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Nectar Sanjenbam

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Nectar Sanjenbam

Portrait of Col (then Lt Col) Sanjenbam
BornManipur, India
Allegiance India
Service / branch Indian Army
Rank Colonel
Service numberIC-61357M
Unit21 PARA SF
Commands21 PARA SF
Awards Kirti Chakra
Shaurya Chakra
Alma mater National Defence Academy
Other work SSP (Combat) (2023-present) Manipur Police

Colonel Nectar Sanjenbam, KC, SC is a decorated retired Indian Army officer with the 21 PARA SF. He was also part of the Indian Army's counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar in 2015.[1] He is one of the few recipients of both the Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra award. He is currently serving as Special Senior superintendent of police (Combat) in Manipur Police.[2]

Early life

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Nectar Sanjenbam trained at the National Defence Academy. He was commissioned in the Maratha Light Infantry and later joined the 21 Para SF, the elite special forces unit in India.[3]

Awards

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Shaurya Chakra

On Republic Day 2005, Captain Sanjenbam in Manipur was awarded the Shaurya Chakra, India's third highest peacetime gallantry award, for outstanding gallantry in an operation on 8 October 2004.[4]

Kirti Chakra

On Independence Day 2015, Lieutenant Colonel Sanjenbam was awarded the Kirti Chakra, India's second highest peacetime gallantry award, for his gallantry on 9 June 2015 in Myanmar operation. Lt Col Nectar led his team in the most daring cross border operation in Myanmar and eliminated numerous insurgents.[5]

Later career

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After his retirement from the army in 2023, as a colonel, he was appointed as a Special Senior Superintendent of Police (Combat) in Manipur Police by N Biren Singh Government during the violence in Manipur.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Kirti Chakra for Lt Col Nectar Sanjenbam. Part of the Army's Myanmar cross-border strike". {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |Operation= ignored (help)
  2. ^ "Retired Army Officer Who Led Surgical Strike Has Manipur Task At Hand Now". NDTV.
  3. ^ "Gallantry awards for soldiers in Myanmar operations". The Indian Express.
  4. ^ "Captain Nectar Sanjenbam". Gallery Awards Government.
  5. ^ "Lt Col Nectar Sanjenbam". Gallantry Awards Government.
  6. ^ "Who is Colonel (retired) Nectar Sanjenbam? After surgical strike, now entrusted to bring peace in Manipur". Hubnet Work. 3 September 2023.