Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair Military person

Colonel Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair (popularly known as "NJ" ) was one of the outstanding and decorated officers of the Indian Army. Nair commissioned into 16 Maratha Light Infantry on 18 June 1971. In 1993, 16 Maratha Light Infantry was deployed in Nagaland. 20 Dec 1993 while heading an advance party of the battalion, his convoy was ambushed by Naga rebels. Col NJ Nair displayed indomitable courage in leading the attack personally to break the ambush and sacrificed his life defending his men. For this supreme act of valour, he was conferred the 'Ashoka Chakra'.

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Birth dateJanuary 01, 1951
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1993
Place of death
Nagaland

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allegianceIndia
award
Kirti Chakra
Ashoka Chakra
military branch
Indian Army
service start1971

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