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Bipin Rawat
General Bipin Rawat, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM, is the 27th Chief of
General
Army Staff of the Indian Army. He assumed office on 31 December 2016
Bipin Rawat
after retirement of General Dalbir Singh.[1][2][3]
UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM
Born Pauri Garhwal
district, Uttarakhand,
Contents India
Allegiance India
Early life and education
Service/ Indian Army
Career
1987 Sino-Indian skirmish branch
UN Mission in Congo Years of 16 December 1978 –
2015 Myanmar strikes service present
Bilateral visits as COAS
Rank
Honours and decorations General
References
Service IC-35471M
number
Early life and education Unit 5/11 Gorkha Rifles

Bipin Rawat was born in Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, India.[4] His Commands Southern Army
family had been serving in the Indian Army for multiple generations, and held III Corps
his father was Lieutenant General Laxman Singh Rawat.[5][6][7] Rawat 19 Infantry Division
attended Cambrian Hall School in Dehradun, St Edward’s School in (Uri)
Shimla, and the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, where he was MONUSCO Brigade
awarded the 'Sword of Honour'. He is also a graduate of the Defence 5 Sector Rashtriya
Services Staff College, Wellington and the Higher Command Course at Fort Rifles (Sopore)
Leavenworth, USA.[8][9][10] He has a MPhil in Defence Studies from Madras 5/11 Gorkha Rifles
University, a Diploma in Management and another in Computer Studies. Awards Uttam Yudh
In 2011, he was awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy by Chaudhary Charan Seva Medal
Singh University, Meerut for his research on military-media strategic Ati Vishisht Seva
studies.[11][3] Medal
Yudh Seva
Career Medal
Sena Medal
Rawat was commissioned into the 5th battalion of 11 Gorkha Rifles on 16 Vishisht Seva
December 1978, the same unit as his father.[12][13] He has lots of experience Medal
in high altitude warfare and spent ten years conducting counter insurgency
Relations Lt Gen. Laxman
operations.[10] He commanded a company in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir, an
Singh Rawat (Retd)
infantry battalion in the Eastern sector along the Line of Actual Control at
(Father)
Kibithu, 5 Sector of Rashtriya Rifles (Sopore) as brigade commander, 19
Infantry Division (Uri), III Corps (Dimapur) and was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-C) Southern
Command (Pune). He also held staff assignments which included an instructional tenure at the Indian Military
Academy (Dehradun), General Staff Officer Grade 2 at the Military Operations Directorate, logistics staff officer of a
Re-organised Army Plains Infantry Division (RAPID) in central India, Colonel Military Secretary and Deputy Military
Secretary in the Military Secretary’s Branch and Senior Instructor in the Junior Command Wing. He also commanded
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MONUSCO (a multinational brigade in a Chapter VII mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) where he was
twice awarded the Force Commander’s Commendation. During his career span of 37 years, he has been awarded for
gallantry and distinguished service with the UYSM in 2013, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM, COAS Commendation on two
occasions and the Army Commander’s Commendation.[8][14][15][16][17][18][19]

Rawat assumed the post of GOC-C Southern Command on 1 January 2016 and assumed the post of Vice Chief of Army
Staff on 1 September 2016. On 17 December 2016, the Government of India designated him as the 27th Chief of the
Army Staff, superseding two more senior Lieutenant Generals, Praveen Bakshi and P. M. Hariz.[20] He is the fourth
officer from the Gorkha Brigade to become the Chief of the Army Staff.

