Suvra Mukherjee was the First Lady of India (from 2012 to her death in 2015); Wife of Thirteenth President of India, Pranab Mukherjee. He died on August 18, 2015 at the age of 74 from a respiratory disease.
Wiki/Biography
Suvra Mukherjee was born on Tuesday 17 September 1940 (age 74 at death) in Jessore, Bengal, British India (now Narail District, Khulna Division, Bangladesh). He moved to Kolkata in 1950 at the age of 10 after the partition of India in 1947. He had two postgraduate degrees, in political science and history.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′0″
Hair color: black
Eye Color: Black
family and caste
Suvra Mukherjee married the former President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on 13 July 1957.
Pictured: Suvra Mukherjee with husband Pranab Mukherjee at their former residence at 11 Ashoka Road, New Delhi in 1979.
Speaking about her relationship with her husband in a 2012 interview with the Times of India, she said:
“We are not like today’s couples. It’s not a lovey dovey relationship and we don’t show our emotions overtly. It’s all in the mind and heart. We’re not really into small love talk. In our age, it is more cordially interdependent. His love for me is different. Every day, after bathing, he comes to me, touches my forehead and asks me some mantras. He does it every day of the year, and yesterday was no exception. This is how he expresses his love. We have been married for 55 years and we haven’t fought a single day!”
Pranab Mukherjee offers a cake to his wife in New Delhi
Suvra with Pranab Mukherjee during a Holi event in 1980
The couple had three children; Two sons and a daughter – Abhijit Mukherjee (Politician), Indrajit Mukherjee (Technical Analyst) and Sharmista Mukherjee (Dancer and Politician).
Abhijit Mukherjee
Sharmista Mukherjee and Indrajit Mukherjee
books
Suvra also tried his hand at writing. He wrote two books:
Chokher Aloy: Chokher Aloy is a personal narrative of Indira Gandhi’s close relationship with the Prime Minister.
Suvra with the former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi
Chena Achenai Chin: is a travelogue recounting his visit to China.
death
Suvra Mukherjee was suffering from prolonged respiratory illness. He breathed his last on August 18, 2015 at Army Research and Referral Hospital, New Delhi. After his death, his body was shifted to Lodhi Road Electric Crematorium, 13 Talkatora Road in New Delhi, where his last rites were performed.
President Pranab Mukherjee paying his last respects to his wife Suvra Mukherjee
Many prominent political personalities including Narendra Modi, Manmohan Singh, Sheikh Hasina attended his last rites.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will pay last respects to Suvra Mukherjee
Facts/Trivia
- Suvra Mukherjee admired the philosophy of the great Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore and convinced people to know its truth or utility.
- He was a Rabindra Sangeet vocalist and dancer and performed globally in Rabindranath Tagore’s dance dramas for many years.
- As a dancer, he formed the ‘Gitanjali Troup’, a dance troupe in the late 70s to promote the work of the Bengali polymath, Rabindranath Tagore. For a long time, he led and led a dance group.
- As well as being musically inclined, he was also a talented artist who had many successful bands and solo art exhibitions.
- Suvra Mukherjee shared a healthy relationship with famous singer Kumar Sanu. He released many of his albums related to Rabindra Sangeet and devotional music.
- He also worked as a teacher at Birsinghpur Vidyasagar Balika Vidyalaya in West Midnapore Ghatal for six months from February 1971 to August 1971. After her death, the school remained closed as a mark of respect for the former first lady.
- Even after being the First Lady of India, she was an apolitical person who liked to stay away from politics.
- She revealed in an interview to Times of India that she lost her child at birth.
- Suvra took his last foreign trip in March 2013 to his birthplace Bangladesh. He and Pranab Mukherjee, who were visiting his relative for the first time, were welcomed in the traditional Bengali way, with the banging of shankhas and singing of the local ‘Ulo Dhoni’ and ‘Mangal deep’ aarti by the crowd.
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