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Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair

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Ashoka Chakra and Kirti Chakra recipient

IndiaLived 1951 to 1993 · aged 42
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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.

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1994Ashoka Chakra
1984Kirti Chakra

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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.

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Lived 1951 to 1993 · aged 42
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