CDS, General Bipin Rawat consigned to flames at Brar square with 17 cannon salutes in honour
The mortal remains of the first chief of the Armed forces General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika have been consigned to flames at 5 PM in the presence of the defence minister Rajnath Singh, state defence minister Ajay Bhatt, Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, chief of the Army staff General Mukund Narvane, air and navy chiefs and senior Army officers of the defence Forces. The two daughters of late general Bipin Rawat Kritika and Tarini torched his mortal remains amid tears. His brother was also present on this ocassion. Slogans hailing general Rawat Amar Rahen and Bharat Mata ki Jai rent the air. The mortal remains of other officers and soldiers were consigned to flames by their family members with full national honours.
There were eight hundred officers and jawan present here fully dressed. The brother of general Rawat and other relatives were also present in tears.
Union home minister paying tributes to CDC Rawat n his wife, pic twitter
Prior to consigning his mortal remains to flame, the defence minister Rajnath Singh, state defence minister Ajay Bhatt, state minister V. K. Singh and former Army general, former minister, MP and international shooter Jai Vardhan Rathore, Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, Army chief Mukund Narvane, Air chief Marshal Vivek Ram Choudhari, Navy chief Admiral Admiral Karambir Singh, several former and current senior Army officers laid wrath over his coffin draped in tri colours at the Brar square War Cemetary.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath paying tributes, pic : twitter
The Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal paid tributes by laying a wrath at Brar square as well as at 3, Kamraj Marg.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal paying trubutes at Brar square Pic Twitter
Before being consigned to flames with seventeen cannon salutes with full national honour, the daughters of late general Rawat were handed over the tricolor national flag which is a customary in Army, as a mark of respect.
BJP chief J. P. Nadda placing wreath/ pic twitter
A priest performed rituals for few minutes in the presence of his two daughters before taking his coffin tk the crematorium.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh saluting at Brar squar/ pic : twitter
The CDC was given last adieu in the presence of hundreds of people outside the war cemetary at Brar square raising slogans hailing mother land and CDC Rawat and martyred officers, soldiers and his wife Madhulika Singh.
UK CM paying his tributes, pic twitter
Earlier to General Rawat being consigned to flames his and wife Madhulika Singh’s coffin were kept at his official residence 3, Kamraj Marg this afternoon where leaders across political spectrum and people in large number paid floral tributes to the general and his wife.
Ajay Tamta, MP, pic twitter, paying tributes
Apart from central ministers viz Defence minister Rajnath Singh, union minister Amit Shah, national BJP chief J. P. Nadda, UP CM Yogi Aditya Nath, NSA Ajit Doval, former union minister and Almora MP Ajay Tamta, state defence minister Ajay Bhatt, MP Tirath Singh Rawat etc,
Former Uttarakhand CM n MP, Pauri Garhwal Tirath Singh Rawat, pic twitter
the Congress leader n former president Rahul Gandhi, former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat, Uttarakhand Congress chief Ganesh Godiyal and several others laid wreaths and paid floral tributes.
SKM leader Rakesh Tikaith laying wreath at 3 Kamraj Marg to pay tributes tk General Rawat n his wife, Pic : FB
The renowned famers’ leader Rakesh Tikaith and several farmers also paid their floral tributes this morning at 3 Kamraj Marg expressing their deepest condolences on the tragic demise of General Rawat and his wife Madhulika Singh including 11 other officers n soldiers in a chopper crash in Tamil Nadu.
Rahul Gandhi, paying tributes, pic twitter
The fully decorated Army Trucks carrying the coffins of general Rawat and his, wife separately then proceeded for Brar Square after 2.PM with hundreds of tri colur carrying youths and Army jawans running alongside the trucks raising pro General slogans n slogans like Bharat Mata ki Jai. From 11AM to 2 PM the coffins draped in tricolour were opened for the darshans for one and all.
former UK CM Rawat paying tributes, pic : twitter
In the entire route from Kamraj Marg to Brar square hundreds of people with tricolor in their hands witnessed the trucks carrying the coffins of CDC Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika who were martyred along with eleven officers and soldiers of Indian Army in a chopper crash at Nilgiri mountains in Cunoor, Tamilnadu.
India lost a great warfare planner, strategist & a decisive first CDS. Uttarakhand lost its beloved son. Colleague lost a good and helpful friend. Junior officers lost an excellent guide, the men lost their ideal commander. The entire populace from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, east to west and all others be in uniform or in civies from the entire world lost a great General.
Good morning bhaiji.
Yesterday we lost Gen Bipin Rawat sir, Mrs Rawat and 11 Armed Forces personnel in a tragic Mi17 Helicopter crash over Nilgiri hills near Wellington. In this tragedy, we lost our first CDS, President AFWWA, highly skilled pilots, technicians and special forces personnel.
Knowing Gen Rawat and his charismatic nature, dynamism and leading from the front, knowning the terrains of Nilgiri- Coimbatore/ Sulur air route and having traveled in Mi17 copule of times while in service, it is very difficult to realise, visualise and believe the tragic loss of so many lives. इसलिए निशब्द हैं. But this may be the destiny of these brave hearts and we have no choice but to sink this truth into our minds.
Gen Rawat, a down to Earth & humble person with so much strategic depth and a true soldier had changed the thought process of national Defence building through his pro-active thinking, pro-active approach, modernisation of Armed Forces, Atmanirbhar Bharat, encouraging indiginisation & innovation, re-organisation of Armed Forces into Theatre Commands and many national Defence buildings schemes have steered India into many higher pinnacles. And, I sincerely believe, a true tribute to Gen Rawat sir would be to carry forward his vision of national security building with vigour.
डियर जनरल रावत सर, मैडम और 11 brave hearts, भगवान आप सबकी दिवंगत आत्माओं को शांति प्रदान करे और शोकसंतिप्त परिवारों को इस अनहोनी को सहन करने की शक्ति दे। ऊॅ शान्ति।
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