January 23, 2025 04:24 PM (IST)
He was awarded the Nao Sena for his efforts in planning and executing Operation Trident Python as part of the Indian Navy’s attack on Karachi in December 1971.
Admiral TS Khurana (retd), who was awarded the Nao Sena medal for planning and executing Operation Trident Python as part of the Indian Navy’s attack on Karachi during the India-Pakistan war in December 1971, was honored in Chandigarh on Thursday. He passed away.
He was 91 years old. The antim ardas (prayer meeting) will be held from 3 pm to 4 pm on January 26 at Gurudwara Sahib in Sector 8, Chandigarh, his family said.
Taking up a post as Deputy Director of Arms Policy and Tactics at the Admiralty in New Delhi, he was a key Western Fleet navigator who carried out one of the most daring attacks just months before the outbreak of war in 1971. was appointed. In addition to commanding INS Kirpan and INS Thrissur, he led the 25th Missile Boat Squadron, known as Killer Squadron, for the deadly attack on Karachi. This squadron consisted of 16 operational ships.
Trained in maritime studies at the University of Greenwich, London, he was appointed Acting Lieutenant on 1 September 1953. He then specialized in navigation and direction (control of onboard aircraft and aircraft carriers) in Cochin and was selected. As an advance member of INS Vikrant.
He served as Chief of Staff and Commander-in-Chief (Operations), Eastern Naval Command, for three years and then served the same post in Western Naval Command, Mumbai, for 18 months, retiring on May 30, 1987. He was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Coast Guard, New Delhi until January 1988.
He settled in Chandigarh in 2014 after a corporate stint in Mumbai.
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