President's wife Suvra Mukherjee passes away: How Rahul Gandhi, Kejriwal, others reacted
New Delhi, Aug 18: Suvra Mukherjee, the First Lady of India, passed away on Tuesday, Aug 18. 74-year-old Mrs Mukherjee was admitted to Army Hospital on Aug 7.
She suffered a cardiac arrest. She was in the ICU of the hospital. Rashtrapati Bhavan confirmed that the First Lady passes away at 10:51 am.
[President Pranab Mukherjee's wife passes away]
In its official tweet on micro-blogging site Twitter, Rashtrapati Bhavan wrote, "It is informed with deep sorrow that First Lady Suvra Mukherjee passed away this morning. She left for her heavenly abode at 10.51 am."
Suvra Mukherjee tied knots with Pranab Mukherjee on July 13, 1957. She was a vocalist of Rabindra Sangeet and founded the 'Geetanjali Troupe'.
She was also a talented painter, who had many group and solo exhibitions to her credit. She wrote two books in Bengali -- Chokher Aloey and Chena Achenai Chin.
Her demise saddened the country. Condolences poured in on Twitter. Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and many others condoled her death.
My
grave
sympathies
on
the
tragic
death
of
Suvra
Mukherjee
the
wife
of
honourable
President
of
India
🙏🙏@RashtrapatiBhvn
—
Supriya
Sule
(@supriya_sule)
August
18,
2015
My
condolences
on
the
sad
demise
of
Mrs
Suvra
Mukherjee
wife
of
Hon'ble
President
Sh.
Pranab
Mukherjee.
May
god
bless
the
departed
soul.
—
Arun
Jaitley
(@arunjaitley)
August
18,
2015
Very
sad
to
hear
the
demise
of
Mrs
Suvra
Mukherjee.
May
her
soul
rest
in
peace.
Heartfelt
condolences
to
Hon'ble
President
n
his
family.
—
Arvind
Kejriwal
(@ArvindKejriwal)
August
18,
2015
My
deepest
condolences
to
@RashtrapatiBhvn
President
Pranab
Mukherjee
&his
family
on
the
passing
away
of
Smt
Suvra
Mukherjee
@Sharmistha_GK
—
Office
of
RG
(@OfficeOfRG)
August
18,
2015
Sad
to
hear
about
the
demise
of
our
President
Pranab
Mukherjee's
wife,
Smt.
Suvra
Mukherjee.
May
her
soul
rest
in
peace.
Om
Shanti!
—
Dr
Kumar
Vishvas
(@DrKumarVishwas)
August
18,
2015
Saddened
to
hear
abt
d
demise
of
First
Lady,
Smt
Suvra
Mukherjee.
I
convey
my
deep
sympathies
nd
sorrow
to
HE
President
@RashtrapatiBhvn
1/2
—
M
Venkaiah
Naidu
(@MVenkaiahNaidu)
August
18,
2015
Deeply
saddened
by
the
news
of
passing
away
of
First
Lady,
Mrs
Suvra
Mukherjee.
My
heartfelt
condolences.
RIP
—
Prakash
Javadekar
(@PrakashJavdekar)
August
18,
2015
Going
to
RR
Hospital
in
New
Delhi
to
pay
my
last
respects
to
Late
Smt.
Suvra
Mukherjee
—
Rajnath
Singh
(@BJPRajnathSingh)
August
18,
2015
Saddened
to
hear
of
demise
of
our
First
Lady
Suvra
Mukherjee
-
pronams
to
the
departed
soul
and
strength
to
her
family
in
this
hour
of
grief
—
Gunjan
Chakrabarty
(@Gunjan47)
August
18,
2015
Demise
of
the
First
Lady
of
India
Smt.
Suvra
Mukherjee
is
indeed
a
very
sad
news.
May
her
soul
rest
in
peace
@RashtrapatiBhvn
—
Ravi
Shankar
Prasad
(@rsprasad)
August
18,
2015
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