142:
361:. In December 1993, he was leading an advance party convoy in Nagaland, when they were ambushed by about one hundred insurgents. The overwhelming fire from automatic weapons killed one junior commissioned officer and 13 jawans on the spot. Col Nair, who was seriously injured, did not lose his courage. mindful of his serious injury, he organised his jawans in an assault line and charged at the insurgents when they broke ranks and fled. For his courage and gallantry he was awarded the
188:
119:
197:
101:
49:
255:. On 20 December 1993, while heading an advance party of the battalion, his convoy was ambushed by Naga rebels. Nair personally led the attack to break the ambush and sacrificed his life defending his men. For this act of valour, he was conferred the
326:
on 13 June 1971. He was promoted lieutenant on 13 June 1973 and to captain on 13 June 1977. His career in the Indian Army spanned over two decades, during which he had held varied command as well as staff appointments. He served in the
1204:
739:
1114:
1156:
350:
in recognition of his exceptional gallantry. He was promoted substantive major on 13 June 1984, and was promoted lieutenant-colonel (by selection) on 1 January 1992.
1108:
703:
1120:
942:
1037:
978:
1214:
1194:
599:
1224:
1043:
491:
696:
447:
521:
1234:
689:
262:
Technically Nair is the most decorated officer of the Indian Army, as the only serviceman to have been awarded both the highest (
659:
427:
712:
374:
263:
256:
549:
299:
212:
918:
307:
1219:
1189:
775:
328:
176:
642:
625:
582:
565:
888:
295:
1144:
1067:
216:
1209:
499:
479:
1229:
1162:
1079:
1073:
1031:
876:
810:
798:
457:
391:
354:
323:
291:
226:
166:
278:
He was born to R. Neelakantan Nair and P.Saraswathy Amma on 17 Feb 1951 at
Ernakulam, then in
984:
781:
525:
343:
311:
1199:
1184:
1002:
852:
846:
8:
996:
966:
960:
924:
816:
241:
35:
948:
930:
882:
858:
763:
757:
751:
1132:
1085:
1061:
900:
423:
279:
105:
70:
1150:
972:
954:
804:
733:
663:
1126:
1008:
681:
553:
306:
as part of the 38th course. He was a member of the 'I' Squadron. He attended the
234:
145:
25:
1055:
936:
912:
870:
828:
822:
769:
152:
1178:
1102:
1049:
1025:
906:
840:
362:
191:
141:
1138:
864:
745:
379:
347:
335:. He also served as an instructor at the Army Intelligence school in Pune.
267:
245:
200:
39:
546:
834:
417:
414:
Reddy, Kittu (2007). "Chapter 6: Colonel
Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair".
252:
122:
287:
207:
187:
196:
118:
894:
452:
727:
358:
339:
48:
480:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/remembering-super-men/499540/0
332:
283:
74:
600:"Insurgency will be dealt with an iron fist, says Army Chief"
100:
303:
588:. The Gazette of India. 15 September 1973. p. 1078.
571:. The Gazette of India. 2 September 1972. p. 1272.
631:. The Gazette of India. 27 October 1984. p. 1767.
1205:
Recipients of the Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)
648:. The Gazette of India. 2 October 1993. p. 1818.
643:"Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)"
626:"Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)"
583:"Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)"
566:"Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)"
286:. He was a descendant of the former Dewan Peshkar of
711:
1176:
547:National Defence Academy, NDA Pune | NDA Martyrs
445:
697:
456:. Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram. Archived from
492:"As a reminder of his courage. Col N.J Nair"
273:
1215:Military personnel from Thiruvananthapuram
1195:Indian military personnel killed in action
704:
690:
441:
439:
422:. Ocean book Publisher. pp. 102–105.
353:In 1993, his unit, the 16th battalion the
16:Ashoka Chakra and Kirti Chakra recipient
1225:National Defence Academy (India) alumni
660:"Colonel Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair"
436:
1177:
409:
407:
251:was a highly decorated officer of the
685:
413:
368:
446:Staff Reporter (18 February 2007).
