List of gallantry and military service award winners from the Nair community
Nairs are a martial race native to Kerala, India.
List of Nairs who have won Gallantry awards in IAF
Rank |
Name |
Medal |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|
Air Mshl |
Erasseri Pathayapurayil Radhakrishnan Nair AVSM VSM |
PVSM |
1984 |
Air Mshl |
Krishnan Narayan Nair AVSM |
PVSM |
1998 |
Air Mshl |
Narayan Menon UYSM AVSM |
PVSM |
2004 |
AVM |
Narayanan Krishnan Nair VSM |
PVSM |
1985 |
AVM |
Krishnan Narayan Nair |
AVSM |
1995 |
AVM |
Narayan Menon AVSM |
UYSM |
1999 |
Air Cdre |
Erasseri Pathayapurayil Radhakrishnan Nair VSM |
AVSM |
1978 |
Air Cdre |
Narayan Menon |
AVSM |
1998 |
Air Cdre |
Kesava Kurup Vijay Kumar |
VSM |
2006 |
Air Cdre |
Karunakaran Nair Velayudhan Nair |
VSM |
2007 |
Gp Capt |
Sivaraman Krishnan Nair |
AVSM |
1972 |
Gp Capt |
Koyithodyil Ravindran Nair |
AVSM |
1973 |
Gp Capt |
Krishna Narayan Pillai |
AVSM |
1980 |
Gp Capt |
Krishna Balakrishna Menon |
VSM |
1993 |
Gp Capt |
SP Radhakrishnan Nair |
VM |
2005 |
Gp Capt |
KP Unni Krishnan Nair |
VM |
2009 |
Gp Capt |
Odunghat Eashwardas Mohan Menon |
VSM |
2009 |
Wg Cdr |
Nedyam Bhaskar Menon |
Vr C |
1950 |
Wg Cdr |
Nedyam Bhaskar Menon |
KC |
1958 |
Wg Cdr |
KG Pillai |
VSM |
1967 |
Wg Cdr |
Erasseri Pathayapurayil Radhakrishnan Nair |
VSM |
1969 |
Wg Cdr |
Narayanan Krishnan Nair |
VSM |
1970 |
Wg Cdr |
Sasidharan Nair |
VSM |
1971 |
Wg Cdr |
Vasudevan Vatsalan Nair |
VSM |
1985 |
Wg Cdr |
Narayanan Krishnan Nair |
VM |
1985 |
Wg Cdr |
Krishna Balakrishna Menon |
VM |
1986 |
Wg Cdr |
Balakrishna Menon |
VM |
1988 |
Wg Cdr |
U Nair |
VSM |
1989 |
Wg Cdr |
Govindan Ajit Kumar Nair |
VM |
1998 |
Wg Cdr |
SP Radhakrishnan Nair |
M-In-D |
1999 |
Wg Cdr |
Raghunath Nambiar |
B-VSM |
2003 |
Wg Cdr |
BS Krishna Kumar |
KC |
2005 |
Wg Cdr |
S Hari Krishnan Nair |
VM |
2005 |
Sqn Ldr |
Chittilemcherry Pathiyal Karunakaran Menon |
M-in-D |
1966 |
Sqn Ldr |
Chittilemcherry Pathiyal Karunakaran Menon |
VSM |
1968 |
Sqn Ldr |
PD Menon |
VSM |
1980 |
Sqn Ldr |
KNG Nair |
VM (G) |
1991 |
Flt Lt |
Chandra Krishna Kumar Menon |
Vr C |
1966 |
Flt Lt |
Vappale Ramchandran Nair |
M-in-D |
1972 |
Flt Lt |
Manayanthara Kunjanpillai Raghava Menon |
VSM |
1972 |
Flt Lt |
Gopalakrishnan Nair |
VSM |
1973 |
Flt Lt |
Ranjith Velayudhan Nair |
M-in-D |
1999 |
MWO |
KC Nair |
VSM |
1972 |
MWO |
Kannath Govindan Nair |
M-in-D |
1972 |
MWO |
