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Rajasthan Governor Prabha Rau dead

Last updated on: April 26, 2010 13:47 IST
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Rajasthan [ Images ] Governor Prabha Rau died at the All India [ Images ] Institute of Medical Sciences in News Delhi [ Images ] on Monday after she was admitted to the hospital following a heart attack.

75-year-old Rau was found unconscious on Monday morning in the bathroom of Jodhpur [ Images ] House in New Delhi and was immediately taken to the hospital, a state government spokesman said.

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

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

A former president of the Maharashtra [ Images ] Pradesh Congress Committee, Rau had earlier served as Himachal Pradesh [ Images ] Governor. She was shifted to Rajasthan in Janaury this year.

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