Former President Pranab Mukherjee died at the Army Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi. He was 85 and was admitted on 10 August 2020 for brain surgery. He was placed on the lifesaving system after surgery. Earlier reports of his corona infection had also come positive. Former President Mukherjee has two sons and a daughter in his family.
Pranab Mukherjee fell into the bathroom on the night of August 9, 2020, causing a deep injury to his forehead. On August 10, he underwent a CT scan at the Indian Army's Research and Referral Hospital in Dhaulakuan, which revealed a blood clot in his brain. According to the hospital, his life-saving emergency surgery was necessary immediately for its prevention.
Even after the operation was successful, his health was not normal and due to this he was put on ventilator. There was no improvement in his condition till Tuesday evening.
In 2012, after four decades of long political tenure, Pranab Mukherjee became the first citizen of the country. He was the 13th President of India. His access to this position was not easy. In fact, the choice of UPA President Sonia Gandhi for the post of President was Hamid Ansari. But Pranab Dada was the choice of many regional political parties, including the Samajwadi Party. It also showed that despite political differences Pranab da had acceptance among all political parties.
However, Pranab da's dream of becoming President remained incomplete, for which there was always discussion in political circles. It was well known that Pranab Mukherjee was the strongest and biggest contender for the post of Prime Minister within the UPA and the Congress Party. For this reason, he was also called PM in waiting. But in his luck, the address of Rashtrapati Bhavan was written, not the seven Race Course Road. In his book "The Coalition Years - 1996 - 2012" written on his journey, Pranab Mukherjee himself revealed that he wanted to become Prime Minister.
As president, he saw the UPA being ousted from power and the BJP forming an absolute majority government. Pledged oath of office and secrecy to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On many occasions he did not back down from praising the Modi government. Prime Minister Modi also wanted Pranab da to accept a second term as President. But it was rejected by Pranab citing age and health.
Life of former President of India Pranab Mukherjee
Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee passed away .
Pranab Mukherjee took charge as the 13th President of India on 25 July 2012, at the peak of his political life spanning more than fifty years of exemplary service to the country while in Government and Parliament.
Pranab da was a man with unrivaled experience of governance and, from time to time, also had unmatched experience of serving as the Minister of External Affairs, Defense, Commerce and Finance. He was elected to the Upper House of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) five times since 1969 and twice to the Lower House of Parliament (Lok Sabha) since 2004. He was a member of the Congress Working Committee, the party's highest policy-making body for 23 years.
During the period 2004-2012, on various issues like administrative reform, right to information, right to employment, food security, energy security, information technology and telecom, establishment of Unique Identification Authority of India, Metro Rail etc., for this purpose Presided over more than 95 ministerial groups, played a leading role in reaching important decisions for the government. In the seventh and eighth decade, he played a role in the establishment of Regional Rural Banks (1975) and Exim Bank of India as well as National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (1981–82). Pranab da also formulated a revised formula for sharing of resources between the Center and the states in 1991, which is known as Gadgil-Mukherjee formula.
In India's vibrant multi-party democracy, he is praised for his role in building consensus on complex national issues by his ability to establish unity among various political parties.
Pranab Mukherjee of an ordinary family was born on December 11, 1935, in Mirati, a small village in Virbhum district of West Bengal, as the son of freedom fighters Mr. Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee and Rajalakshmi. Pranab da's father was a Congress leader who had to face many hardships, including being jailed several times, for participating in India's freedom struggle.
Mukherjee received a master's degree in history and political science and a degree in law from Kolkata University. Subsequently, he started his professional life as a college teacher and journalist. Inspired by his father's contribution to the national movement, Mr. Mukherjee plunged completely into public life in 1969, after being elected to the Upper House of Parliament (Rajya Sabha).
He assumed the office of Finance Minister of India for the first time in 1982, in the cabinet of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and was the Leader of the House in the High House of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from 1980 to 1985. Later, he was the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission from 1991 to 1996, Commerce Minister from 1993 to 1995, Minister of External Affairs from 1995 to 1996, Defense Minister from 2004 to 2006 and again from 2006 to 2009. He was Finance Minister from 2009 to 2012 and from 2004 to 2012
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