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S Jaishankar tweeted that Bipin Rawat was ‘a great soldier, a strong leader and a wonderful human being’. (Images: File photo)
Gen Bipin Rawat, along with his wife and other soldiers, had died in a helicopter crash in Nilgiris district on this day last year.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday paid a heartfelt tribute to India’s first Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat on his first death anniversary.
Gen Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 12 other army personnel were killed in a helicopter crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on December 8 last year.
As India’s first Chief of Defense Staff, General Rawat was spearheading an initiative to bring convergence in the functioning of the Army, Navy and Indian Air Force and strengthen the country’s overall military power.
“Remembering India’s first CDS late General Bipin Rawat on his death anniversary today. A great soldier, a strong leader and a wonderful human being,” Jaishankar tweeted.
Remembering India’s first CDS Late General Bipin Rawat on his death anniversary today. A great soldier, a strong leader and a wonderful human being. pic.twitter.com/pBHd4865ld
Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) December 8, 2022
Headquarters of the Integrated Defense Staff (IDS) said that 71 military officers serving in 44 Indian embassies and high commissions paid tributes to the late Commander CDS.
“On the occasion of the first death anniversary of #CDS Late General #BipinRawat and others who laid down their lives in a helicopter crash on December 8, 2021, 71 military officers serving in 44 Indian Embassies and High Commissions paid tribute online. National War Memorial Portal,” it tweeted.
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