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	==Military career==		==Military career==
	Air Marshal Cariappa was a squadron leader with No. 20 Squadron during the [[Indo-Pakistan War of 1965]].<ref name="Bharat Rakshak (Indian Army)">{{cite web\|title=My Reminiscences As A Prisoner Of War\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Cariappa.html\|website=Bharat Rakshak\|publisher=Indian Army\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223141945/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Cariappa.html\|archive-date=23 February 2014\|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was shot down while carrying out air attacks during the 1965 war with Pakistan and was taken prisoner. [[President Ayub Khan]], a former colleague of General Cariappa before the 1947 Partition, offered to release his son.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Dixit\|first1=J. N.\|title=India-Pakistan in War and Peace\|date=2 September 2003\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=9781134407583\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdWCAgAAQBAJ&dq=air+marshal+cariappa&pg=PA160\|accessdate=29 August ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Dutt\|first1=Sanjay\|title=War and Peace in Kargil Sector\|date=1 January 2000\|publisher=APH Publishing\|page=199\|isbn=9788176481519\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XlHplc3pr1IC&dq=air+marshal+cariappa&pg=PA199\|accessdate=29 August ~~2022~~}}</ref> But the General's terse reply was: "The POWs are all my sons, look after them well."<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news\|last1=Mehta\|first1=Prof. K. C.\|title=Trust our Generals, they are patriots\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/trust-our-generals-they-are-patriots/article3436815.ece\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|agency=The Hindu\|work=The Hindu\|date=14 June ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Air Marshal Cariappa was a squadron leader with No. 20 Squadron during the [[Indo-Pakistan War of 1965]].<ref name="Bharat Rakshak (Indian Army)">{{cite web\|title=My Reminiscences As A Prisoner Of War\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Cariappa.html\|website=Bharat Rakshak\|publisher=Indian Army\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223141945/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Cariappa.html\|archive-date=23 February 2014\|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was shot down while carrying out air attacks during the 1965 war with Pakistan and was taken prisoner. [[President Ayub Khan]], a former colleague of General Cariappa before the 1947 Partition, offered to release his son.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Dixit\|first1=J. N.\|title=India-Pakistan in War and Peace\|date=2 September 2003\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=9781134407583\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdWCAgAAQBAJ&dq=air+marshal+cariappa&pg=PA160\|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Dutt\|first1=Sanjay\|title=War and Peace in Kargil Sector\|date=1 January 2000\|publisher=APH Publishing\|page=199\|isbn=9788176481519\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XlHplc3pr1IC&dq=air+marshal+cariappa&pg=PA199\|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref> But the General's terse reply was: "The POWs are all my sons, look after them well."<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news\|last1=Mehta\|first1=Prof. K. C.\|title=Trust our Generals, they are patriots\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/trust-our-generals-they-are-patriots/article3436815.ece\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|agency=The Hindu\|work=The Hindu\|date=14 June 2012}}</ref>

	After repatriation K C Cariappa went on to helicopters for a short while, commanding [[No. 111 Helicopter Unit, IAF\|No.111 Helicopter Unit]] at Hasimara during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971\|1971 War]]. He would later command [[No. 8 Squadron IAF\|No.8 Squadron]] in the mid 70s at [[Pune]].<ref name="Bharat Rakshak (Indian Army)" /> He wrote a biography on his father, Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa in 2007.<ref name="The Hindu" /><ref name="Amazon">{{cite book\|title=Field Marshal K M Cariappa\|isbn=978-8189738266\|last1=Cariappa\|first1=K. C.\|year=~~2022~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Cariappa\|first1=K C\|title=Field Marshal K M Cariappa\|date=2007\|publisher=[[Niyogi books]]\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=9788189738266\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4NuAAAAMAAJ&q=Cariappa\|accessdate=29 August ~~2022~~}}</ref> He presently lives in his deceased father's house Roshanara in [[Madikeri]].