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Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee dies aged 84

1 September 2020
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2020-09-01 13:51

Former President Pranab Mukherjee, a senior leader of India's Congress party who served in multiple Cabinets during five decades in politics, has died. He was 84. Mukherjee had emergency surgery for a blood clot in his brain on Aug. 10 at New Delhiā€™s Army Hospital Research and Referral after suffering a fall. The hospital said he tested positive for COVID-19 after the surgery and his condition was critical.

He remained in a coma after the surgery. The hospital said his health began declining on Monday after a lung infection resulted in septic shock. His son, former lawmaker Abhijeet Mukherjee, tweeted in the evening that he had died. Mukherjee was president from 2012 to 2017. He had been minister of finance, defense and foreign affairs for three separate prime ministers.

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