General SM Shrinagesh

General Satyawant Mallanna Shrinagesh was an Indian military officer who served as the 2nd Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1955 till 1957. General Shrinagesh retired on 7 May 1957, completing 34 years of distinguished military service. Post retirement, he served as the governor of Assam from 1959 to 1962, then as the governor of Andhra Pradesh from 1962 to 1964 and finally as Governor of Mysore (now Karnataka) from 1964 to 1965. He also served as principal of the Administrative Staff College of India in Hyderabad, Hyderabad State from 1957 to 1959.