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This Article is From Dec 10, 2021

Gen Bipin Rawat Funeral Highlights: General Bipin Rawat Cremated With Full Military Honours

CDS Bipin Rawat Cremation News Updates: Home Minister Amit Shah, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi were among several leaders to lay wreaths and pay respect to Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat.

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Updated : December 10, 2021 5:45 pm IST

CDS Bipin Rawat Funeral Highlights: India's first Chief of Defence Staff was cremated today. (File)

New Delhi:

Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat who was killed along with his wife and 11 armed forces personnel in a helicopter crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday was cremated with full military honours in Delhi today.

Home Minister Amit Shah, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi were among several leaders to lay wreaths and pay respect to Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat at their official residence in Delhi this morning before cremation.

The funeral of Brigadier Lakhwinder Singh Lidder, defence assistant to General Rawat and another victim of the chopper crash, was held at Delhi Cantonment earlier in the day.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday night led tributes to all those who were killed in the chopper crash.

The Mi-17V5 Air Force chopper -- described as "the workhorse of the Air Force" and widely seen as a stable aircraft -- crashed after it took off from Sulur.

Here are the Highlights from General Bipin Rawat's Funeral:

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Just In| General Bipin Rawat cremated with full military honours
Dec 10, 2021 16:59 (IST)
CDS General Bipin Rawat laid to final rest with full military honours.

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Daughters of CDS General Bipin Rawat and Madhulika Rawat - Kritika and Tarini - pay tribute to their parents. Other members of the family also join them in paying last respects.
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Dec 10, 2021 16:28 (IST)
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal pay tribute to CDS General Bipin Rawat.
Dec 10, 2021 16:16 (IST)
 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pays tribute to CDS General Bipin Rawat.

Dec 10, 2021 16:16 (IST)
DRDO chief Dr G Satheesh Reddy pays tribute to CDS General Bipin Rawat

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Defence Attaches of different nations pay tribute to CDS General Bipin Rawat
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Emmanuel Lenain, Ambassador of France to India and Alex Ellis, British High Commissioner to India pay tribute to CDS General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat.
Dec 10, 2021 15:59 (IST)
The mortal remains of CDS General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat brought to Brar Square crematorium, Delhi Cantonment.

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Dec 10, 2021 15:12 (IST)
CDS Bipin Rawat Funeral Live Updates: "He was a pioneer", says British High Commissioner Alex Ellis
"It's incredibly sad. He was a pioneer as he started the joint defence approach which we follow in the UK. He led that approach in India. It's very sad for India to lose a great leader, a soldier and a thoroughly nice man," says British High Commissioner Alex Ellis.

"He was somebody who invested a lot in improving the links between the UK and India in the area of defence. So, it's a great loss. We remember him, his wife & all others who died in the crash, including many close friends of British High Commission," he told news agency ANI.
Dec 10, 2021 15:08 (IST)
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General Bipin Rawat's Daughters, Grandchild Pay Tribute
Daughters of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, Kritika and Tarini, paid floral tributes to their parents in the national capital. The grandchild of the CDS also paid final respect to grandparents. Read here.
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Senior military officials from neighbouring countries to attend General Bipin Rawat's funeral
Senior military commanders including Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Sri Lanka Army Gen Shavendra Silva, Deputy Chief Operations Officer of Royal Bhutan Army Brig Dorji Rinchenn and other officials from Nepal and Bangladesh arrived in Delhi to attend the funeral of General Bipin Rawat.

List of officials from neighbouring countries attending the cremation:

Sri Lanka
  • Gen Shavendra Silva, Chief of Def Staff and Commander of the Sri Lanka Army.
  • Admiral Ravindra Chandrasiri Wijegunaratne (Retd), Former Chief of Defence Staff (his course mate at National Defence College and a dear friend)
Bhutan

Brig Dorji Rinchen, Deputy Chief Operations Officer, Royal Bhutan Army 

Nepal

Suprobal Janasewashree Lt Gen Bal Krishna Karki, Chief of General Staff (equivalent to Vice Chief of Army Staff), Nepali Army 

Bangladesh

Lt Gen Waker-UZ-Zaman, Principal Staff Officer, Armed Forces Division, Bangladesh
Dec 10, 2021 13:58 (IST)



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