Parkash Singh Badal, the former chief minister of Punjab, passed away yesterday, and the government of India declared a day of national mourning in his honor to be commemorated nationwide.
On April 26 and 27, there will be a two-day period of national mourning.
The national flag will be flown at half-mast on days of mourning, and there won’t be any official events, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced in a statement to all state agencies.
Over the past few years, the grand old man of Punjabi politics has been deteriorating. Following symptoms of gastritis and bronchial asthma, he was admitted to the hospital in June of last year.
Parkash Singh Badal Obituary
Parkash Singh Badal, an Indian politician who lived from 8 December 1927 to 25 April 2023, held the position of Punjab’s 8th Chief Minister from 1970 to 1971, 1977 to 1980, 1997 to 2002, and from 2007 to 2017.