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Suvra Mukherjee: The life and journey of India's late first lady

New Delhi: Suvra Mukherjee, wife of President Pranab Mukherjee, passed away this morning, 11 days  after she was hospitalised in a critical condition.An accomplished Rabindra Sangeet singer, she was 74.  Admitted to the Army Research

India TV News Desk India TV News Desk Updated on: August 18, 2015 18:51 IST

At our age, it's more about depending on each other wholeheartedly. His love for me is different. Every day, after his bath he comes to me, touches my forehead and recites some mantras. He does this every day of the year and yesterday was no exception. This is how he expresses his love. We've been married for 55 years and we haven't fought for a single day!”

Being a music lover, her concern before shifting to the palatial 360-room Rashtrapati Bhavan was to find an appropriate place for her musical instruments, harmonium and tanpura.

In fact, her love for Rabindra Sangeet found a reflection in the melodies played by the Rashtrapati Bhavan band during the formal events, like At Home and dinner receptions for foreign dignitaries.

The band has begun interspersing usual melodies with well-known melodious Rabindra Sangeet numbers.

Bengali sweets, like sandesh, also made its entry into Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Mukherjee married Suvra on July 13, 1957. She hailed from Jessore, now in Bangladesh, and had migrated to Kolkata

at the age of 10 years. "We are not like today's couples. It's not a lovey-dovey relationship and we don't express our emotions overtly," Suvra

was quoted as having said on the eve of the crowning moment of her husband's political career when he assumed the office of President on July 25, 2012.

(With Agency Inputs)

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