Former President Pranab Mukherjee dies
Former President Pranab Mukherjee died yesterday at the age of 84. He was found to be positive of coronovirus before successful surgery to remove clots accumulated in the brain. He was born in Mirti village in Birbhum district of West Bengal.
About Pranab Mukherjee:
- Pranab Mukherjee is known as ‘Pranab da’. He was the President of the country during 2012 and 2017. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2019.
- He was the fifth President to receive the Bharat Ratna Award.
- Before becoming President, he has held several important ministries such as foreign, defense, commerce and finance departments as Union Minister in several Congress-led governments. Mukherjee served as the Deputy Minister for Finance in 1973–74, before becoming finance minister for the first time in Indira Gandhi’s cabinet in 1982.
- Apart from this, Mukherjee also served on the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, Asian Development Bank and African Development Bank.
- He was also appointed as the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission at the time of PV Narasimha Rao’s government at the Center in 1991 and the post he held for five years.
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