Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee passes away

Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee passed away on Monday after a brief illness. The 84 year old veteran politician was found to be coronavirus positive when he went to Army Hospital for another procedure. At the hospital, he underwent surgery for a blood clot in brain.

Pranab Mukherjee's health worsened later and had to be kept on ventilator support. His son Abhijit Mukherjee said on Wednesday tweeted that his father was "haemodynamically stable". However, he asked everyone to continue prayers.

Pranab Mukherjee’s career spanned for over five decades, the highest point of which came when he became President Of India. He was in the Presidential office from 2012 to 2017. But even before he assumed the highest office in the land, Pranab Mukherjee had been the backbone of Indian Government on more than one occasion.

He was Minister of Finance between 2009 and 2012, Minister of Defence from 2004 to 2006 and Minister of External Affairs from 2006 to 2009. 

Pranab Mukherjee is survived by 3 children. Sharmistha Mukherjee, Abhijit Mukherjee and Indrajit Mukherjee. Pranab Mukherjee was a staunch Congressman. But this did not stop him from his duties during the years of NDA rule. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has repeatedly expressed gratitude for the guidance he got from President Pranab Mukherjee during his first term in the Prime Ministerial office. Pranab Mukherjee was conferred Padma Vibhushan in 2008 and Bharat Ratna in 2019.

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