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Activist H D Shourie, 93, dies

June 28, 2005 14:09 IST
Source:PTI

H D Shourie, consumer activist and father of former Union minister Arun Shourie, died in New Delhi on Tuesday.

The 93-year-old retired Indian Civil Services officer and founder of Common Cause is survived by two sons and a  daughter.

He will be cremated this evening in Lodhi crematorium.

Arun Shourie, former disinvestment and communication minister in the erstwhile Vajpayee government, said his father died in sleep this morning, a day after he fell sick.

The doctors said H D Shourie is believed to have died due to heart attack.

Arun Shourie had lost his mother last year.

Source: PTI
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