mojar sandeeo unnikrishnan,

well come to indian most powerful nsg commando ,

           major sandeep unnikrishnan. 

sandeep unnikrishnan.

major sandeep unnikrishna , AC march 15 ,1977 -28 november 2008.was an indian army officer ,who was serving in the 51 special group of the national security group of national security guard on deputation .he  was killed in action  during  the 2008 mumbai attacks and was posthumously awarded the  ashola chakra , indias highest peacetime gallantry award ,on 26 january 2009.

 early and personal life .

maj. sandeep unnikrishnan, AC came from a malayali family residing in bangaluru, where they had moved from kozhikode,kerala.he was  the only son of retired ISRO officer k.unnikrishnan and dhanalakshmi unnikrishnan.

maj.unnikrishnan attended the frank anthony public school , bangaluru , graduating in 1995 in the  ISC science  stream . he wantwd to join the  armed forces from childhood .he was married

 to neha.

military career 

maj. sandeep unnikrishnan, AC (p) joined the national defence academy (indian) (nda), pune ,maharashtra  in  1995. he was  a part of the  oscar squadron (no.4 battalion ) and  a graduate  of  the  94 th course NDA .he held a bachelor of arts degree .

in the indian military academy (IMA) dehradun ,he was part of the  104th regular cource .on 12 june 1999, he  graduated  from  the IMA and got  commissioned as lieutenant in the  7th battalion of  the bihar regiment  ( infantry) of indian  army  . during  operetion vijay in july 1999, he was  regarded positively at the  forword  posts in the  face  of  heavy artillery firing and  small arms  fire  by  pakistan troops . on the  evening of  31 december 1999, he led  a team of  six  soldiers  and  established a post 200 metres from the  opposing side and under direct  observation and fire .

he received a substantive promotion to captain on 12 june 2003, followed by promotion by promotion to the rank of  major on 13 june 2005. during the chatak course ( at the infantry wing commando school, belgaum), he topped the  course twice earning an instructor grading and a commendation.

he was  also trained at the  high altitude warfare school , gulmarg . after  serving in different locations including siachen , jammu and kashmir , 'gujarat (during 2002 gujarat riots ),hyderabad and rajastan ,he was selected to join  the  national security guards .on completion of training ,he was assigned  as the  training officer of the 51 special action group (51 SAG ) of NSG ,in january 2007 and also participated in various operations of the NSG .