Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat laid to final rest with full military honours, 17-gun salute (VIDEO)

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Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat laid to final rest with full military honours, 17-gun salute (VIDEO)

Both Houses of the Parliament observed two-minute silence to pay respects to Gen Rawat and others who died in the chopper crash.

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December 10, 2021 16:00 IST
Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat laid to final rest with full military honours, 17-gun salute (VIDEO)
Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat laid to final rest with full military honours, 17-gun salute (VIDEO)

New Delhi: The last rites of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat, who died in a chopper crash in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday was held today at Brar Square crematorium in Delhi Cantonment.

The last rites of Gen Rawat was performed with full military honours. The funeral procession started from Kamraj Marg after 2 pm and reached Brar Square crematorium.

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Huge crowd join CDS Gen Bipin Rawat’s Funeral procession

Funeral Procession of CDS Gen Bipin Rawat

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The mortal remains of Gen Rawat and others who lost their lives in the Tamil Nadu chopper crash were brought on Thursday evening to Palam Airbase in Delhi from Sulur in caskets wrapped in the Tricolour.

 

The mortal remains were earlier in the day brought to Madras Regimental Centre from Military Hospital, Wellington in Nilgiris district and then taken to Sulur airbase.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Palam airbase and paid his last respects to General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and other 11 armed force personnel who lost their lives in a chopper crash in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.

Modi - last respects to Gen Rawat -

Apart from General Rawat and his wife, his Defence Adviser Brigadier Lakhbinder Singh Lidder and Staff Officer Lieutenant Colonel Harjinder Singh also died in the crash.

Other nine defence forces personnel who died in the chopper crash are Wing Commander Prithvi Singh Chauhan, Squadron Leader Kuldeep Singh, Junior Warrant Officer Rana Pratap Das, Junior Warrant Officer Arakkal Pradeep, Havildar Satpal Rai, Naik Gursewak Singh, Naik Jitendra Kumar, Lance Naik Vivek Kumar and Lance Naik B Sai Teja.

Mortal remains reach Delhi airport - 1

Group Captain Varun Singh, who is the lone survivor from the crash, has been shifted to Air Force Command hospital at Bengaluru for further treatment.

Bodies of General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat, Brigadier LS Lidder and Lance Naik Vivek Kumar have been identified so far.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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