President Pranab Mukherjee's wife of 58 years, First Lady Suvra Mukherjee breathed her last after weeks of ailment.
Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Army's Research and Referral Hospital, two weeks back, she was known to be suffering from heart troubles and respiratory disorders. Hospital PRO, Sanjay Kumar said, “Suvra Mukherjee died after a cardiac arrest. She was on ventilator till the time of her death.”
Born in Jessore, Bangladesh, she married the President in 1957. She was an ardent fan of poet Rabindranath Tagore and, a vocalist of Rabindra Sangeet, performing in the poet's dance-dramas of years in different parts of India, Europe, Asia and Africa. She founded the Geetanjali Troupe, who propagated Tagore's philosophy as expressed through his songs and dance dramas.
Suvra Mukherjee has also written two books, 'Chokher Aloey', as personal account of her close interaction with late prime minister Indira Gandhi, and 'Chena Achenai Chin', a travelogue of her visit to China.
