36159986.cms|title=Vice Admiral Anil Chopra takes over as Western Naval Commander - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-10-24}}

|Vice Admiral S. P. S. Cheema {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|NM}}}}

|1 April 2015

|31 January 2016

|Also headed the Strategic Forces Command and the Southern Naval Command, apart from serving as the Chief of Integrated Defence Staff.

|{{Cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/vadm-sps-cheema-takes-over-foc-cwest-0|title=VAdm SPS Cheema takes over as FOC-in-C(West) {{!}} Indian Navy|website=indiannavy.nic.in|language=en|access-date=2017-10-24}}{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=117823|title=Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba takes over from Vice Admiral SPS Cheema as the Commander-in-Chief of Southern Naval Command|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-10-24}}

|Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}

|1 February 2016

|31 May 2016

|Later served as Chief of Naval Staff, and as Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee

|{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=135947|title=Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba Takes Over Western Naval Command|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-10-24}}

|Vice Admiral Girish Luthra {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM}}}}

|1 June 2016

|31 January 2019

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/vice-admiral-girish-luthra-takes-over-western-naval-command|title=Vice Admiral Girish Luthra takes over Western Naval Command {{!}} Indian Navy|website=www.indiannavy.nic.in|language=en|access-date=2017-10-24}}{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=145783|title=Vice Admiral Girish Luthra Takes Over Western Naval Command|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-10-24}}

|Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM}}}}

|1 February 2019

|28 February 2021

|{{cite tweet|user=indiannavy|number=1090817788447518720|date=2019-01-31|title=VAdm P Ajit Kumar PVSM, AVSM, VSM takes over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, the premier Command of #IndianNavy in an impressive ceremony at Mumbai. Returns where he has commanded two frontline Destroyers + stealth frigate & was Chief Staff Offr (Ops)}}

|Vice Admiral R. Hari Kumar {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM}}}}

|28 February 2021

|29 November 2021

|Later served as Chief of Naval Staff

|{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/vice-admiral-r-hari-kumar-takes-charge-as-western-naval-command-chief/articleshow/81253791.cms|title=Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar takes charge as Western Naval Command Chief|publisher=Times Of India|date=28 February 2021}}

|Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM}}}}

|30 November 2021

|28 February 2023

|{{cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/~/enc-bids-farewell-to-vice-admiral-ajendra-bahadur-singh/States/news/2576666.html|title=ENC bids Farewell to Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh|publisher=United News of India|date=2021-11-28}}

|Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|NM}}}}

|1 March 2023

|3 January 2024

|Current Chief of the Naval Staff

|{{cite web |title=Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi Takes Over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command |url=https://indiannavy.nic.in/content/vice-admiral-dinesh-k-tripathi-takes-over-flag-officer-commanding-chief-western-naval-1 |website=indiannavy.nic.in |access-date=4 January 2024}}

|Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|NM}}}}

|3 January 2024

|31 July 2025

|{{cite web |title=VICE ADMIRAL SANJAY J SINGH TAKES OVER AS FLAG OFFICER COMMANDING-IN-CHIEF, WESTERN NAVAL COMMAND |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1992829 |website=pib.gov.in |access-date=3 January 2024}}

References

Category:Indian Navy

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Western Naval Command#List of Commanders

History

Area of responsibility

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List of Commanders

See also

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