<ref name="TNN">{{cite news\|last1=Rajendra\|first1=G\|title=Preserving a home full of memories\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Preserving-a-home-full-of-memories/articleshow/11076594.cms\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|agency=TNN\|publisher=Times of India}}</ref> He takes an active part in forest and wildlife conservation measures.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Tony\|title=CEC ASKS SUPREME COURT FOR STERN ACTION AGAINST BOPAIAH, APPACHU, MEDAPPA & OTHERS\|url=http://www.coorg.com/cec-asks-supreme-court-for-stern-action-against-bopaiah-appachu-medappa-others/\|website=Coorg.com\|publisher=Coorg.com\|accessdate=29 August ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Forest Dept to Lokayukta: We have "lost" Sudarshan's Rap Sheet\|url=http://www.coorg.com/forest-dept-to-lokayukta-we-have-lost-sudarshans-rap-sheet/\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|agency=Coorg.com\|publisher=Coorg.com}}</ref>		After repatriation K C Cariappa went on to helicopters for a short while, commanding [[No. 111 Helicopter Unit, IAF\|No.111 Helicopter Unit]] at Hasimara during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971\|1971 War]]. He would later command [[No. 8 Squadron IAF\|No.8 Squadron]] in the mid 70s at [[Pune]].<ref name="Bharat Rakshak (Indian Army)" /> He wrote a biography on his father, Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa in 2007.<ref name="The Hindu" /><ref name="Amazon">{{cite book\|title=Field Marshal K M Cariappa\|isbn=978-8189738266\|last1=Cariappa\|first1=K. C.\|year=2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Cariappa\|first1=K C\|title=Field Marshal K M Cariappa\|date=2007\|publisher=[[Niyogi books]]\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=9788189738266\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4NuAAAAMAAJ&q=Cariappa\|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref> He presently lives in his deceased father's house Roshanara in [[Madikeri]].<ref name="TNN">{{cite news\|last1=Rajendra\|first1=G\|title=Preserving a home full of memories\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Preserving-a-home-full-of-memories/articleshow/11076594.cms\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|agency=TNN\|publisher=Times of India}}</ref> He takes an active part in forest and wildlife conservation measures.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Tony\|title=CEC ASKS SUPREME COURT FOR STERN ACTION AGAINST BOPAIAH, APPACHU, MEDAPPA & OTHERS\|url=http://www.coorg.com/cec-asks-supreme-court-for-stern-action-against-bopaiah-appachu-medappa-others/\|website=Coorg.com\|publisher=Coorg.com\|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Forest Dept to Lokayukta: We have "lost" Sudarshan's Rap Sheet\|url=http://www.coorg.com/forest-dept-to-lokayukta-we-have-lost-sudarshans-rap-sheet/\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|agency=Coorg.com\|publisher=Coorg.com}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	{{Short description\|Indian Air Marshal}}		{{Short description\|Indian Air Marshal}}
	{{for\|the ~~Indian~~ cricketer\|KC Cariappa (cricketer)}}		{{for\|the cricketer\|K. C. Cariappa (cricketer)}}
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	{{Infobox military person		{{Infobox military person
	\| honorific_prefix = [[Air Marshal (India)\|Air Marshal]]		\| honorific_prefix = [[Air Marshal (India)\|Air Marshal]]
	\| name = K. C. Cariappa		\| name = K. C. Cariappa
	\| honorific_suffix = [[PVSM]], [[Vayusena Medal\|VM]]		\| honorific_suffix = [[PVSM]], [[Vayusena Medal\|VM]]
	\| image =		\| image =
	\| caption =		\| caption = As Air Marshal in 1996{{deletable image-caption\|Saturday, 30 July 2022\|F7}}
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1938\|01\|14\|df=yes}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1938\|01\|14\|df=yes}}
	\| death_date =		\| death_date =
	\| birth_place = [[Coorg Province]], [[British India]]<br>(present day [[Kodagu ~~district\|Kodagu]]~~, [[Karnataka]], India		\| birth_place = [[Coorg]], [[Coorg Province]], [[British India]]<br>(present day [[Kodagu, Karnataka]], India)
	\| death_place =		\| death_place =
	\| placeofburial =		\| placeofburial =
	\| nickname = Nanda		\| nickname = Nanda
	\| allegiance = ~~{{flag\|~~India~~\|23px}}~~		\| allegiance = India
	\| branch = ~~{{air force\|India\|23px}}~~		\| branch = [[Indian Air Force]]