1987 Sino-Indian skirmish

During the 1987 face off in the Sumdorong Chu valley, Rawat's battalion was deployed against the Chinese People's
Liberation Army.[21]

UN Mission in Congo
While commanding MONUSCO (a Multinational Brigade in a Chapter VII mission in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo), Rawat had a truly outstanding tour. Within two weeks of deployment in the DRC, the Brigade faced a major
offensive in the east which threatened not only the regional capital of North Kivu, Goma, but stability across the
country as a whole. The situation demanded a rapid response and North Kivu Brigade was reinforced, where it was
responsible for over 7,000 men and women, representing nearly half of the total MONUSCO force. Whilst
simultaneously engaged in offensive kinetic operations against the CNDP and other armed groups, Rawat (then
Brigadier) carried out tactical support to the Congolese Army (FARDC), sensitization programmes with the local
population and detailed coordination to ensure that all were informed about the situation and worked together in
prosecuting operations whilst trying to protect the vulnerable population. This hectic period of operational tempo
lasted a full four months and during this time Rawat, his headquarters and his international Brigade, were tested to
the full, across the operational spectrum. His personal leadership, courage and experience were pivotal to the success
that the Brigade achieved. Goma never fell, the East stabilized and the main armed group was motivated to the
negotiating table and has since been integrated into the FARDC. He was also tasked to present the Revised Charter of
Peace Enforcement to the Special Representatives of the Secretary General and Force Commanders of all the UN
missions in a special conference at Wilton Park, London on 16 May 2009.[8][9][22]

2015 Myanmar strikes

In June 2015, eighteen Indian soldiers were killed in an ambush by militants belonging to the United Liberation Front
of Western South East Asia (UNLFW) in Manipur. The Indian Army responded with cross-border strikes in which
units of the 21st battalion of the Parachute Regiment struck an NSCN-K base in Myanmar. 21 Para was under the
operational control of the Dimapur-based III Corps, which was then commanded by Rawat.[10][23]

Bilateral visits as COAS

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Country Date Purpose References

2017

Bilateral discussions with President, Prime Minister and Defence

Nepal 28 - 31 Minister. [24][25]
March
Visited a high-altitude military warfare training centre at Pokhara
and Muktinath.

31 Bilateral discussions with President, Prime Minister and Chief of

March - Army Staff. [25][26]
Bangladesh 2 April Visited headquarters of an infantry division and armoured corps at
Bogra.

27 - 30 Audience with King of Bhutan. [27]

Bhutan
April
Goodwill visit.

Bilateral discussions with State Counseller, Union Minister for

Foreign Affairs, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Deputy
28 - 31 Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services and Commander-in- [28]
Myanmar May Chief of Army.
Visited National Defence College, Nay Pyi Taw and Defence
Services Academy, Pwin Oo Lwin.

Bilateral discussions with Defence Minister, Chairman of the

1-3 National Security Committee, Vice Minister of Defence and
[29]
Kazakhstan August Commander-in-Chief of Land Forces of Kazakhstan.
Visited elite Air Assault Brigade and National Defence University in
Astana

Bilateral discussions with Minister of Defence & Secretary, National

4-5 Security Council, First Deputy Minister & Chief of General Staff, [29]
Turkmenistan August Commanders of Land, Naval, Air & Air Defence Forces
Visited the Military Institute & Military Academy

2018

Nepal 12 - 14 Bilateral meetings with President and Prime Minister [30][31][32]

February
Chief guest at Army day of the Nepalese Army

Honours and decorations

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Uttam Yudh Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal

Yudh Seva Medal Sena Medal Vishisht Seva Medal
Wound Medal Samanya Seva Medal Special Service Medal Operation Parakram Medal
High Altitude Service 50th Anniversary of Independence
Sainya Seva Medal Videsh Seva Medal
Medal Medal
30 Years Long Service 20 Years Long Service 9 Years Long Service
MONUSCO
Medal Medal Medal

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Military offices
Preceded by Chief of Army Staff Succeeded by
Dalbir Singh 31 December 2016–Current Incumbent
Vice Chief of Army Staff
Preceded by Succeeded by
1 September 2016 - 31 December
Man Mohan Singh Rai Sarath Chand
2016
General Officer Commanding
Succeeded by
Preceded by Southern Command
P M Hariz
2015 - 31 July 2016
General Officer Commanding III
Preceded by Corps Succeeded by
S L Narasimhan 1 September 2014 - 23 November Abhay Krishna
2015

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