Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Rajasthan's Governor "PRABHA RAU" has been died on 26th of april 2010



"4th of March 1935 to 26th of April 2010"

  • New Delhi, Apr 26,  Rajasthan Governor Prabha Rau died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here today following a massive heart attack at the age of 75.
  • Rau was found unconscious in the bathroom of Jodhpur House here this morning and was rushed to AIIMS where she breathed her last.
  • A former Congress General Secretary, Rau was the fourth Rajasthan Governor to die in harness after Darbara Singh, Nirmal Kumar Jain and S K Singh.

  • A known Nehru-Gandhi family loyalist, she took over as Rajasthan Governor in January this year. Earlier, she held the the gubernatorial post in Himachal Pradesh.
  • Rau, a former member of the CWC, will be cremated at her native Kolhapur village in Maharashtra's Wardha district today with full state honours.