Senior freedom fighter Dhumal passes away

Tuesday, July 18, 2006, 17:13 [IST]

Kopargaon, July 18 (UNI) Senior Freedom Fighter Chandrakant Gyanba Dhumal died of old age here.

He was 93. He is survived by wife, a son and a daughter.

Mr Dhumal had undergone imprisonment for two and a half years for his participation in the 'Quit India' movement in 1942.

Former union minister and MP Balasaheb Vikhe Patil and former Education Minister Shankarrao Kale have paid their tributes to the departed soul.

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