Pronob Mukherjee in full Shri Pronob kumar Mukherjee (born dec11,1935,Mirati,WestBengal,died 31 aug 2020,Delhi). Indian politician and government official who served as president of India.
Pronob Mukherjee was an Indian politician who served as the 13th president of India from 2012 until 2017. In a political carrier spanning 5 decades Mukherjee has been a senior leader in Indian national congress and has occupied several ministerial portfolios in the Government of India
Pronob Mukherjee the elder statesman of Indian politics has died at 84.The former president of India who had tested positive for coronavirus has been in coma after a brain surgery earlier month of August’2020.
Pronob da the 13th president of India was witness to and was the part of the fascinating transformation of Indian politics over the last 5 decades from the congress unipolar hegemony days under Indira Gandhi as PM in the late 60s to its downfall after emergency in the next decade.
Prior his election as president Mr Mukherjee was union finance minister from 2009 to2012. He was awarded India’s highest civilian honor the Bharat Ratna in 2019 by the president of India Ram Nath Kovind.
It is really sad to hear that our former President Shri Pronob Kumar Mukherjee is no more. His demise is passing of an era.
-Binita Rudra
