![]() “India will never forget your exceptional service.” “His passing has deeply saddened me,” the prime minister tweeted. Modi said that Rawat was an outstanding soldier and a “true patriot” who had helped modernize the country’s armed forces. The 63-year-old was traveling with his wife and other senior officers in the Russian-made Mi-17 helicopter, which crashed near its destination in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. Rawat was India’s first chief of defense staff, a post the government established in 2019, and was seen as close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ![]() ![]() India’s defense chief, General Bipin Rawat, was one of 13 people who died in a helicopter crash on Wednesday, raising questions about the future of the military changes he was leading.
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