Gen Bipin Rawat the first chief of defense staff of India is officially cremated on 10th of December 2021. Gen Rawat was finally laid to rest with full military honors in Delhi war cemetery. As per protocol, General Rawat was accorded a 17-gun salute at his funeral where 800 service personnel were in attendance.
Watch The 17 Gun Salute Performed In The Last Rites
India’s brave son along with his life partner is now finally resting in the war cemetary’s Brar square and the last rites were officially progressed with the military honors of 17 Gun Salute.
#WATCH | Delhi: #CDSGeneralBipinRawat laid to final rest with full military honours, 17-gun salute. His last rites were performed along with his wife Madhulika Rawat, who too lost her life in #TamilNaduChopperCrash.
Their daughters Kritika and Tarini performed their last rites. pic.twitter.com/uTECZlIhI0
— ANI (@ANI) December 10, 2021
Their daughters Kritika and Tarini performed the last rites.
Delhi: #CDSGeneralBipinRawat laid to final rest with full military honours. His last rites were performed along with his wife Madhulika Rawat, who too lost her life in #TamilNaduChopperCrash.
Their daughters Kritika and Tarini performed their last rites. pic.twitter.com/ijQbEx9m51
— ANI (@ANI) December 10, 2021
The mortal remains of CDS General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat were brought to Brar Square crematorium, Delhi Cantonment.
Delhi: The mortal remains of #CDSGeneralBipinRawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat brought to Brar Square crematorium, Delhi Cantonment.#TamilNaduChopperCrash pic.twitter.com/ZPyL4FlLHU
— ANI (@ANI) December 10, 2021
In a somber ceremony, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led last respects to the soldiers killed in the IAF’s Mi-17 helicopter crash. General Rawat, along with his wife and 11 armed forces personnel, died in an Indian Air Force (IAF) chopper crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, NSA Ajit Doval and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi were among the many leaders who paid their last respects to Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat at their residence in New Delhi on Friday. Locals in Tamil Nadu chanted Bharat Mata ki Jai as the ambulances carrying the mortal remains of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 other armed forces personnel passed by on Thursday.
Source : ANI