404:
13:
317:
14:
1246:
342:, Nair engaged the insurgents in
478:Superhero Comic book on NC Nair
416:Bravest of the Brave (Heroes of
195:
186:
140:
117:
99:
47:
652:
635:
618:
448:"Souvenir on war hero released"
1235:Recipients of the Kirti Chakra
592:
575:
558:
540:
514:
484:
472:
322:Nair was commissioned into 16
308:Defence Services Staff College
1:
991:Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair
397:
346:for which he was awarded the
298:, Kerala. He then joined the
238:Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair
177:Insurgency in Northeast India
7:
740:Jyoti Prakash Nirala(Yadav)
385:
10:
1251:
889:Radhakrishnan Nair Harshan
296:Sainik School, Kazhakootam
1145:Bachittar Singh (Soldier)
1095:
1018:
791:
720:
294:. Nair was an alumnus of
249:(popularly known as "NJ")
222:
217:Sainik School Kazhakootam
206:
182:
172:
161:
151:
136:
128:
111:
94:
80:
63:
55:
46:
23:
1157:Damodar Kashinath Jathar
300:National Defence Academy
274:Early life and education
270:) awards for gallantry.
213:National Defence Academy
1109:Shankar Lal Shrivastava
1080:Gurnam Singh (soldier)
1074:Cyrus Addie Pithawalla
1032:Nirbhay Singh Sisodiya
877:Pramod Kumar Satapathy
811:Mohit Sharma (soldier)
799:Rajesh Kumar (soldier)
392:Kappazhom Raman Pillai
365:posthumously in 1994.
355:Maratha Light Infantry
324:Maratha Light Infantry
292:Kappazhom Raman Pillai
266:) and second highest (
227:Kappazhom Raman Pillai
167:Maratha Light Infantry
985:Harsh Uday Singh Gaur
782:Laishram Jyotin Singh
344:Close-quarters combat
129:Years of service
1220:Sainik School alumni
1190:Indian Army officers
1121:Kharka Bahadur Limbu
1003:Randhir Prasad Verma
853:Sandeep Unnikrishnan
847:Gajender Singh Bisht
997:Rakesh Singh Malhan
967:Arun Singh Jasrotia
961:Shanti Swaroop Rana
943:Jagdish Kumar Yadav
925:Rambeer Singh Tomar
817:Bahadur Singh Bohra
666:on 28 November 2009
460:on 27 December 2011
1038:Bhawani Datt Joshi
979:Sajjan Singh Yadav
949:Sudhir Kumar Walia
931:Suresh Chand Yadav
883:Dinesh Raghu Raman
859:Mohan Chand Sharma
764:Neeraj Kumar Singh
758:Mukund Varadarajan
752:Mohan Nath Goswami
606:. 18 February 2007
552:2011-09-29 at the
1172:
1171:
1133:Eric James Tucker
1086:Ummed Singh Mahra
1062:Gennadi Strekalov
901:Vasanth Venugopal
429:978-81-87100-00-3
369:Major decorations
280:Travancore-Cochin
232:
231:
106:Republic of India
71:Travancore-Cochin
1242:
1151:Narbahadur Thapa
973:Rajiv Kumar Joon
955:Puneet Nath Datt
805:D. Sreeram Kumar
734:Nazir Ahmad Wani
715:award recipients
706:
699:
692:
683:
682:
676:
675:
673:
671:
662:. Archived from
656:
650:
649:
647:
639:
633:
632:
630:
622:
616:
615:
613:
611:
596:
590:
589:
587:
579:
573:
572:
570:
562:
556:
544:
538:
537:
535:
533:
524:. Archived from
518:
512:
511:
509:
507:
498:. Archived from
488:
482:
476:
470:
469:
467:
465:
443:
434:
433:
411:
357:was deployed in
199:
190:
144:
121:
113:
104:
103:
87:
84:20 December 1993
67:17 February 1951
51:
21:
20:
1250:
1249:
1245:
1244:
1243:
1241:
1240:
1239:
