Articles by: Admiral L Ramdas

Nirmala Didi, Swami Agnivesh, John Dayal, Admiral Ramdas among others outside the burnt bogies.

Twenty Years After Godhra – Some Reflections

by Admiral L Ramdas and Lalita Ramdas Twenty years ago, in end February 2002 we were in Palo Alto with our daughter towards the end of a successful lecture tour organised by  friends –to build a coalition of groups and voices prepared to stand up against the proliferation of Nuclear weapons. It was with horror and disbelief that we watched[Read More…]

by 27/02/2022 Comments are Disabled India
Admiral Ramdas Writes Open Letter To The President Of India: Break The Terrible Divide Between Kisans, Jawans And Our People

Admiral Ramdas Writes Open Letter To The President Of India: Break The Terrible Divide Between Kisans, Jawans And Our People

OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT AND SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF INDIA Shri Ramnath Kovind President of India and Supreme Commander Rashtrapathi Bhavan New Delhi 110001                                        Dear President and Supreme Commander, Shri Kovind ji, I am writing to you, as my Supreme Commander, to inform you that I am deeply concerned and saddened by the turn of[Read More…]

by 30/01/2021 Comments are Disabled India
Admiral Ramdas Appeals The Government To Repeal The Farm Laws

Admiral Ramdas Appeals The Government To Repeal The Farm Laws

I am Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas, former Chief of the Naval Staff . I served the country in Uniform for 45 years and came straight to this village from Delhi after retirement. First of all let me begin by offering shraddhanjali to all those who have paid with their lives during these two months of peaceful protests camping in the bitter[Read More…]

by 16/01/2021 Comments are Disabled India
Admiral Ramdas Writes to Election Commission: Stop Politicization of Armed Forces

Admiral Ramdas Writes to Election Commission: Stop Politicization of Armed Forces

Chief Election Commissioner of India, Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi – 110001 Sub : Stop Politicization of Armed Forces by Political Parties Dear Sir, On behalf of a number of my colleagues from the armed forces veterans, this is Admiral L Ramdas – a former Chief of the Naval Staff – writing to share some of my concerns regarding[Read More…]

by 08/03/2019 1 comment India
Admiral  Ramdas Calls For Restraint, Demands Judicial Enquiry About Pulwama Attack

Admiral  Ramdas Calls For Restraint, Demands Judicial Enquiry About Pulwama Attack

From, Admiral  L  Ramdas  (retd) PVSM  AVSM  VrC  VSM Former  Chief  of  the  Naval  Staff Maharashtra  Gaurav  Puruskar Magsaysay  Awardee  for  Peace To, The  Honorable  President Rashtrapati  Bhavan New  Delhi-­‐110011 Dear  Shri  Kovind  ji, This  is  Admiral  Ramdas  -­‐  former  Chief  of  the  Naval  Staff,  writing  to  you  yet  again  –  this  time   on  the  tragic  deaths  of  Central[Read More…]

by 23/02/2019 9 comments India
Personal Testimony Of Admiral Ramdas On Judge Loya’s Case

Personal Testimony Of Admiral Ramdas On Judge Loya’s Case

(Former Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Ramdas filed a petition in the Supreme Court on January 30, 2018 asking the Suprme Court to investigate the death of Judge Loya and the curcumstances around it. Here’s a testimony on the circumstances behind his action) To Whom It May Concern So Why Am I filing a Writ Petition and PIL on the[Read More…]

by 31/01/2018 2 comments India
Admiral Ramdas’ Open Letter To President Ram Nath Kovind

Admiral Ramdas’ Open Letter To President Ram Nath Kovind

Honorable President Shri Ram Nath Kovindji, Let me at the outset congratulate you on assuming office as the 14th President of the Republic of India. The Armed Forces of India – of whom you are the Supreme Commander, have a different and special relationship with their President and I was especially struck by your unambiguous reference to the fact that[Read More…]

by 01/09/2017 1 comment India
Dear PM, The Solution To Kashmir Lies In Peace And Not War

Dear PM, The Solution To Kashmir Lies In Peace And Not War

My Dear Prime Minister, I am constrained to write to you, because of the recent developments in Jammu and Kashmir, the attack on our air station in Pathankot , and now in Uri, where we have lost precious lives not to mention the many injured. The lack of response by India to the latest attack, has clearly been due in[Read More…]

by 23/09/2016 5 comments India, Kashmir, South Asia