General Bipin Rawat became the country’s first Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) on December 31, 2019, after retiring from the post of Army Chief. He was given titles like ‘General of the people’ by the media. General Rawat’s popularity among the people can be gauged from the fact that after the news of his death came, there was a kind of mourning and shock in the country from north to south and from east to west.
Country’s first CDS self. On the occasion of the 64th birth anniversary of General Bipin Rawat, two big programs are being organized in Delhi and Dehradun. The country’s first CDS General Bipin Rawat Memorial Lecture is being organized by the Hill-Mail Foundation at the India International Center Auditorium in Delhi. Former Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC (Retd.) will be the keynote speaker. Several serving and retired officers from the three services will participate in the event. The family members of CDS General Rawat will also participate in this programme.
Country’s first CDS General Bipin Rawat Smriti Lecture is going on in Dehradun on behalf of Doon University. Former Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat will be the chief guest in this program organized on the theme ‘Frontier Security – National Security’. Take it there. General Jaiveer Singh Negi (Retd.) will be the keynote speaker. Apart from this, ADG Manoj Rawat, head of ITBP’s Western Command, Rear Admiral OPS Rana (Retd.), Brigadier Shivendra Singh, DRDO Director Dr. B.K. K Das and Director of USAC Prof. MPS Bisht will participate in it. Vice Chancellor of Doon University Prof. According to (Dr.) Surekha Dangwal, the photo of late CDS General Rawat of the University will be placed along with the great personalities of Uttarakhand.
During this, 11 UK Girls Battalion of NCC of Doon University will also organize a blood donation camp with the help of Veerbhoomi Foundation.
On 8 December 2021, CDS General Bipin Rawat along with his wife Madhulika Rawat and 12 other army personnel were killed in a helicopter crash in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu.
General Bipin Rawat became the country’s first Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) on December 31, 2019, after retiring from the post of Army Chief. He was given titles like ‘General of the people’ by the media. General Rawat’s popularity among the people can be gauged from the fact that after the news of his death came, there was a kind of mourning and shock in the country from north to south and from east to west. He was a very popular army chief because of his candor and down-to-earth approach.
CDS General Rawat was working on a big plan to organize all the three forces. His effort was to develop the three services into a single armed force that would integrate their capabilities, equipment and men. Its objective is to reduce expenditure, rationalize manpower and ensure that the armed forces fight as a cohesive unit. Within three years, he was also entrusted with the responsibility of reorganizing the forces and making them ‘theater commands’. The theater command project he was working on, that project would have played an important role in dealing with the threats coming from China and Pakistan.
CDS General Bipin Rawat also had a major contribution in self-reliance and indigenization in the defense sector. For the last five-six years, only indigenous weapons were being given preference in the Army, Air Force and Navy, so a big credit for this goes to General Rawat. Even if foreigners were buying weapons and military equipment, efforts were made to manufacture them in the country itself under Make in India. This was the reason why the Army agreed to take the indigenous Arjun tank and the Air Force agreed to take the LCH attack helicopter. General Bipin Rawat will always be known for reforms in the defense sector.
CDS General Rawat, who hails from Sain village of Pauri, while being the Army Chief, is credited for the surgical strikes in PoK and Myanmar and the successful strategy to break the back of terrorism in Kashmir. After the clash with the Chinese Army in Doklam, the Indian Army Instead, his attitude proved his importance. The decision to permanently include women in the army was possible only during his tenure. Commissioned in the 5th Battalion of the 11th Gorkha Rifles in January 1978, General Bipin Rawat was the best cadet of his batch to pass out from the IMA.
