Nair ‘saab’, the Faridabad District Magistrate who defied Nehru’s directive in 1949 to remove Ram Lalla idol
Remembered as “Nair saab” in Ayodhya, Kerala-born Kadamkalathil Karunakaran Nair, defied the diktat of then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to remove the Ram Lalla idol, was suspended as a result, fought a legal battle against the decision, and won.