Army Chief Bipin Rawat recommends Marshal Kodandera for Bharat Ratna

On Saturday, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said that time has come to recommend late Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, for Bharat Ratna.

Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa was the first Indian commander-in-chief of Indian Army.

“It’s time to recommend Field Marshal KM Cariappa for the Bharat Ratna,” asserted General Bipin Rawat, who was in Karnataka to unveil the statues of Field Marshal KM Cariappa, and Padma Bhushan and Distinguished Service Order (DSO) awardee General Kodendera Subayya Thimayya, at Cauvery College in Karnataka’s Kodagu district.

“If others can get it (Bharat Ratna), I see no reason why he (Field Marshal KM Cariappa) shouldn’t be a deserving personality for the same,” he added.

Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, Order of the British Empire (OBE), was the first Indian commander-in-chief (C-in-C) of the Indian Army. He led Indian forces on the Western Front during the 1947 Indo-Pakistani War.