India’s First Lady Suvra Mukherjee passes away

Today, India’s First Lady Suvra Mukherjee passed away on morning at 10.51 am. Wife of President Pranab Mukherjee, she had been ill for sometime and had complained of respiratory problems recently. She was born on September 17, 1940 in Jessore (now in Bangladesh) and married Pranab Mukherjee on July 13, 1957. A graduate, Ms Mukherjee was an ardent fan of India’s national poet, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore.