President Asks Military Academy IMA Cadets To Follow General Bipin Rawat As Role Model
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Describing CDS General Bipin Rawat as an extraordinary military leader, President Kovind said the void created by his untimely demise can never be filled. General Rawat was an alumnus of the IMA and had graduated with a Sword of Honour, the most coveted award given to the best gentleman cadet.
President Ram Nath Kovind today asked the gentlemen cadets passing out of the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun to uphold the iconic status accorded to the prestigious institution by its illustrious alumni like Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, who by sheer hard work had emerged as a role model. General Bipin Rawat was an extraordinary military leader, and his death creates a void that cannot be filled. pic.twitter.com/yrv7ONQf7I Let us recall the iconic status acquired by one of the many illustrious alumni of the academy, General Bipin Rawat, who by dint of his hard work emerged as the role model of soldierly conduct for the future generation. pic.twitter.com/8Hx6XXc6w4 LIVE: President Kovind's address at the passing out parade of the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun https://t.co/SYIPpGj5lC
Describing General Rawat as an extraordinary military leader, the President said the void created by his untimely demise can never be filled.
He said the nation is yet to come out of the shock of his untimely death. "...But for the tragedy he would have been here with us looking at the passing out parade with happiness and pride," the President said addressing the passing out parade of the academy's autumn course as the reviewing officer.
