Last rites of Pranab Mukherjee's wife Suvra performed

19 August,2015 11:21 AM IST |   |  IANS

The last rites of Suvra Mukherjee, wife of President Pranab Mukherjee, were performed at the electric crematorium on Lodhi Road here on Wednesday.


New Delhi: The last rites of Suvra Mukherjee, wife of President Pranab Mukherjee, were performed at the electric crematorium on Lodhi Road here on Wednesday.


President Pranab Mukherjee paying his last respects to his wife Suvra Mukherjee at 13, Talkatora Road in New Delhi on Wednesday. PTI Photo

The funeral ceremony was attended by Pranab Mukherjee, their children Sharmistha, Abhijit and Indrajit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh

Hasina, and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee among others were also present.

Suvra Mukherjee died on Tuesday at the Army (Research and Referral) Hospital.

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