CDS General Bipin Rawat's wife Madhulika Rawat was among the 13 people who died in the IAF helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu. She was Defence Wives Welfare Association's President and she worked towards welfare of widows of military personnel. Madhulika hailed from the erstwhile royal family of Sohagpur Riyasat in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district. She married General Rawat in 1986.