Shobha Nehru cremated

Tribune News Service

Kasauli, April 26

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and other dignitaries today paid their last respects to Shobha Nehru, wife of former US Ambassador BK Nehru, who passed away on Tuesday.

A large number of locals too bid adieu to the grand old lady who, they said, had a special bond with Kasauli and would be remembered for her warmth and poise. 

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Rahul, who would specially come to Kasauli to meet his great grandmother, was one of the pallbearers. 

An ambulance of the Indian Army carried the body to the Mashobra crematorium at 10 am. The deceased’s eldest son Ashok Nehru lit the pyre amid chanting of mantras. His brother Aditya Nehru and caretaker Sanjeev also participated in the last rites. 

Besides the deceased’s daughter-in-law Malti and grandchildren, Justice (retd) SS Sodhi, President, The Tribune Trust, his wife Bonny Sodhi, Brig Deepak Sharma, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment DR Shandil, Pradesh Congress Committee president Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, tehsildar Keshav Ram and Additional SP Manmohan Singh were among those who attended the cremation.

From The Tribune Trust

The Tribune Trust mourns the passing away of Mrs Shobha Nehru, wife of the late BK Nehru, a former President of the Trust. She was decency, grace and intelligence personified, and was a great source of inspiration and confidence to Nehru Sahib. During and after BK Nehru Sahib’s life, her advice and insight was always available to The Tribune family. We recall that only recently the Trust had honoured her as The Tribune’s oldest reader.

The Tribune Trust  conveys its condolences to the Nehru family.