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General Bipin Rawat PVSM UYSM AVSM YSM SM VSM ADC (16 March 1958 – 8 December 2021) was an Indian military officer who was a four-star general of the Indian Army. [5] He served as the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Indian Armed Forces from January 2020 until his death in a helicopter crash in December 2021.
Dec 8, 2021 · General Bipin Rawat, who died in a helicopter crash on Wednesday, was India's most senior defence official. He was appointed as the country's first chief of defence staff (CDS) in 2019,...
Dec 8, 2021 · Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others died after the Mi-17V5 helicopter crashed in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. An inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of...
Dec 8, 2021 · India’s top military official was killed Wednesday when an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter carrying 14 people crashed in southern India, the IAF confirmed, with only one survivor. Chief of...
Dec 8, 2021 · NEW DELHI — Gen. Bipin Rawat, India’s highest-ranking military official, leading efforts to modernize the country’s armed forces, died in a helicopter crash on Wednesday along with his wife and...
Dec 8, 2021 · Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat died when a Mi-17V5 helicopter crashed in Coonoor of Tamil Nadu. The four-star general was on his way to Wellington from Sulur airbase. He was accompanied by his wife Madhulika Rawat, who too was killed in the tragic accident.
Dec 8, 2021 · Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived at the Palam airbase, where mortal remains of CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Madulika Rawat and 11 others who lost their lives in a military chopper crash, have been placed. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and NSA Ajit Doval are also present. 20:44 (IST) 09 Dec 2021.
Dec 10, 2021 · India has held funerals for its top military commander and his wife in the capital Delhi. Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika, and 11 others were killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week...
Dec 8, 2021 · General Bipin Rawat took over as the 27th Army Chief on December 31, 2016 and as the first CDS on January 1, 2020. One of my personal recollections, even in Doklam when we had to decide and carry...
Dec 9, 2021 · Thirteen of the 14 people on board were killed, including General Bipin Rawat, who was the equivalent of the United States chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
