MSU Chancellor Mrunalini Devi Puar passes away
January 02, 2015
Vadodara, DeshGujarat
Maharani Mrunalini Devi Puar (25 June 1931 – 1 January 2015), Chancellor of Maharaja Sayajirao University is no more. She was 83.
She was the senior most member of the Gaekwad dynasty, the former ruling clan of Baroda State.
She was Chancellor of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. She succeeded her brother Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad, Maharaja of Baroda, as Chancellor when he died in 1988. A dietician by training, she had a Ph.D. in Food and Nutrition from the University, and taught there before she became its Chancellor.
Mrunalini Devi’s body has been kept for public viewing at Lakshmi Vilas Palace. Funeral will take place at 4 pm at royal cremation ground Kirti Mandir.
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