1. Suvra Mukherjee was the First Lady of India serving from the year 2012 until her death in 2015.
10 Facts About Suvra Mukherjee
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Suvra Mukherjee married Pranab Mukherjee on 13 July 1957 and the couple had two sons and a daughter.
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Suvra Mukherjee held two master's degrees, in history and in political science and taught history and English grammar during the early 1970s in West Midnapore.
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Suvra Mukherjee, was an accomplished singer and a vocalist of songs composed by Rabindranath Tagore, which are known as Rabindra Sangeet.
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Suvra Mukherjee performed in his dance-dramas for many years in India, Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as being the founder of the Geetanjali Troupe, whose mission is to disseminate Tagore's philosophy through song and dance.
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Suvra Mukherjee passed on her love of classical dance to her daughter, Sharmistha Mukherjee, with whom she occasionally performed.
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Suvra Mukherjee was a painter who participated in both group and solo exhibitions.
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Suvra Mukherjee authored two books: Chokher Aloey is a personal account of her close interaction with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and Chena Achenai Chin is a travelogue recounting her visit to China.
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Suvra Mukherjee died in a hospital in New Delhi, India, aged 74.
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Suvra Mukherjee had respiratory problems and was treated as a heart patient.