	\| serviceyears = ~~1951~~ {{endash}} ~~1986~~		\| serviceyears = 1956 {{endash}} 1996
	\| rank = ~~[[File:India-AirForce-OF-8-collected.svg\|40px]]~~ [[Air Marshal (India)\|Air Marshal]]		\| rank = [[Air Marshal (India)\|Air Marshal]]
	\| unit =		\| unit =
	\| commands = [[No. 8 Squadron IAF\|No. 8 Squadron]]<br/>[[No. 111 Helicopter Unit, IAF\|No. 111 Helicopter Unit]]		\| commands = [[No. 8 Squadron IAF\|No. 8 Squadron]]<br/>[[No. 111 Helicopter Unit, IAF\|No. 111 Helicopter Unit]]
	\| battles = [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]		\| battles = [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]
	\| awards = ~~[[File:Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg\|20 px]]~~[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]<br>~~[[File:Vayusena Medal ribbon.svg\|20px]]~~[[Vayu Sena Medal]]		\| awards = [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]<br>[[Vayu Sena Medal]]
	\| relations = Field Marshal [[K. M. Cariappa]] (~~Father~~)		\| relations = Field Marshal [[K. M. Cariappa]] (father)
	\| laterwork =		\| laterwork =
	}}		}}

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	==Military career==		==Military career==
	Air Marshal Cariappa was a squadron leader with No. 20 Squadron during the [[Indo-Pakistan War of 1965]].<ref name="Bharat Rakshak (Indian Army)">{{cite web\|title=My Reminiscences As A Prisoner Of War\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Cariappa.html\|website=Bharat Rakshak\|publisher=Indian Army\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223141945/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Cariappa.html\|archive-date=23 February 2014\|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was shot down while carrying out air attacks during the 1965 war with Pakistan and was taken prisoner. [[President Ayub Khan]], a former colleague of General Cariappa before the 1947 Partition, offered to release his son.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Dixit\|first1=J. N.\|title=India-Pakistan in War and Peace\|date=2 September 2003\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=9781134407583\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdWCAgAAQBAJ&dq=air+marshal+cariappa&pg=PA160\|accessdate=29 August ~~2014~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Dutt\|first1=Sanjay\|title=War and Peace in Kargil Sector\|date=1 January 2000\|publisher=APH Publishing\|page=199\|isbn=9788176481519\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XlHplc3pr1IC&dq=air+marshal+cariappa&pg=PA199\|accessdate=29 August ~~2014~~}}</ref> But the General's terse reply was: "The POWs are all my sons, look after them well."<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news\|last1=Mehta\|first1=Prof. K. C.\|title=Trust our Generals, they are patriots\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/trust-our-generals-they-are-patriots/article3436815.ece\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|agency=The Hindu\|work=The Hindu\|date=14 June ~~2012~~}}</ref>		Air Marshal Cariappa was a squadron leader with No. 20 Squadron during the [[Indo-Pakistan War of 1965]].<ref name="Bharat Rakshak (Indian Army)">{{cite web\|title=My Reminiscences As A Prisoner Of War\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Cariappa.html\|website=Bharat Rakshak\|publisher=Indian Army\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223141945/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Cariappa.html\|archive-date=23 February 2014\|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was shot down while carrying out air attacks during the 1965 war with Pakistan and was taken prisoner. [[President Ayub Khan]], a former colleague of General Cariappa before the 1947 Partition, offered to release his son.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Dixit\|first1=J. N.\|title=India-Pakistan in War and Peace\|date=2 September 2003\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=9781134407583\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdWCAgAAQBAJ&dq=air+marshal+cariappa&pg=PA160\|accessdate=29 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Dutt\|first1=Sanjay\|title=War and Peace in Kargil Sector\|date=1 January 2000\|publisher=APH Publishing\|page=199\|isbn=9788176481519\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XlHplc3pr1IC&dq=air+marshal+cariappa&pg=PA199\|accessdate=29 August 2022}}</ref> But the General's terse reply was: "The POWs are all my sons, look after them well."<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news\|last1=Mehta\|first1=Prof. K. C.\|title=Trust our Generals, they are patriots\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/trust-our-generals-they-are-patriots/article3436815.ece\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|agency=The Hindu\|work=The Hindu\|date=14 June 2022}}</ref>

