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New Delhi, December 10 (PTI): The plaintive strains of bugles sounding the last post broke through the hush, men in uniform clicked their heels and a 17-gun salute rang out as Gen Bipin Rawat and his wife were cremated on Friday
French Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain paid tribute to Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat calling him a great military leader.
“We must give him a good farewell, a smiling send-off,” Geetika Lidder said, as she accepted the national flag that draped the coffin of her husband Brigadier L S Lidder. Defence Assistant to Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, Brig Lidder, was on the ill-fated helicopter that crashed in Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. He too died in the crash along with Gen Rawat, his
Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat who was killed along with his wife and 11 armed forces personnel in a helicopter crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday will be cremated with full military honours in Delhi today.
General Bipin Rawat's funeral: Traffic restrictions in Delhi, check routes - CDS General Rawat's funeral procession will start from 2 pm onwards.