Major General Avinash Kesheo Sarwate (

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: अविनाश क. सरवटे; born 2 February 1945) was an alumnus of the

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and was commissioned into the

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on 2 August 1964 as a second lieutenant posted to the 11th Battalion,

. He was transferred to the 16th Battalion, Kumaon Regiment, after serving for a year and a half with 11 Kumaon. He later commanded the 5th Battalion,

, as a lieutenant colonel. Sarwate was the

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(GOC) the 15th Infantry (Panther) Division of the

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and subsequently Assistant Director General of Military Training (ADGMT) at the Army Headquarters. Before retirement, he was the

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(South). In March 2003 he received

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(AVSM).

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