	After repatriation K C Cariappa went on to helicopters for a short while, commanding [[No. 111 Helicopter Unit, IAF\|No.111 Helicopter Unit]] at Hasimara during the 1971 War. He would later command [[No. 8 Squadron IAF\|No.8 Squadron]] in the mid 70s at [[Pune]].<ref name="Bharat Rakshak (Indian Army)" /> He wrote a biography on his father, Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa in 2007.<ref name="The Hindu" /><ref name="Amazon">{{cite book\|title=Field Marshal K M Cariappa\|isbn=978-8189738266\|last1=Cariappa\|first1=K. C.\|year=~~2007~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Cariappa\|first1=K C\|title=Field Marshal K M Cariappa\|date=2007\|publisher=Niyogi books\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=9788189738266\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4NuAAAAMAAJ&q=Cariappa\|accessdate=29 August ~~2014~~}}</ref> He presently lives in his deceased father's house Roshanara in [[Madikeri]].<ref name="TNN">{{cite news\|last1=Rajendra\|first1=G\|title=Preserving a home full of memories\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Preserving-a-home-full-of-memories/articleshow/11076594.cms\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|agency=TNN\|publisher=Times of India}}</ref> He takes an active part in forest and wildlife conservation measures.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Tony\|title=CEC ASKS SUPREME COURT FOR STERN ACTION AGAINST BOPAIAH, APPACHU, MEDAPPA & OTHERS\|url=http://www.coorg.com/cec-asks-supreme-court-for-stern-action-against-bopaiah-appachu-medappa-others/\|website=Coorg.com\|publisher=Coorg.com\|accessdate=29 August ~~2014~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Forest Dept to Lokayukta: We have "lost" Sudarshan's Rap Sheet\|url=http://www.coorg.com/forest-dept-to-lokayukta-we-have-lost-sudarshans-rap-sheet/\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|agency=Coorg.com\|publisher=Coorg.com}}</ref>		After repatriation K C Cariappa went on to helicopters for a short while, commanding [[No. 111 Helicopter Unit, IAF\|No.111 Helicopter Unit]] at Hasimara during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971\|1971 War]]. He would later command [[No. 8 Squadron IAF\|No.8 Squadron]] in the mid 70s at [[Pune]].<ref name="Bharat Rakshak (Indian Army)" /> He wrote a biography on his father, Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa in 2007.<ref name="The Hindu" /><ref name="Amazon">{{cite book\|title=Field Marshal K M Cariappa\|isbn=978-8189738266\|last1=Cariappa\|first1=K. C.\|year=2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Cariappa\|first1=K C\|title=Field Marshal K M Cariappa\|date=2007\|publisher=[[Niyogi books]]\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=9788189738266\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4NuAAAAMAAJ&q=Cariappa\|accessdate=29 August 2022}}</ref> He presently lives in his deceased father's house Roshanara in [[Madikeri]].<ref name="TNN">{{cite news\|last1=Rajendra\|first1=G\|title=Preserving a home full of memories\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Preserving-a-home-full-of-memories/articleshow/11076594.cms\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|agency=TNN\|publisher=Times of India}}</ref> He takes an active part in forest and wildlife conservation measures.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Tony\|title=CEC ASKS SUPREME COURT FOR STERN ACTION AGAINST BOPAIAH, APPACHU, MEDAPPA & OTHERS\|url=http://www.coorg.com/cec-asks-supreme-court-for-stern-action-against-bopaiah-appachu-medappa-others/\|website=Coorg.com\|publisher=Coorg.com\|accessdate=29 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Forest Dept to Lokayukta: We have "lost" Sudarshan's Rap Sheet\|url=http://www.coorg.com/forest-dept-to-lokayukta-we-have-lost-sudarshans-rap-sheet/\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|agency=Coorg.com\|publisher=Coorg.com}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	\| death_date =		\| death_date =
	\| birth_place = [[Coorg Province]], [[British India]]<br>(present day [[Kodagu district\|Kodagu]], [[Karnataka]], India		\| birth_place = [[Coorg Province]], [[British India]]<br>(present day [[Kodagu district\|Kodagu]], [[Karnataka]], India
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	==Military career==		==Military career==
