Reminiscing about his time spent with Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa, Army chief General Dalbir Singh said he had many occasions to have lunch with the famous officer during his stay in Bengaluru when he was a Captain in the 1980s.

“One day, while visiting the Vidhana Soudha, I moved to help him climb the steps and he refused, saying ‘Don’t help me even if I fall!’. Such was his energy,” General Singh said.

Praising Kodagu for having sent so many recruits to the Army as well as several senior officers, he accepted the request for a recruitment rally and said it would be held in the district next year.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / by Staff Reporter / Madikeri – August 07th, 2016