CDS to deliver Gen Rawat's undelivered lecture at Wellington

December 05, 2022 13:04

The CDS, General Anil Chauhan

In memory of the country's first Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, his successor General Anil Chauhan is visiting the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington today.

There he would deliver the lecture that Gen Rawat was supposed to give but could not due to the chopper crash in which he, his wife Madhulika and 12 other military personnel perished on December 8, 2021, while on the way to Wellington.

"Gen Anil Chauhan is visiting the DSSC in Wellington today to deliver a speech in the memory of late Gen Rawat," defence officials told ANI.

The present CDS worked closely with Gen Rawat as Director General of Military Operations and then as Eastern Army Commander.

Gen Chauhan was chosen to succeed Gen Rawat as Chief of Defence Staff in October this year.

Gen Chauhan would also be accompanying the families of all the soldiers whose family members lost their lives in the chopper crash to the National War Memorial.

In other commemorative evens, the Indian Navy has announced that it is going to name the trophies for best Agniveer trainee after the late CDS.

The Indian Army is organising a memorial lecture for the late CDS on December 10.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Gen Chauhan are scheduled to launch a book on Gen Bipin Rawat on December 8.

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