Major sandeep unnikrishnan biography of alberta

Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, AC (15 March 1977 – 28 November 2008) was an officer in the Indian Army, serving in the 51 Special Action Group of the National Security Guards.

During the Mumbai attacks in November 2008, he was killed in action. In his honor, he was awarded the Ashoka Chakra, the highest civilian award of India, on 26 January 2009 by Pratibha Patil.

Sandeep Unnikrishnan came from a Malayali family residing in Bangalore, where they had moved from Cheruvannur, Kozhikode District in the state of Kerala.

Major sandeep unnikrishnan biography of alberta

He was the only son of retired ISRO officer K. Unnikrishnan and Dhanalakshmi Unnikrishnan.

Sandeep spent 14 years at The Frank Anthony Public School, Bangalore earlier than graduating in 1995 in the ISC Science stream.

He desired to be a part of the Army, even attending college in a crew cut. His friends and instructors recalled him as being a good athlete who used to be energetic in faculty things to do and sports activities events.