Family and relatives pay their last respects clad in PPE kits
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Published 01.09.20, 04:41 PM
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Abhijit Mukherjee, son of late Pranab Mukherjee, performs rituals during the cremation of the former president, at Lodhi Road cremation ground in New Delhi on Tuesday,
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Former President Pranab Mukherjee was cremated with full state honours at the Lodhi road electric crematorium on Tuesday afternoon.
His son Abhijit Mukherjee performed his last rites.
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Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu pays his last respects to former President Pranab Mukherjee at his residence, 10 Rajaji Marg in New Delhi on Tuesday.
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Mukherjee's family and relatives paid their last respects clad in PPE kits while conforming to Covid-19 safeguards.
An Army contingent gave a guard of honour and a gun salute to the former president.
The mortal remains of Mukherjee were earlier brought to the crematorium in a flower-bedecked vehicle. His body was clad in the tricolour.
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Abhijit Mukherjee and Sharmistha Mukherjee, son and daughter respectively of late Pranab Mukherjee, hold the tricolour presented to them during the funeral of the former president, at Lodhi Road cremation ground in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Mukherjee (84) died on Monday evening at the Army's Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi cantonment following a 21-day battle with multiple ailments.
He was admitted to the hospital on August 10 and was operated the same day for removal of a clot in the brain. He had also tested positive for Covid-19 at the time of his admission. The former president later developed a lung infection.
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A hearse van carrying the mortal remains of former president Pranab Mukherjee prepares to leave for Lodhi crematorium from his residence for last rites, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
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President Ram Nath Kovind pays his last respects to former President Pranab Mukherjee at his residence, 10 Rajaji Marg in New Delhi on Tuesday.
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Army personnel pay tributes as mortal remains of former president Pranab Mukherjee being taken to Lodhi Road crematorium from his residence for the final rites, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays his last respects to former President Pranab Mukherjee at his residence, 10 Rajaji Marg in New Delhi on Tuesday.
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal arrives to pay his last respects to former President Pranab Mukherjee at his residence, 10 Rajaji Marg in New Delhi on Tuesday.
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