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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. [4] 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 10, 2021 · General Bipin Rawat was a four-star general of the Indian Army who was appointed as the first CDS of India on 31 December 2021. He assumed office on 1 January 2020. Birth and Family:...
General Bipin Rawat, second-from-right, along with the three service chiefs in January 2020; his later acting successor, General M. M. Naravane, is seen far-left. Since its creation in January 2020, the office of CDS has customarily been held by a four-star officer from the three armed services, specifically, either a general , admiral or air ...
Dec 30, 2019 · General Rawat was named the Chief of Defence Staff just a day before he was to retire from service after completeing a full three-year term as the Chief of Army Staff. General Rawat is the first officer to hold the post of the Chief of Defence Staff, which was set up just days ago.
Dec 8, 2021 · General Bipin Rawat was the first Chief of Defence Staff of India. As the CDS, The officer from Pauri Garhwal who commanded the 5/11 Gorkha Rifles unit, became a four-star General.
One year after Gen Rawat and his wife Madhulika lost their lives in an helicopter crash in the Nilgiris and with his regiment mate Gen Anil Chauhan being appointed as the second CDS, the first...
Dec 9, 2021 · Gen Rawat was the Chief of Army Staff when Indian fighter jets pounded a Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist training camp deep inside Pakistan's Balakot, and was reportedly part of the decision-making ...
Dec 8, 2021 · As the CDS, General Bipin Rawat was a one-point advisor to the government on matters pertaining to the military and functioned with the key objective of integrating the three services -...
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, and...
Dec 9, 2021 · General Bipin Rawat took over as the 27th Army Chief on December 31, 2016 and as the first CDS on January 1, 2020.
