
Bipin Rawat Freedom Park inaugurated
The Hindu
Bengaluru
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai inaugurated a park at Padmanabhanagar in memory of the former Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Sunday.
Bipin Rawat Freedom Park, spread over an acre and developed at a cost of ₹2 crore, has a plaque memorialising Gen. Rawat. The park will also have an open gym. The former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and Revenue Minister R. Ashok were also present on the occassion.

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