The tragic incident happened when the chopper was heading for Wellington from Sulur. (Photo | PTI)The Mi-17V5 helicopter with CDS General Bipin Rawat on board crashed 10 minutes before it was to land at Wellington, where the CDS was to address students and faculty members at the Defence Services Staff College. (Photo | PTI)General Rawat was appointed as India's first Chief of Defense Staff on December 31, 2019. He previously served as Chief of the Army Staff from January 2017 to December 2019. He was commissioned into the Indian Army in December 1978. (Photo | PTI)As India's first Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Rawat was tasked to bring in theatre command and jointness among the three services, and he was pushing it with a tough approach and specific timelines in the last two years. (Photo | EPS)General Bipin Rawat waves from the cockpit of the Light Combat Aircraft 'Tejas' on the 2nd day of the 12th edition of Aero India 2019 air show at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru .(Photo | PTI)General Bipin Rawat along with the then President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi attending the Army Day Reception organised at Army House in New Delhi. (Photo | PTI)Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat presents a memento to Group Captain Manoj Gera (Right) CO 222 Squadron at the induction ceremony of the first Sukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft at the Thanjavur airbase. (Photo | PTI)General Bipin Rawat signs the visitors book after paying homage at National War Memorial in New Delhi. (Photo | PTI)Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Army Chief General Bipin Rawat attend the formal induction of three major artillery gun systems, including the M777 American Ultra Light Howitzers and the K-9 Vajra, into the Army during a ceremony at Deolali artillery centre in Nashik, Maharashtra. (Photo | PTI)General Bipin Rawat conferring the champion squadron banner to Braveheart Squadron during the Spring Term 2019 passing out parade at Indian Naval Academy in Ezhimala. (Photo | PTI)General Bipin Rawat during the collective training conducted by troops of Eastern Command at Sela approximately 90 kms from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Tawang district. (Photo | PTI)