	Air Marshal Cariappa was a squadron leader with No. 20 Squadron during the [[Indo-Pakistan War of 1965]].<ref name="Bharat Rakshak (Indian Army)">{{cite web\|title=My Reminiscences As A Prisoner Of War\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Cariappa.html\|website=Bharat Rakshak\|publisher=Indian Army\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223141945/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Cariappa.html\|archive-date=23 February 2014\|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was shot down while carrying out air attacks during the 1965 war with Pakistan and was taken prisoner. [[President Ayub Khan]], a former colleague of General Cariappa before the 1947 Partition, offered to release his son.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Dixit\|first1=J. N.\|title=India-Pakistan in War and Peace\|date=2 September 2003\|publisher=Routledge\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdWCAgAAQBAJ~~&pg=PA160~~&dq=air+marshal+cariappa&hl=~~en&sa=X&ei=K5MAVOTEOsWxuAT3r4G4DA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=air%20marshal%20cariappa&f=false~~\|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Dutt\|first1=Sanjay\|title=War and Peace in Kargil Sector\|date=1 January 2000\|publisher=APH Publishing\|page=199\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XlHplc3pr1IC~~&pg=PA199~~&dq=air+marshal+cariappa&hl=~~en&sa=X&ei=K5MAVOTEOsWxuAT3r4G4DA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=air%20marshal%20cariappa&f=false~~\|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref> But the General's terse reply was: "The POWs are all my sons, look after them well."<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news\|last1=Mehta\|first1=Prof. K. C.\|title=Trust our Generals, they are patriots\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/trust-our-generals-they-are-patriots/article3436815.ece\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|agency=The Hindu\|~~publisher~~=The Hindu\|date=14 June 2012}}</ref>		Air Marshal Cariappa was a squadron leader with No. 20 Squadron during the [[Indo-Pakistan War of 1965]].<ref name="Bharat Rakshak (Indian Army)">{{cite web\|title=My Reminiscences As A Prisoner Of War\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Cariappa.html\|website=Bharat Rakshak\|publisher=Indian Army\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223141945/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Cariappa.html\|archive-date=23 February 2014\|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was shot down while carrying out air attacks during the 1965 war with Pakistan and was taken prisoner. [[President Ayub Khan]], a former colleague of General Cariappa before the 1947 Partition, offered to release his son.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Dixit\|first1=J. N.\|title=India-Pakistan in War and Peace\|date=2 September 2003\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=9781134407583\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdWCAgAAQBAJ&dq=air+marshal+cariappa&pg=PA160\|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Dutt\|first1=Sanjay\|title=War and Peace in Kargil Sector\|date=1 January 2000\|publisher=APH Publishing\|page=199\|isbn=9788176481519\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XlHplc3pr1IC&dq=air+marshal+cariappa&pg=PA199\|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref> But the General's terse reply was: "The POWs are all my sons, look after them well."<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news\|last1=Mehta\|first1=Prof. K. C.\|title=Trust our Generals, they are patriots\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/trust-our-generals-they-are-patriots/article3436815.ece\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|agency=The Hindu\|work=The Hindu\|date=14 June 2012}}</ref>

	After repatriation K C Cariappa went on to helicopters for a short while, commanding [[No. 111 Helicopter Unit, IAF\|No.111 Helicopter Unit]] at Hasimara during the 1971 War. He would later command [[No. 8 Squadron IAF\|No.8 Squadron]] in the mid 70s at [[Pune]].<ref name="Bharat Rakshak (Indian Army)" /> He wrote a biography on his father, Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa in 2007.<ref name="The Hindu" /><ref name="Amazon">{{cite ~~web~~\|title=Field Marshal K M Cariappa\|~~url~~=~~https://www.amazon.com/Field-Marshal-KM~~-~~Cariappa-Air/dp/8189738267~~\|~~website~~=~~Amazon~~\|~~publisher~~=~~Amazon~~\|~~accessdate~~=~~29 August 2014~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Cariappa\|first1=K C\|title=Field Marshal K M Cariappa\|date=2007\|publisher=Niyogi books\|location=New Delhi\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4NuAAAAMAAJ&dq=Cariappa~~&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JJYAVOvcFpONuATWw4C4BA&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBg~~\|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref> He presently lives in his deceased father's house Roshanara in [[Madikeri]].