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HomeOpinionEditorialsGeneral Bipin Rawat, India's first CDS, was on a mission to modernise the military. The nation will miss him

General Bipin Rawat, India’s first CDS, was on a mission to modernise the military. The nation will miss him

Reforming a military is no easy task, but in the one year that remained of his tenure, he was determined to push them through.

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Updated: December 9, 2021 12:16:10 pm

Bipin Rawat’s tenure as Army chief coincided with India’s political leadership adopting a more muscular policy against Pakistan.

In the untimely death of General Bipin Rawat in a helicopter crash in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, India has lost a fine soldier who rose to become the country’s most senior general as its first Chief of Defence Staff. All but one of the 14 people on board were killed in the crash of the Mi-17V5 transporter, which was ferrying them from Sulur air base to the Staff College at Wellington. The Air Force has ordered an enquiry to ascertain the cause of the accident in which General Rawat’s wife, two of the three IAF pilots, his military adviser, staff officer, and five other soldiers who were members of his staff were among the killed. Rawat, who was Army chief until December