1210:Malayali people
1175:
1174:
1173:
1168:
1127:Man Bahadur Rai
1091:
1014:
1009:Sandeep Sankhla
787:
716:
710:
680:
679:
669:
667:
658:
657:
653:
645:
641:
640:
636:
628:
624:
623:
619:
609:
607:
598:
597:
593:
585:
581:
580:
576:
568:
564:
563:
559:
554:Wayback Machine
545:
541:
531:
529:
528:on 3 March 2012
520:
519:
515:
505:
503:
490:
489:
485:
477:
473:
463:
461:
444:
437:
430:
412:
405:
400:
388:
371:
320:
318:Military career
276:
215:
194:
98:
89:
85:
68:
42:
33:
32:
29:
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1248:
1238:
1237:
1232:
1227:
1222:
1217:
1212:
1207:
1202:
1197:
1192:
1187:
1170:
1169:
1167:
1166:
1160:
1154:
1148:
1142:
1136:
1130:
1124:
1118:
1112:
1106:
1099:
1097:
1093:
1092:
1090:
1089:
1083:
1077:
1071:
1065:
1059:
1056:Chhering Mutup
1053:
1047:
1041:
1035:
1029:
1022:
1020:
1016:
1015:
1013:
1012:
1006:
1000:
994:
988:
982:
976:
970:
964:
958:
952:
946:
940:
937:Kamlesh Kumari
934:
928:
922:
919:Surinder Singh
916:
913:Sanjog Chhetri
910:
904:
898:
892:
886:
880:
874:
871:R. P. Diengdoh
868:
862:
856:
850:
844:
838:
832:
829:Vijay Salaskar
826:
823:Hemant Karkare
820:
814:
808:
802:
795:
793:
789:
788:
786:
785:
779:
773:
770:K. Prasad Babu
767:
761:
755:
749:
743:
737:
731:
724:
722:
718:
717:
709:
708:
701:
694:
686:
678:
677:
651:
634:
617:
591:
574:
557:
539:
513:
502:on 3 June 2020
483:
471:
435:
428:
402:
401:
399:
396:
395:
394:
387:
384:
383:
382:
377:
370:
367:
319:
316:
275:
272:
230:
229:
224:
220:
219:
210:
204:
203:
184:
180:
179:
174:
170:
169:
163:
159:
158:
155:
153:Service number
149:
148:
138:
134:
133:
130:
126:
125:
115:
109:
108:
96:
92:
91:
88:(aged 42)
82:
78:
77:
65:
61:
60:
57:
53:
52:
44:
43:
34:
30:
24:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1247:
1236:
1233:
1231:
1230:Ashoka Chakra
1228:
1226:
1223:
1221:
1218:
1216:
1213:
1211:
1208:
1206:
1203:
1201:
1198:
1196:
1193:
1191:
1188:
1186:
1183:
1182:
1180:
1164:
1161:
1158:
1155:
1152:
1149:
1146:
1143:
1140:
1137:
1134:
1131:
1128:
1125:
1122:
1119:
1116:
1113:
1110:
1107:
1104:
1103:Jas Ram Singh
1101:
1100:
1098:
1094:
1087:
1084:
1081:
1078:
1075:
1072:
1069:
1068:Yuri Malyshev
1066:
1063:
1060:
1057:
1054:
1051:
1050:Rakesh Sharma
1048:
1045:
1044:Bhukant Misra
1042:
1039:
1036:
1033:
1030:
1027:
1026:Neerja Bhanot
1024:
1023:
1021:
1017:
1010:
1007:
1004:
1001:
998:
995:
992:
989:
986:
983:
980:
977:
974:
971:
968:
965:
962:
959:
956:
953:
950:
947:
944:
941:
938:
935:
932:
929:
926:
923:
920:
917:
914:
911:
908:
907:Triveni Singh
905:
902:
899:
896:
893:
890:
887:
884:
881:
878:
875:
872:
869:
866:
863:
860:
857:
854:
851:
848:
845:
842:
841:Tukaram Omble
839:
836:
833:
830:
827:
824:
821:
818:
815:
812:
809:
806:
803:
800:
797:
796:
794:
790:
783:
780:
777:
776:Navdeep Singh
774:
771:
768:
765:
762:
759:
756:
753:
750:
747:
744:
741:
738:
735:
732:
729:
726:
725:
723:
719:
714:
713:Ashoka Chakra
707:
702:
700:
695:
693:
688:
687:
684:
665:
661:
655:
644:
638:
627:
621:
605:
601:
595:
584:
578:
567:
561:
