Sandeep Unnikrishnan

Sandeep Unnikrishnan

Sandeep Unnikrishnan was an officer in the Indian Army serving in the elite Special Action Group. He was martyred in action during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. Sandeep was awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India’s highest peacetime gallantry award.

About Sandeep Unnikrishnan in brief

Summary Sandeep UnnikrishnanSandeep Unnikrishnan was an officer in the Indian Army serving in the elite Special Action Group of the National Security Guards. He was martyred in action during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. Sandeep was awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India’s highest peacetime gallantry award, on 26 January 2009 by the president Pratibha Patil. He came from a Malayali family residing in Bangalore, where they had moved from Cheruvannur, Kozhikode District in the state of Kerala. He spent 14 years at The Frank Anthony Public School, Bangalore before graduating in 1995 in the ISC Science stream.

He wanted to join the Army, even attending school in a crew cut. His peers and teachers recalled him as being a good athlete who was active in school activities and sports events. His last words were, \”Do not come up, I will handle them,\” according to NSG officials. His funeral was held with full military honours in Bangalore on 5km road from Federal Dairy Road to Doddaballapur. At his funeral, thousands of people lined up outside his house to pay their respects to their fallen friend and colleague, Major Sandeepsun.