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The whole country is in shock after hearing the news of an accident on Wednesday afternoon. After a few hours the fog dissipated. And after the reality that came out, the eyes of the country became moist. Army’s MI-17 helicopter crashed in the forests of Coonoor, Tamil Nadu. In this accident, which took place in the hilly and forested area, 14 army officers including Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and wife Madhulika died.
Bipin Laxman Singh Rawat Whom we know as General Bipin Rawat. He was the Chief of Defense Staff. General Rawat was born on 16 March 1958 in the Chauhan Rajput family of Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand. General Rawat’s mother was from the Parmar dynasty.
Their ancestors came from Mayapur/Hariddar and settled in Parsai village of Garhwal, they were called Parasara Rawat. Actually, Rawat is a military title given to Rajputs by the rulers of Garhwal. His father, Lieutenant General Laxman Singh Rawat, had retired from the army as a lieutenant general. Rawat started his career in 1978 with the 5th Battalion of the Eleventh Gorkha Rifles.
education and career
Rawat attended Cambrian Hall School in Dehradun, St Edward’s School in Shimla and the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. Here he was given the ‘Sword of Honour’. He is a graduate of Defense Services Staff College, Wellington and has also done Higher Command course at Fort Leavenworth, USA. He also did MPhil in Defense Studies, Diploma in Management and Diploma in Computer Studies from Madras University. In 2011, he was awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut for his research on Military-Media Strategic Studies.
CDS was formed two years ago
Former Army Chief General Bipin Rawat (61) was appointed the country’s first Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) in 2019. He was to remain in this post till the age of 65. The purpose of making this post is so that proper and effective coordination can be done. In the Army, Navy and Air Force.
Rawat became a commissioned officer (11 Gorkha Rifles) in December 1978. He became the Chief of the Army Staff on 31 December 2016. He has experience of working in the Eastern Sector in the Line of Actual Control, Kashmir Valley and in the Northeast. The special thing is that Rawat was posted in the same unit (11 Gorkha Rifles) in which his father also lived.
Rawat took over
- brigade commander
- General Officer Commanding in Chief (GOC-C) Southern Command
- General Staff Officer Grade 2, Directorate of Military Operations
- Colonel Military Secretary and Deputy Military Secretary
- Senior Instructor in Junior Command Wing
- Commander United Nations Peacekeeping Multinational Brigade
- Vice Chief of Army Staff
- military general
- Chief of Defense Staff
get this respect
- Param Vishisht Seva Medal
- Uttam Yudh Seva Medal
- Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
- war service medal
- Sena Medal
know also
- The government knew that General Rawat was a very capable officer in terms of working in difficult conditions and insurgency areas. This was the reason that in 2016 he was given precedence over two senior officers and was made the Chief of Army Staff.
- This is from June 2015. Terrorist attack on our army in Manipur. The martyrdom of 18 soldiers created a ruckus in the country. Incidentally, Bipin Rawat was the commander of 21 Para Third Corps during that time. He showed the world what happens if there is a fire in India. Para commandos of this unit crossed the border and operated in Myanmar and killed more than 60 terrorists of NSCN terrorist group by entering their den.
- He responded to the actions of Pakistan in his own style. On 29 September 2016, the Indian Army’s Special Commando Unit conducted an overnight operation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Along with many terrorists, Pakistani soldiers were also killed. It was a reaction to the attack on our Uri and CRPF camps.
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