<ref name="TNN">{{cite news\|last1=Rajendra\|first1=G\|title=Preserving a home full of memories\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Preserving-a-home-full-of-memories/articleshow/11076594.cms\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|agency=TNN\|publisher=Times of India}}</ref> He takes an active part in forest and wildlife conservation measures.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Tony\|title=CEC ASKS SUPREME COURT FOR STERN ACTION AGAINST BOPAIAH, APPACHU, MEDAPPA & OTHERS\|url=http://www.coorg.com/cec-asks-supreme-court-for-stern-action-against-bopaiah-appachu-medappa-others/\|website=Coorg.com\|publisher=Coorg.com\|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Forest Dept to Lokayukta: We have "lost" ~~Sudarshan’s~~ Rap Sheet\|url=http://www.coorg.com/forest-dept-to-lokayukta-we-have-lost-sudarshans-rap-sheet/\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|agency=Coorg.com\|publisher=Coorg.com}}</ref>		After repatriation K C Cariappa went on to helicopters for a short while, commanding [[No. 111 Helicopter Unit, IAF\|No.111 Helicopter Unit]] at Hasimara during the 1971 War. He would later command [[No. 8 Squadron IAF\|No.8 Squadron]] in the mid 70s at [[Pune]].<ref name="Bharat Rakshak (Indian Army)" /> He wrote a biography on his father, Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa in 2007.<ref name="The Hindu" /><ref name="Amazon">{{cite book\|title=Field Marshal K M Cariappa\|isbn=978-8189738266\|last1=Cariappa\|first1=K. C.\|year=2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Cariappa\|first1=K C\|title=Field Marshal K M Cariappa\|date=2007\|publisher=Niyogi books\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=9788189738266\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4NuAAAAMAAJ&q=Cariappa\|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref> He presently lives in his deceased father's house Roshanara in [[Madikeri]].<ref name="TNN">{{cite news\|last1=Rajendra\|first1=G\|title=Preserving a home full of memories\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Preserving-a-home-full-of-memories/articleshow/11076594.cms\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|agency=TNN\|publisher=Times of India}}</ref> He takes an active part in forest and wildlife conservation measures.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Tony\|title=CEC ASKS SUPREME COURT FOR STERN ACTION AGAINST BOPAIAH, APPACHU, MEDAPPA & OTHERS\|url=http://www.coorg.com/cec-asks-supreme-court-for-stern-action-against-bopaiah-appachu-medappa-others/\|website=Coorg.com\|publisher=Coorg.com\|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Forest Dept to Lokayukta: We have "lost" Sudarshan's Rap Sheet\|url=http://www.coorg.com/forest-dept-to-lokayukta-we-have-lost-sudarshans-rap-sheet/\|accessdate=29 August 2014\|agency=Coorg.com\|publisher=Coorg.com}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]]
| name = K. C. Cariappa
| honorific_suffix = [[PVSM]], [[Vayusena Medal|VM]]
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1938|01|04|df=yes}}
| death_date =
| birth_place = [[Coorg Province]], [[British India]]<br>(present day [[Kodagu district|Kodagu]], [[Karnataka]], India
| death_place =
| placeofburial =
| nickname = Nanda
| allegiance = {{flag|India|23px}}
| branch = {{air force|India|23px}}
| serviceyears = 1951 {{endash}} 1986
| rank = [[File:India-AirForce-OF-8-collected.svg|40px]] [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]]
| unit =
| commands = [[No. 8 Squadron IAF|No. 8 Squadron]]<br/>[[No. 111 Helicopter Unit, IAF|No. 111 Helicopter Unit]]
| battles = [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]
| awards = [[File:Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|20 px]][[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]<br>[[File:Vayusena Medal ribbon.svg|20px]][[Vayu Sena Medal]]
| relations = Field Marshal [[K. M. Cariappa]] (Father)
| laterwork =
}}

[[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] '''K. C. 'Nanda' Cariappa''' is a former [[Air Officer]] in the [[Indian Air Force]]. He is the son of [[Field Marshal (India)|Field Marshal]] [[K. M. Cariappa]], who was the first Commander-in-Chief of the [[Indian Army]] post independence.

