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{{Short description|Indian Air Marshal}}
{{for|the cricketer|K. C. Cariappa (cricketer)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]]
| name = K. C. Cariappa
| honorific_suffix = [[PVSM]], [[Vayusena Medal|VM]]
| image =
| caption = As Air Marshal in 1996{{deletable image-caption|Saturday, 30 July 2022|F7}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1938|01|14|df=yes}}
| death_date =
| birth_place = [[Coorg]], [[Coorg Province]], [[British India]]<br>(present day [[Kodagu, Karnataka]], India)
| death_place =
| placeofburial =
| nickname = Nanda
| allegiance = India
| branch = [[Indian Air Force]]
| serviceyears = 1956 {{endash}} 1996
| rank = [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]]
| unit =
| commands = [[No. 8 Squadron IAF|No. 8 Squadron]]<br/>[[No. 111 Helicopter Unit, IAF|No. 111 Helicopter Unit]]
| battles = [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]
| awards = [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]<br>[[Vayu Sena Medal]]
| relations = Field Marshal [[K. M. Cariappa]] (father)
| laterwork =
}}

[[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] '''K. C. 'Nanda' Cariappa''' is a former [[Air Officer]] in the [[Indian Air Force]]. He is the son of [[Field Marshal (India)|Field Marshal]] [[K. M. Cariappa]], who was the first Commander-in-Chief of the [[Indian Army]] post independence.

==Military career==
Air Marshal Cariappa was a squadron leader with No. 20 Squadron during the [[Indo-Pakistan War of 1965]].<ref name="Bharat Rakshak (Indian Army)">{{cite web|title=My Reminiscences As A Prisoner Of War|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Cariappa.html|website=Bharat Rakshak|publisher=Indian Army|accessdate=29 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223141945/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Cariappa.html|archive-date=23 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was shot down while carrying out air attacks during the 1965 war with Pakistan and was taken prisoner. [[President Ayub Khan]], a former colleague of General Cariappa before the 1947 Partition, offered to release his son.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dixit|first1=J. N.|title=India-Pakistan in War and Peace|date=2 September 2003|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134407583|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdWCAgAAQBAJ&dq=air+marshal+cariappa&pg=PA160|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Dutt|first1=Sanjay|title=War and Peace in Kargil Sector|date=1 January 2000|publisher=APH Publishing|page=199|isbn=9788176481519|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XlHplc3pr1IC&dq=air+marshal+cariappa&pg=PA199|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref> But the General's terse reply was: "The POWs are all my sons, look after them well."<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news|last1=Mehta|first1=Prof. K. C.|title=Trust our Generals, they are patriots|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/trust-our-generals-they-are-patriots/article3436815.ece|accessdate=29 August 2014|agency=The Hindu|work=The Hindu|date=14 June 2012}}</ref>

After repatriation K C Cariappa went on to helicopters for a short while, commanding [[No. 111 Helicopter Unit, IAF|No.111 Helicopter Unit]] at Hasimara during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|1971 War]]. He would later command [[No. 8 Squadron IAF|No.8 Squadron]] in the mid 70s at [[Pune]].<ref name="Bharat Rakshak (Indian Army)" /> He wrote a biography on his father, Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa in 2007.<ref name="The Hindu" /><ref name="Amazon">{{cite book|title=Field Marshal K M Cariappa|isbn=978-8189738266|last1=Cariappa|first1=K. C.|year=2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Cariappa|first1=K C|title=Field Marshal K M Cariappa|date=2007|publisher=[[Niyogi books]]|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788189738266|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4NuAAAAMAAJ&q=Cariappa|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref> He presently lives in his deceased father's house Roshanara in [[Madikeri]].<ref name="TNN">{{cite news|last1=Rajendra|first1=G|title=Preserving a home full of memories|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Preserving-a-home-full-of-memories/articleshow/11076594.cms|accessdate=29 August 2014|agency=TNN|publisher=Times of India}}</ref> He takes an active part in forest and wildlife conservation measures.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Tony|title=CEC ASKS SUPREME COURT FOR STERN ACTION AGAINST BOPAIAH, APPACHU, MEDAPPA & OTHERS|url=http://www.coorg.com/cec-asks-supreme-court-for-stern-action-against-bopaiah-appachu-medappa-others/|website=Coorg.com|publisher=Coorg.com|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Forest Dept to Lokayukta: We have "lost" Sudarshan's Rap Sheet|url=http://www.coorg.com/forest-dept-to-lokayukta-we-have-lost-sudarshans-rap-sheet/|accessdate=29 August 2014|agency=Coorg.com|publisher=Coorg.com}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[K. M. Cariappa]]

==Bibliography==
* Field Marshal KM Cariappa, a biography<ref name="Amazon"/>

==References==
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[[Category:Indian aviators]]
[[Category:Indian prisoners of war]]
[[Category:Pilots of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]
[[Category:Kodava people]]
[[Category:People from Kodagu district]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Vayu Sena Medal]]
[[Category:Shot-down aviators]]
[[Category:1938 births]]
[[Category:Prisoners of war held by Pakistan]]

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