India has declared one-day state mourning on Saturday as a mark of admiration to the former President of Mauritius Anerood Jugnauth, who passed away on Thursday.
A Home Ministry statement said that “as a mark of respect to the departed dignitary” the Government of India has decided that there will be one day’s State mourning on Saturday throughout India. “The national flag will be flown at half-mast on the day of the mourning throughout India on all buildings where the National Flag is flown regularly and there will be no official entertainment on the day,” it said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had described Jugnauth, who was given India's second-highest civilian honour Padma Vibhushan, as a statesman who was the architect of modern Mauritius. "A proud Pravasi Bharatiya, he helped forge the special bilateral relationship that will benefit from his legacy," Modi had said.
Born March 29, 1930, Jugnauth trained as a lawyer and entered politics in 1963 when he was elected to parliament. In 1965, Jugnauth participated in an historic conference in London that paved the way for the adoption of a constitution in the then-British colony, and independence some three years later.
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