399:(1970-1971) he developed & tested methods of towing the short range missile boats from Vizag in Bombay in heavy seas during the monsoon of 1971. These techniques were then used to tow the missile boats near Karachi harbour to be used as Missile delivery Vehicles with devastating effect. He was appointed the Director of Combat Policy and Tactics (DCPT), serving from 1974 to 1977. He was a deep thinker and brilliant tactician. His work on naval strategy remains the basis for much of the tactical training and operational maneuvers of the Indian Navy. He was awarded the
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Director Weapons policy & tactics (1968-1970) where he was instrumental in the acquisition of the Missile boats used in Operation Python & Operation Trident. He developed the tactics on how to deploy them in War. During his Tenure as Commanding officer INS TIR
478:. He was the officiating CNS on 3rd November 1988 when the operation was launched as the CNS was out of the country. He was part of the apex level planning of the operation, in which several warships of the Indian Navy participated. Hiranandani retired from active service in the Indian Navy in 1989.
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the same year. During this time he laid the foundation for the
Project 15 Class of Stealth Guided Missile destroyers. He worked in close co-ordination with the DRDO & Bharat Electricals to indigenously design the electronics and Missile systems required for our new Warships. He was instrumental
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covers the history of the navy between 1991 and 2000 and was completed just before his death. It was released on Navy Day, 4 December 2009.
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captures naval history between 1976 and 1990 was published in 2004.
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Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command
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622:Hiranandani, Gulab Mohanlal (Spring 2002).
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735:"Vice-Admiral G M Hiranandani passes away"
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842:. Indian Navy. Archived from
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209:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
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654:"Hiranandani, Page 2"
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331:Transition to Triumph
131:Years of service
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308:Indian Naval Academy
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285:INS
134:1949–1989
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