Last rites performed at Gandhinagar; PM carries mortal remains; lights pyre with brother
Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Heeraben Modi passed away at Ahmedabad’s UN Mehta Hospital at the age of 99. She breathed her last at around 3.30 am. Heeraben Modi was born in Vadnagar in Mehsana, Gujarat, on June 18, 1923. She leaves behind five sons and a daughter — Somabhai Modi, Amrut Modi, Prahlad Modi, Pankaj Modi, Narendra Modi and Vasantiben Hasmukhlal Modi. She lived in Raysan village near Gandhinagar with Pankaj Modi.
