one minute topic about Abhinandan varthman
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Abhinandan Varthaman is a wing- commander in the Indian Air Force. He was born in 21st June 1983 in Tamil Nadu, India. Abhinandan's family is from Thirupanamoor village about 19km from kanchipuram. His father retired as an Air Marshall in the Indian Air Force and her mother was a doctor. He did his early schooling in Sainik Welfare School, Amatavatinagar in Chennai. He graduated from the National Defence Academy, and was commissoned into the combat (fighter) stream of the Indian Air Force as a flying officer on 19th June 2004. He was trained at the IAF centres in Bathinda and Hawara, promoted to flight lieutenant on 19th June 2006, and to squadron leader on 8th July 2010. Abhinandan was a su-30 MKI fighter pilot before being assigned to the MIG-21 Bison squadron. Abhinandan is married to a retired IAF squadron leader and live in Chennai. He has 2 children. In the 2019 India-Pakistan standoff, he was held captive for 60 hours in Pakistan after his aircraft was shot down in aerial dogfight .