{"product_id":"bipin-the-man-behind-the-uniform-9780670097197","title":"Bipin: The Man Behind the Uniform","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the morning of 8 December 2021, India's Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, and his wife, Madhulika, said goodbye to their daughter, Tarini, and dogs, and left their Delhi home to board a flight for Sulur in Tamil Nadu. Around 11.48 a.m., they boarded an Mi-17 V5 helicopter that took off from Sulur to Wellington, where Gen. Rawat was to deliver a lecture at the Defence Services Staff College. Just a few minutes away from its destination, the chopper crashed, and all fourteen passengers onboard eventually perished. It was a sudden and shocking end to the life of a man who had risen like a meteor in the defence forces. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBipin: The Man behind the Uniform\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the NDA cadet who was relegated in the third term for not being able to do a mandatory jump into the swimming pool; of the young Second Lieutenant who was tricked into losing his ID card at the Amritsar railway station by a 5\/11 Gorkha Rifles officer posing as his \u003ci\u003esahayak\u003c\/i\u003e; of the Major with a leg in plaster who was carried up to his company post on the Pakistan border because he insisted on joining his men for Dusshera celebrations under direct enemy observation; of the Army Chief who decided India would retaliate immediately and openly to every act of cross-border terrorism; of the Chief of Defence Staff who was happiest dancing the \u003ci\u003ejhamre \u003c\/i\u003ewith his Gorkha troops. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten by bestselling author Rachna Bisht Rawat and featuring in-depth interviews with Bipin Rawat's friends, family members and comrades, this book is a befitting tribute to one of India's greatest and most controversial Generals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Veer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780670097197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304","brand":"Rachna Bisht Rawat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51991017750709,"sku":"9780670097197","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b8757890-bf61-42e2-809a-208e44e5939b.jpg?v=1762838751","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bipin-the-man-behind-the-uniform-9780670097197","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}