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Major General
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Former Chief of Indian Army
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Lieutenant General
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Detailed explanation-1: -General (retd) Sunith Francis Rodrigues, who headed the Indian Army between 1990 and 1993, and served as the governor of Punjab between 2004 and 2010, passed away on Friday, an official statement said.
Detailed explanation-2: -In January 1949 Cariappa was named the first Indian commander in chief of the Indian army, replacing the British commanding general, Sir Roy Bucher. As army chief, Cariappa had a mandate to transform the army left by the British into a national military force.
Detailed explanation-3: -General Sunith Francis Rodrigues, PVSM, VSM (19 September 1933 – 4 March 2022) was an Indian army officer and politician. He was Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1990 to 1993 and Governor of Punjab from 2004 to 2010. Rodrigues died on 4 March 2022 in Panaji, Goa, India at the age of 88.
Detailed explanation-4: -Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the demise of former Army Chief General SF Rodrigues.
Detailed explanation-5: -To commemorate the first death anniversary of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, his bust was unveiled by MoS Defence Ajay Bhatt at United Service Institution of India (USI) in New Delhi on December 10.