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The coffin of CDS General Bipin Rawat at his funeral procession, in New Delhi, December 10, 2021. Rawat, his wife and 11 other Army personnel were killed in an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crash in Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. (Photo: REUTERS)
Officials and people escort the vehicle covered with flowers carrying the casket of military chief, Gen. Bipin Rawat taken for last rites in a procession, in New Delhi, Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. (AP Photo)
Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla pays his last respects to the late CDS Gen Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika, at their residence in New Delhi, Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. (PTI Photo)
People offer floral tributes to the portrait of military chief, Gen. Bipin Rawat in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. (AP Photo)
Candlelight tribute to late Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, in Kolkata, Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. (PTI Photo)
Tri-services officers carry the mortal remains of late Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Bipin Rawat during his funeral procession from his residence to Brar Square, where he will be cremated with full military honours, in New Delhi, Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. (PTI Photo)
Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav pays his last respects to the late CDS Gen Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika, at their residence in New Delhi, Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. (PTI Photo)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays his last respects to Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and other Army personnel who were killed in an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crash in Coonoor in Tamil Nadu, at Palam Airbase in New Delhi, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. (Express Photo by Anil Sharma)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with family members of CDS General Bipin Rawat, during a wreath laying ceremony at Palam Airbase in New Delhi, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. (AP Photo)
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pays tribute during a wreath laying ceremony of Chief of Defense Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and 12 others, on Thursday, December 9, 2021. (Express Photo by Anil Sharma)
Daughters of late Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat at the wreath laying ceremony of Gen Bipin Rawat and others who lost their lives during the Wellington crash. (PTI Photo)
Coffins of Gen Bipin Rawat and others arriving at the Palam airbase in New Delhi, for the wreath laying ceremony. (Express Photo by Anil Sharma )
Wife and daughter of Brigadier LS Lidder, an Indian army officer who died in a helicopter crash, look on during a wreath laying ceremony at an airport in New Delhi, India, December 9, 2021. (REUTERS Photo)
NSA Ajit Doval pays tribute during the wreath laying ceremony at Palam Airbase in New Delhi, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. (PTI Photo)
Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane pays tribute to Gen Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 others who lost their lives in the chopper crash in Tamil Nadu. (PTI Photo)
Defense personnel carry a flag-draped casket of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat at Palam airport in New Delhi, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. (AP Photo)
Army personnel carry the mortal remains of Madhulika Rawat, wife of late CDS Bipin Rawat, during the wreath laying ceremony on Thursday. (PTI Photo)
The nation’s most senior military officer, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 12 other people on board an Indian Air Force helicopter were killed in a crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu in December. General Rawat, 63, was on his way to the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington where he was to deliver a lecture.
An Army soldier carries the photographs of victims of the helicopter crash before the arrival of their caskets at Palam airport in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. (PTI Photo)
Daughter of late Brigadier LS Lidder pays a tribute to her father at the wreath laying ceremony on Thursday. (Express Photo by Anil Sharma)
Daughters of CDS Gen Bipin Rawat pay their last respects to their father at the Palam air base on Thursday. (Express Photo)
Families of people who lost their lives in the IAF chopper crash, at the Palam air base. (Express Photo by Anil Sharma)
An army personnel lays down photographs of people CDS Gen Bipin Rawat's wife Madhulika Rawat, before the wreath laying ceremony in New Delhi, Thursday. (Express Photo by Anil Sharma)
Army personnel carrying the mortal remains of late Gen Bipin Rawat, at his residence on Friday. (Express Photo by Anil Sharma)
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrives at CDS Gen Rawat's residence in New Delhi, on Friday. (Express Photo)
National Spokesperson of Bhartiya Kisan Union Rakesh Tikait arrives at the residence of Late Gen Bipin Rawat, on Friday. (Express Photo)
Wife of Brigadier LS Lidder pays her last respects during the cremation of late Gen Bipin Rawat and 12 others who lost their lives in a crash in Coonoor,on Friday at Brar Square, Delhi Cantt, December 10, 2021. (Express Photo by Anil Sharma)
Chief of Army Staff Gen Naravane arrives at Late Gen Bipin Rawat's residence in New Delhi, on Friday. (Express Photo)
People waiting in a queue to enter late Gen Bipin Rawat's residence in New Delhi, on Friday. (Express Photo by Anil Sharma)
Crowd outside Late CDS Gen Rawat's residence before the cremation rituals. (Express Photo)
