President Pranab Mukherjee’s wife Suvra Mukherjee, who had been ailing for some time, passed away on Tuesday.
First Lady Suvra Mukherjee, President Pranab Mukherjee’s wife of 58 years, was 74.
It is informed with deep sorrow that First Lady, Mrs Suvra Mukherjee passed away this morning at 1051 am
She had always remained in the background, smiling graciously at invited guests from her wheelchair during events held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The first lady was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Army’s Research And Referral Hospital here on August 07. President Mukherjee cut short his two-day visit to Odisha and returned to the national capital that evening itself. She was known to be suffering from a heart ailment.
First Lady Smt. Suvra Mukherjee suffered a cardiac arrest on August 7, 2015 & was admitted to ICU of Army Hospital (R&R) same day