A military station at Kibithu, Arunachal Pradesh and 22-km road stretch from Walong to Kibithu were named in honour of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, died in a helicopter crash.
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A military station at Kibithu, Arunachal Pradesh and 22-km road stretch from Walong to Kibithu were named in honour of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, died in a helicopter crash. Kibithu is located on the banks of Lohit river in the Eastern most part of India, in Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh. Located along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), it was at Kibithu that General Rawat commanded the 5th Battalion of the 11th Regiment of the Gorkha Rifles as a Colonel in 1999-2000. The Army has re-named its military station at Kibithu as the ‘General Bipin Rawat Military Garrison’. The 22-km road stretch from Walong to Kibithu was renamed ‘General Bipin Rawat Marg’ and dedicated by the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Pema Khandu.
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