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CDS Bipin Rawat had survived chopper crash in Nagaland six years ago
Updated On: 09 December, 2021 07:34 PM IST | New Delhi | ANI
General Rawat and three army personnel had suffered minor injuries when their helicopter crashed seconds after taking off from Rabgapahar helipad in Dimapur district on February 3, 2015
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School students light candles to pay tribute to CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife & 11 armed forces personnel killed in a chopper crash in Coonoor. Pic/PTI
India's first Chief of Defence Staff and longest-serving four-star officer General Bipin Rawat, who died on Wednesday in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu's Coonoor, had a narrow escape six years ago when his Cheetah helicopter crashed in Nagaland in February 2015.
The incident happened during his tenure as General Officer Commanding of Dimapur-based 3 Corps.
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