84-year-old Former President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee
was admitted to hospital on 10th August.
He was admitted for a surgery to remove a brain clot. However after the surgery he went into a coma.
He had even tested positive for COVID-19.
According to doctors, he developed a lung infection and a renal dysfunction since the past few days.
He was admitted at the RR hospital in Delhi.
On 31st August, the infection in his lungs began spread throughout his body after which he died.
Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit Mukherjee tweeted,
"Everyone had prayed for my father and doctors worked very hard to care for him but sadly he passed away.
Thank you to all and I am deeply saddened by this."
The Central Government has announced seven days of state mourning for the former President.
Mr Mukherjee was born in 1935 in Mirat, a village in Bengal.
 Mukherjee had a degree in Political Science, history as well as Law degree from University of Calcutta.
His political career started in 1969.
That time he was noticed by Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and she made him a Rajya Sabha member.
Mr. Mukherjee was Minister of Finance, External Affairs Minister and India’s President from 2012 to 2017.
