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{{for|the Indian cricketer|KC Cariappa (cricketer)}}
{{Short description|Indian Air Marshal}}
{{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         =  
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| caption         = As Air Marshal in 1996{{deletable image-caption|Saturday, 30 July 2022|F7}}
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1938|01|04|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|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 [[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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K. C. Cariappa

Nickname(s)Nanda
Born (1938-01-14) 14 January 1938 (age 88)
Coorg, Coorg Province, British India
(present day Kodagu, Karnataka, India)
AllegianceIndia
Service/branchIndian Air Force
Years of service1956 – 1996
RankAir Marshal
Commands heldNo. 8 Squadron
No. 111 Helicopter Unit
Battles/warsIndo-Pakistani War of 1965
AwardsParam Vishisht Seva Medal
Vayu Sena Medal
RelationsField Marshal K. M. Cariappa (father)

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

Military career[edit | edit source]

Air Marshal Cariappa was a squadron leader with No. 20 Squadron during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965.[1] 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.[2][3] But the General's terse reply was: "The POWs are all my sons, look after them well."[4]

After repatriation K C Cariappa went on to helicopters for a short while, commanding No.111 Helicopter Unit at Hasimara during the 1971 War. He would later command No.8 Squadron in the mid 70s at Pune.[1] He wrote a biography on his father, Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa in 2007.[4][5][6] He presently lives in his deceased father's house Roshanara in Madikeri.[7] He takes an active part in forest and wildlife conservation measures.[8][9]

See also[edit | edit source]

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • Field Marshal KM Cariappa, a biography[5]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "My Reminiscences As A Prisoner Of War". Bharat Rakshak. Indian Army. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  2. Dixit, J. N. (2 September 2003). India-Pakistan in War and Peace. Routledge. ISBN 9781134407583. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  3. Dutt, Sanjay (1 January 2000). War and Peace in Kargil Sector. APH Publishing. p. 199. ISBN 9788176481519. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Mehta, Prof. K. C. (14 June 2012). "Trust our Generals, they are patriots". The Hindu. The Hindu. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Cariappa, K. C. (2007). Field Marshal K M Cariappa. ISBN 978-8189738266.
  6. Cariappa, K C (2007). Field Marshal K M Cariappa. New Delhi: Niyogi books. ISBN 9788189738266. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  7. Rajendra, G. "Preserving a home full of memories". Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  8. Tony. "CEC ASKS SUPREME COURT FOR STERN ACTION AGAINST BOPAIAH, APPACHU, MEDAPPA & OTHERS". Coorg.com. Coorg.com. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  9. "Forest Dept to Lokayukta: We have "lost" Sudarshan's Rap Sheet". Coorg.com. Coorg.com. Retrieved 29 August 2014.