==Military career==
Air Marshal Cariappa was a squadron leader with No. 20 Squadron during the [[Indo-Pakistan War of 1965]].<ref name="Bharat Rakshak (Indian Army)">{{cite web|title=My Reminiscences As A Prisoner Of War|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Cariappa.html|website=Bharat Rakshak|publisher=Indian Army|accessdate=29 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223141945/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Cariappa.html|archive-date=23 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was shot down while carrying out air attacks during the 1965 war with Pakistan and was taken prisoner. [[President Ayub Khan]], a former colleague of General Cariappa before the 1947 Partition, offered to release his son.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dixit|first1=J. N.|title=India-Pakistan in War and Peace|date=2 September 2003|publisher=Routledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdWCAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA160&dq=air+marshal+cariappa&hl=en&sa=X&ei=K5MAVOTEOsWxuAT3r4G4DA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=air%20marshal%20cariappa&f=false|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Dutt|first1=Sanjay|title=War and Peace in Kargil Sector|date=1 January 2000|publisher=APH Publishing|page=199|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XlHplc3pr1IC&pg=PA199&dq=air+marshal+cariappa&hl=en&sa=X&ei=K5MAVOTEOsWxuAT3r4G4DA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=air%20marshal%20cariappa&f=false|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref> But the General's terse reply was: "The POWs are all my sons, look after them well."<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news|last1=Mehta|first1=Prof. K. C.|title=Trust our Generals, they are patriots|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/trust-our-generals-they-are-patriots/article3436815.ece|accessdate=29 August 2014|agency=The Hindu|publisher=The Hindu|date=14 June 2012}}</ref>

After repatriation K C Cariappa went on to helicopters for a short while, commanding [[No. 111 Helicopter Unit, IAF|No.111 Helicopter Unit]] at Hasimara during the 1971 War. He would later command [[No. 8 Squadron IAF|No.8 Squadron]] in the mid 70s at [[Pune]].<ref name="Bharat Rakshak (Indian Army)" /> He wrote a biography on his father, Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa in 2007.<ref name="The Hindu" /><ref name="Amazon">{{cite web|title=Field Marshal K M Cariappa|url=https://www.amazon.com/Field-Marshal-KM-Cariappa-Air/dp/8189738267|website=Amazon|publisher=Amazon|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Cariappa|first1=K C|title=Field Marshal K M Cariappa|date=2007|publisher=Niyogi books|location=New Delhi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4NuAAAAMAAJ&dq=Cariappa&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JJYAVOvcFpONuATWw4C4BA&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBg|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref> He presently lives in his deceased father's house Roshanara in [[Madikeri]].<ref name="TNN">{{cite news|last1=Rajendra|first1=G|title=Preserving a home full of memories|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Preserving-a-home-full-of-memories/articleshow/11076594.cms|accessdate=29 August 2014|agency=TNN|publisher=Times of India}}</ref> He takes an active part in forest and wildlife conservation measures.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Tony|title=CEC ASKS SUPREME COURT FOR STERN ACTION AGAINST BOPAIAH, APPACHU, MEDAPPA & OTHERS|url=http://www.coorg.com/cec-asks-supreme-court-for-stern-action-against-bopaiah-appachu-medappa-others/|website=Coorg.com|publisher=Coorg.com|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Forest Dept to Lokayukta: We have "lost" Sudarshan’s Rap Sheet|url=http://www.coorg.com/forest-dept-to-lokayukta-we-have-lost-sudarshans-rap-sheet/|accessdate=29 August 2014|agency=Coorg.com|publisher=Coorg.com}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[K. M. Cariappa]]

==Bibliography==
* Field Marshal KM Cariappa, a biography<ref name="Amazon"/>

==References==
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