'My Hero, My Best Friend': Brigadier Lidder's Daughter, Wife Bid Him Tearful Goodbye as Nation Mourns Loss
3 years ago

'My Hero, My Best Friend': Brigadier Lidder's Daughter, Wife Bid Him Tearful Goodbye as Nation Mourns Loss

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Brigadier Lakhwinder Singh Lidder’s wife Geetika Lidder, and daughter, Aashna Lidder, bid a tearful goodbye to him this morning in Delhi’s Brar Crematorium. Earlier, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Haryana Chief Minister M L Khattar on Friday laid wreaths on the mortal remains of Lidder, who died along with 12 others in the military chopper crash in Tamil Nadu. Brigadier Lidder’s mortal remains were kept at Brar square in Delhi cantonment before his cremation. Chief of Defence Staff Gen Rawat, his wife Madhulika, Brig Lidder and 10 other armed forces personnel were killed in the Mi-17V5 helicopter crash near Coonoor on Wednesday, in one of the biggest air accidents in India in decades involving senior military officers.

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'My hero, my biggest motivator': Brigadier LS Lidder's wife and daughter bid him a teary adieu
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'My hero, my biggest motivator': Brigadier LS Lidder's wife and daughter bid him a teary adieu

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Brigadier LS Lidder, a second generation Army officer, had been approved for promotion to Major General, and was due to take command of a division A grief-stricken and heartbroken Geetika Lidder and Aashna Lidder, wife and daughter of Brigadier Lakhwinder Singh Lidder, bid goodbye to him this morning, as he was laid to rest with full military honours. Heart-breaking visuals …

IAF helicopter crash: Brig. LS Lidder cremated with full military honours in Delhi
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IAF helicopter crash: Brig. LS Lidder cremated with full military honours in Delhi

Op India  

Brigadier LS Lidder had lost his life in the tragic chopper crash on December 8 where CDS Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others had succumbed in the Nilgiris. It's a big loss…," says wife of Brig LS Lidder, Geetika pic.twitter.com/unLv6sA7e7 — ANI December 10, 2021 Mrs Geetika Lidder, the wife of Brig LS Lidder asserted that her soldier husband …

IAF Helicopter Crash: Brigadier LS Lidder laid to rest with full military honours
3 years ago

IAF Helicopter Crash: Brigadier LS Lidder laid to rest with full military honours

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Brigadier H S Lidder was defence assistant to the CDS since January 2021 and was approved for Major General rank before the horrible IAF helicopter crash The nation bid farewell to Brigadier Lakhwinder Singh Lidder, who passed away in the ill-fated IAF helicopter crash along with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika and 11 others. Please …

The Tony I knew: Remembering Brig LS Lidder who lost his life with CDS Bipin Rawat in Coonoor helicopter crash
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The Tony I knew: Remembering Brig LS Lidder who lost his life with CDS Bipin Rawat in Coonoor helicopter crash

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The career of Brig LS Lidder was on the upward trajectory till the cruel hands of destiny snatched him forever from us on 8 December 2021 in the helicopter crash in Coonoor It was 6 pm on 31 October, 1984, the day Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated. This brave boy was Lakhbinder Singh Lidder, whose nickname was Tony, and …

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