Thread by @srikantkesnur

Tweeple sad news coming in about the demise of Capt Kailash Nath Zadu in Manali 2 days ago. Apparently he had been unwell for a while. Zadu, a Vir Chakra awardee of 1971 war commanded the Petya Class Corvette INS Katchall during the war. INS Katchall & INS Kiltan accompanied the

2/n. Op Trident main action force Nipat, Nirghat & Veer. That spectacular attack on Karachi on 04 Dec is etched in history. The two Petya Class ships provided AA cover, surveillance info & mutual defence escorting them nearly upto Karachi. Katchall, under then Cdr Zadu was also

3/n. Involved in picking up survivors of the Khukri, on the morning of 10 Dec for which all those rescued will be eternally grateful. It fell upon Zadu to conduct the sea burial with full honours of one sailor who had passed away in the life raft the night before. From 09 Dec to

4/n. 14 Dec, INS Katchall was involved in Op Falcon, the hunt for PNS Hangor. For his courage & performance during the war, especially Op Trident, Zadu was awarded the Vir Chakra. Subsequently, 3 years later, in Nov 74, Zadu proudly Commissioned INS Himgiri, as her first Captain.

5/n. Himgiri was the second of the prestigious Nilgiri class project, India's first indigenous warship building endeavour & which led to our transition to a builders Navy. She was amongst the most advanced ships then & was apparently the first to shoot down a pilotless aircraft.

6/n. His contemporaries say that Zadu was a highly respected professional, an affectionate human being loved by his officers & men and those he interacted with. From the 3rd JSW batch, he was a specialist in Communications & Electronic Warfare. My memory fails me here but I

7/n. think I briefly met him during the decommissioning ceremony of INS Himgiri in May 2005 when I was Commanding INS Vindhyagiri. That Himgiri, then Commanded by Cdr (now VAdm) Ravneet Singh, in the very last year of its commission had won the trophy for most spirited ship would

8/n. have pleased him no end. Go gently Sir & Salute to your service to the nation.
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9/n. Thread Capt KN Zadu, 1971 war hero.
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10/n. Thread Capt KN Zadu, 1971 war hero.
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Some more info. He was Commissioned in Sep 53 & retired in Mar 78, as the Director Naval Signals. He joined Merchant Navy therafter and served as Captain of various SCI ships for six years. He then settled down in Kullu Manali & devoted much of his later life to social service.

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