Tribute to CDS General Bipin Rawat.

Tribute to CDS General Bipin Rawat lost his life in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor on Wednesday. 12 others have been confirmed dead in the incident. There were a total of 14 people on board. General Bipin Rawat’s untimely demise is an extremely irreparable loss for the Army. General Rawat had the qualities of the best leader. Decisive, courageous, brave, ability to take risks, and personally honest, to the end, extremely honest. He was a soldier who breathed Army and lived in the Army. The fact that he was picked up at the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) was because he met all the requirements.

Moreover Very sad to hear of the tragic crash in which we have lost Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife and other personnel from the Armed forces. My thoughts, my prayers and condolences are with the bereaved families. He had the calibre, he had the vision, and he had a heart to be the first CDS. He believed in things, he believed in the whole Army, the whole armed forces going on together. And he worked for it.  took over as the 27th Army Chief on December 31, 2016 and as the first CDS on January 1, 2020.

I was Grieved to know about the untimely demise of Gen. Bipin Rawat.

Moreover I was Grieved to know about the untimely demise of Gen. Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat, and his troops of the Indian Armed Forces. My deepest condolences to all their families. General Bipin Rawat was commissioned in the Fifth Battalion of the Eleven Gorkha Rifles in December 1978, from the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, where he was awarded the ‘Sword of Honour.

Especially we lost an outstanding officer. Only four bodies have been identified so far Gen Rawat and his wife, Madhulika Rawat; Brigadier LS Lidder, and Lance Naik Vivek Kumar. Their bodies will be released to the families for last rites. The others will be kept at the Army Base Hospital till identified. Although General Bipin Rawat, India’s first Chief of Defence Staff, will be cremated with full military honours Friday. As will all those who died. Moreover the bodies of Gen Rawat and his wife, Madhulika Rawat; will be taken to the Army hospital in Delhi’s Dhaula Kuan this evening.Tribute to CDS General Bipin Rawat.