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This Article is From Apr 26, 2010

Rajasthan governor dies after heart attack

New Delhi: Rajasthan Governor Prabha Rau on Monday died at the AIIMS in New Delhi after she was admitted to the hospital following a heart attack.

The 75-year-old Rau was found in an unconscious condition on Monday morning in the bathroom of Jodhpur House in New Delhi and was immediately taken to the hospital, a state government spokesman said. She died later, he said.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi was among the first to visit the hospital.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has rushed to Delhi from Jaipur after hearing the news.

A former president of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee, Rau had earlier served as Himachal Pradesh governor. She was shifted to Rajasthan in January this year.

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