AER Menon |
VSM |
1974 |
MWO |
PKP Menon VM |
VM |
1981 |
MWO |
KN Nair |
VM |
1982 |
WO |
Bhaskaran Nair |
VSM |
1966 |
WO |
Kaniyath Raghava Menon |
VM |
1969 |
WO |
Karale Navalur Ramachandran Nair |
M-in-D |
1972 |
WO |
EN Nair |
VSM |
1975 |
WO |
Thondli Kavil Narayan Nair |
M-in-D |
1972 |
WO |
Madhavan Pillai Sukumaran Nair |
M-in-D |
1972 |
WO |
Mangal Krishnankutty Nair |
M-in-D |
1972 |
WO |
G Nair |
VSM |
2000 |
JWO |
VPG Nair |
VSM |
1987 |
JWO |
RK Nair |
VSM |
1988 |
Sgt |
Sankaran Kutty Nair |
SC |
1977 |
Cpl |
NK Nair |
M-in-D |
1951 |
Cpl |
Menonparambil Narayanan Nair |
M-in-D |
1966 |
Cpl |
Sivasankaran Nair |
M-in-D |
1972 |
LAC |
BR Nair |
M-in-D |
1951 |
LAC |
MP Menon |
M-in-D |
1951 |
Flt Sgt |
Kunnath Veetil Kunjappa Nair |
M-in-D |
1972 |
Flt Sgt |
VK Nair |
M-in-D |
1967 |
Flt Sgt |
KKV Nair |
M-in-D |
1951 |
Flt Sgt |
Gopalan Nair |
VSM |
1962 |
Flt Sgt |
Melangth Aravindaksha Menon |
M-in-D |
1966 |
List of Nairs who have won Gallantry awards in Indian Army
Rank |
Name |
Medal |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|
Col |
N Jayachandran Nair |
AC |
1994 |
Capt |
R Harshan |
AC |
2008 |
Maj |
Sandeep Unnikrishnan |
AC |
2009 |
Col |
N Jayachandran Nair |
KC |
1983 |
Capt |
Thottupurathu Krishnan Nair |
SC |
|
L Nk |
K Surendran Nair |
SC |
|
Maj |
MM Muraleedharan Nair |
SC |
|
Capt |
A Narendran Nair |
SC |
2000 |
Comdt |
Paikal Narayanan Nair Thankappan Nair |
SC |
2001 |
AIG |
NMS Nair (SPG) |
SC |
2002 |
Capt |
K Nishant Nair |
SC |
|
Nk |
Madhusoodhanan Pillai |
SC |
|
Hav |
S Baburajan Pillai |
SC |
|
Gnr |
Sajeev Gopala Pillai |
Vr C |
|
Maj Gen |
Parameswaran Pillai Rajagopal |
AVSM |
2006 |
Maj Gen |
Krishna Pillai Sankaranarayana Pillai Venugopal |
AVSM |
2006 |
Capt |
K Jayachandran Pillai |
M-in-D |
|
2nd Lt. |
N Chandrasekharan Nair |
Vr C |
|
Sep |
Bhaskaran Nair |
Vr C |
|
Sub |
Krishnan Nair |
Vr C |
|
Brig |
V Suresh Nair |
B-VSM |
2006 |
Lt Col |
Velu Nair |
VSM |
2004 |
Col |
Ramkrishanan Pillai Satyan |
VSM |
2006 |
Brig |
Koodali Thazhathveetil Gopinathan Nambiar |
VSM |
2002 |
Lt Col |
S Sivadasan Nair |
SM |
2002 |
Maj |
Rajesh Chandrashekaran Nair |
SM |
2002 |
Capt |
Narayan Kurup |
SM |
2002 |
Maj |
Krishnaraj Govindan Kutty Nair |
SM |
2001 |
Lt |
Jagadish G Nair |
SM |
2001 |
Maj |
Kirit Krishnan Nair |
SM |
2000 |
Maj |
Kirit Krishnan Nair |
BSM |
2000 |
See also
- Nair
- Malayala Kshatriya
- List of Nairs