555:
551:
548:
543:
527:
523:
517:
501:
497:
493:
487:
481:
475:
459:
455:
454:
449:
442:
440:
431:
425:
421:
419:
410:
408:
403:
393:
390:
389:
381:
378:
376:
375:Ashoka Chakra
373:
372:
366:
364:
363:Ashoka Chakra
360:
356:
351:
349:
345:
341:
336:
334:
330:
325:
315:
313:
309:
305:
301:
297:
293:
289:
285:
281:
271:
269:
265:
264:Ashoka Chakra
260:
258:
257:Ashoka Chakra
254:
250:
247:
243:
239:
236:
228:
225:
221:
218:
214:
211:
209:
205:
202:
198:
193:
192:Ashoka Chakra
189:
185:
181:
178:
175:
171:
168:
164:
160:
156:
154:
150:
147:
143:
139:
135:
131:
127:
124:
120:
116:
110:
107:
102:
97:
93:
83:
79:
76:
72:
66:
62:
58:
54:
50:
45:
41:
37:
27:
22:
19:
1163:Sundar Singh
1139:Suhas Biswas
1096:1951 to 1970
1019:1971 to 1990
990:
865:Jojan Thomas
792:1991 to 2010
746:Hangpan Dada
721:2011 to 2030
668:. Retrieved
664:the original
654:
637:
620:
608:. Retrieved
603:
594:
577:
560:
542:
530:. Retrieved
526:the original
522:"New Page 1"
516:
504:. Retrieved
500:the original
495:
486:
474:
464:15 September
462:. Retrieved
458:the original
451:
415:
380:Kirti Chakra
352:
348:Kirti Chakra
338:In 1983, in
337:
321:
277:
268:Kirti Chakra
261:
248:
237:
233:
201:Kirti Chakra
173:Battles/wars
86:(1993-12-20)
18:
1200:1993 deaths
1185:1951 births
835:Ashok Kamte
670:15 February
610:15 November
532:15 February
496:Mathrubhumi
418:Indian Army
253:Indian Army
123:Indian Army
69:Ernakulam,
56:Nickname(s)
1179:Categories
1115:Purshottam
398:References
312:Wellington
288:Travancore
208:Alma mater
95:Allegiance
895:Chuni Lal
604:The Hindu
453:The Hindu
223:Relations
157:IC-25070K
132:1971–1993
728:Babu Ram
550:Archived
386:See also
359:Nagaland
112:Service/
90:Nagaland
31:N J Nair
340:Mizoram
235:Colonel
146:Colonel
26:Colonel
1165:(1956)
1159:(1955)
1153:(1952)
1147:(1952)
1141:(1952)
1135:(1958)
1129:(1962)
1123:(1962)
1117:(1965)
1111:(1967)
1105:(1969)
1088:(1972)
1082:(1974)
1076:(1981)
1070:(1984)
1064:(1984)
1058:(1985)
1052:(1985)
1046:(1985)
1040:(1985)
1034:(1985)
1028:(1987)
1011:(1992)
1005:(1991)
999:(1993)
993:(1994)
987:(1995)
981:(1995)
975:(1995)
969:(1996)
963:(1997)
957:(1997)
951:(2000)
945:(2001)
939:(2001)
933:(2002)
927:(2002)
921:(2002)
915:(2004)
909:(2004)
903:(2007)
897:(2007)
891:(2007)
885:(2008)
879:(2009)
873:(2009)
867:(2009)
861:(2009)
855:(2009)
849:(2009)
843:(2009)
837:(2009)
831:(2009)
825:(2009)
819:(2009)
813:(2010)
807:(2010)
801:(2010)
784:(2011)
778:(2012)
772:(2014)
766:(2014)
760:(2014)
754:(2016)
748:(2017)
742:(2018)
736:(2019)
730:(2021)
506:3 June
426:
333:Bhutan
329:IMTRAT
284:Kerala
282:, now
183:Awards
114:branch
75:Kerala
73:, now
646:(PDF)
629:(PDF)
586:(PDF)
569:(PDF)
672:2010
612:2018
534:2010
508:2020
466:2013
424:ISBN
304:Pune
162:Unit
137:Rank
81:Died
64:Born
331:in
310:in
165:16
1181::
602:.
494:.
450:.
438:^
406:^
314:.
302:,
290:,
259:.
246:KC
244:,
242:AC
240:,
59:NJ
40:KC
38:,
36:AC
705:e
698:t
691:v
674:.
614:.
536:.
510:.
468:.
432:.
420:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
