Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben Modi has died at the age of 99.
She had been admitted to a hospital in the western state of Gujarat, where she lived after her health deteriorated.
Narendra Modi has tweeted a glorious century rests at the feet of God.
Modi says his mother is as simple as she is extraordinary. just like all mothers.
He had flown from Delhi to visit her at the hospital yesterday.
The Indian prime minister often visited his mother to seek her blessings on important occasions and festivals.
Heeraben lived with Modi's younger brother and his family.
She was born in Visnagar in Gujarat's Mehsana district on 8th June 1923.
As a teen, she was married to Damodardas Mulchand Modi and moved to the town of Vadnagar a few kilometres away.
Source: BBC
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