Tears flowed at a memorial event for General Bipin Rawat organised on his first death anniversary at the United Service Institution of India in New Delhi, December 10, 2022.
IMAGE: General Manoj Chandrashekhar Pande, chief of the army staff, clearly emotional at the event. Photograph: ANI Photo
IMAGE: Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan and Admiral Radhakrishnan Hari Kumar, chief of the naval staff, left, also emotional at the memorial. Photograph: ANI Photo
IMAGE: General Pande speaks at the event with images of General Rawat, India's first CDS, and his wife Madhulika Rawat in the background.
General Rawat, Mrs Rawat and 10 other military personnel perished in a tragic helicopter crash near Coonoor on December 8, 2021. Photograph: ANI Photo
General Rawat, Mrs Rawat and 10 other military personnel perished in a tragic helicopter crash near Coonoor on December 8, 2021. Photograph: ANI Photo
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