A friend of Bangladesh dies
Govind Narain, one of the last surviving Indian civil service officers who played a key role in formulating India's role in Bangladesh's Liberation War and aiding the formation of the Mukti Bahini, passed away on Tuesday, said his family.
The 95-year-old Narain died due to old age complications at his residence in Chattarpur in South Delhi after refusing to be admitted to a hospital, the family said.
His last rites were performed at the Lodhi crematorium where Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and several bureaucrats were present.
Born on May 5, 1916 in Uttar Pradesh state's Mainpuri, Oxford-educated Narain joined the Indian Civil Service in 1939.
Narain, who worked under prime ministers Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi, was home secretary from 1971 to 1973.
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