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{{Short description|Ashoka Chakra and Kirti Chakra recipient}} | {{Short description|Ashoka Chakra and Kirti Chakra recipient}} | ||
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[[Colonel (India)|Colonel]] '''Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair''', [[Ashoka Chakra Award|AC]], [[Kirti Chakra|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 (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]].<ref name="Book">{{cite book |last=Reddy |first=Kittu|title=Bravest of the Brave (Heroes of [[Indian Army]]) |publisher=Ocean book Publisher|year=2007|pages=102–105|chapter=Chapter 6: Colonel Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair|isbn=81-87100-00-1}}</ref><ref name="TheHindu">{{cite news|title=Souvenir on war hero released |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/18/stories/2007021811950300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227032112/http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/18/stories/2007021811950300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 December 2011|author=Staff Reporter|location=Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram|date=18 February 2007|work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=15 September | [[Colonel (India)|Colonel]] '''Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair''', [[Ashoka Chakra Award|AC]], [[Kirti Chakra|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 (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]].<ref name="Book">{{cite book |last=Reddy |first=Kittu|title=Bravest of the Brave (Heroes of [[Indian Army]]) |publisher=Ocean book Publisher|year=2007|pages=102–105|chapter=Chapter 6: Colonel Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair|isbn=81-87100-00-1}}</ref><ref name="TheHindu">{{cite news|title=Souvenir on war hero released |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/18/stories/2007021811950300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227032112/http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/18/stories/2007021811950300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 December 2011|author=Staff Reporter|location=Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram|date=18 February 2007|work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=15 September 2013}}</ref><ref>Superhero Comic book on NC Nair http://www.indianexpress.com/news/remembering-super-men/499540/0</ref> | ||
Technically Nair is the most decorated officer of the Indian Army, as the only serviceman to have been awarded both the highest ([[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]]) and second highest ([[Kirti Chakra]]) awards for gallantry. | Technically Nair is the most decorated officer of the Indian Army, as the only serviceman to have been awarded both the highest ([[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]]) and second highest ([[Kirti Chakra]]) awards for gallantry. | ||