Gen Bipin Rawat shared Unique Bond with Kodagu in Karnataka
Gen Bipin Rawat shared Unique Bond with Kodagu in Karnataka
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Bengaluru:  Late General Bipin Rawat, the country's first Chief of Defence Staff, had a unique relationship with the Kodagu area of Karnataka, which is known as the home of army generals.

Sharing details over media, retired Major General Biddanda Aiyappa Nanjappa, convener of the Field Marshal Cariappa and General Thimmaiah Forum, remembered that Late CDS Rawat held Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa and General Thimmaiah in high regard. "CDS Rawat paid four visits to Kodagu. On February 6, 2021, President Ram Nath Kovind, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Armed Forces, will inaugurate the General Thimmaiah Museum "He recalled something.

"When he was an army commander in 2016, he came for the Southern Command Golf Tournament. He promised to convey the army leader to Kodagu while taking lunch. As a Southern Army Commander in 2017, he arrived in 2017 with Dalbir Singh Suhag, the then Chief of the Army Staff, as promised. He next paid a visit to the late General Thimmaiah Museum, where he also offered financial help "Nanjappa said.

"We later asked Rawat to name the Delhi Parade Ground in New Delhi after Field Marshal Cariyappa and to erect and unveil a statue in his honour. By the 30th of August, it was completed. His contribution was crucial. He went on to become the CDS after that "He recalled something.

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