Lieutenant General Shankarrao Pandurang Patil Thorat, KC, DSO (12 August 1906 - 10 August 1992) was a senior General Officer of the Indian Army. He last served as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command in the lead up to the 1962 Sino-Indian War. He earlier served as the Commander of the Custodian Force of India in the aftermath of the Korean War. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his command of a battalion during WWII.