Backspace does not work in Cygwin
Solution 1:
In my case backspace was not at all working after creating blank ~/.vimrc. Following change made it work
Put:
set bs=2
in .vimrc
Found this at http://linux-journal.blogspot.com/2005/04/fix-vim-backspace-doesnt-work.html
Solution 2:
Worked for me: In the Windows command prompt, type
echo export TERM=cygwin >> C:/cygwin/home/YourUser/.bashrc
This will add it to the .bashrc and everything may work nicely!