# Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair

> Colonel Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair, AC, KC (popularly known as "NJ") was a highly decorated officer of the Indian Army. 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 Ashoka Chakra.

*Ashoka Chakra and Kirti Chakra recipient*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Other
- **Country:** India
- **Born:** 1951-02-17
- **Died:** 1993
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.3 / 100
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- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neelakantan_Jayachandran_Nair)
- [نيلاكانتان چاياتشاندران ناير](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1)
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- [நீலகண்டன் ஜெயச்சந்திரன் நாயர்](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6986746)

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