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Pentagon condoles CDS Gen Rawat's death, says ‘he was strong proponent of India-US defence partnership’

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A senior US official called General Bipin Rawat, India's first Chief of Defence Staff who died in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu, a strong proponent of India-US defence ties and helped deepen the strategic partnership between the two countries. Earlier, on Wednesday, the Indian Air Force said that General Rawat, his wife Madhulika and 11 other people on board an Indian Air Force helicopter died in a crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu.