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Rajasthan governor Prabha Rau dies after heart attack

PTI | April 26, 2010

Rajasthan Governor Prabha Rau today died at the AIIMS here after she was admitted to the hospital following a heart attack.

75-year-old Rau was found in an unconscious condition this morning in the bathroom of Jodhpur House here 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 Janaury this year.

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