AHMEDABAD, DEC 30
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s centenarian mother Heeraben Modi passed away at Ahmedabad’s UN Mehta Hospital early in the morning on Friday. PM Modi, who reached Gujarat early this morning, performed the last rites. Heeraben Modi was 99.
Prime Minister @narendramodi Carries the Mortal Remains Of his Mother #Heeraben Modi. pic.twitter.com/GIFplpsIZi
— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) December 30, 2022
“Smt Hiraba Modi passed away on 30/12/2022, at 3:39 am (early morning, during the treatment at UN Mehta Heart Hospital,” the hospital where she had been admitted since Wednesday said in a statement.
Gujarat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays respect to his mother Heeraben Modi at Gandhinagar residence.
(Source: DD) pic.twitter.com/VJimh3FXZC
— ANI (@ANI) December 30, 2022
Informing about her death, the Prime Minister posted a heartfelt tweet early this morning, “A glorious century rests at the feet of God… In Maa, I have always felt that trinity, which contains the journey of an ascetic, the symbol of a selfless Karmayogi and a life committed to values.”
માનનીય વડાપ્રધાન શ્રી નરેન્દ્રભાઈ મોદીના માતૃશ્રી પૂજ્ય હીરાબા ના દેવલોક ગમનથી ઊંડા દુ:ખની લાગણી અનુભવું છું. પૂજ્ય હીરાબા વાત્સલ્ય, સાદગી, પરિશ્રમ અને ઉચ્ચ જીવનમૂલ્યોના પ્રતિમૂર્તિ હતા. ભગવાન તેમના આત્માને પરમ શાંતિ અર્પે તેવી પ્રાર્થના કરું છું. ૐ શાંતિ.
— Bhupendra Patel (Modi Ka Parivar) (@Bhupendrapbjp) December 30, 2022
PM Modi, who was scheduled to launch the developmental projects in West Bengal, may join the events through video conferencing.
Heeraben Modi lived with PM Modi’s younger brother Pankaj Modi at Raysan village near Gandhinagar.
The Prime Minister would regularly visit Raysan and spend time with his mother during most of his Gujarat visits.
PM’s tweet on her mother
Honouring his mother for her “glorious” life for a century, Modi posted a heartfelt tribute in his twitter handle, wherein he wrote that on her 100th birthday when he met her, she told him something that he will remember forever. “Work with intelligence and live life with purity,” the PM’s tweet added.
मैं जब उनसे 100वें जन्मदिन पर मिला तो उन्होंने एक बात कही थी, जो हमेशा याद रहती है कि કામ કરો બુદ્ધિથી, જીવન જીવો શુદ્ધિથી यानि काम करो बुद्धि से और जीवन जियो शुद्धि से।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 30, 2022
Heeraben was said to be recovering on Thursday after the hospital released a statement. The prime minister had rushed to the hospital in Ahmedabad after learning about his mother’s health condition, and stayed there for an hour and a half.
Dear Prime Minister @NarendraModi,
We all know the emotional bond you had with your beloved mother Hiraba. The grief of losing one’s mother is too hard to bear for anyone. I am deeply saddened and no words can describe how sorry I am for your loss. (1/2)— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) December 30, 2022
PM Modi, who is scheduled to attend several programmes later in the day, has reportedly not cancelled any of those and left for Ahmedabad. He is scheduled to flag off a Vande Bharat train in West Bengal’s Howrah district and has other development works lined up.
प्रधानमंत्री @narendramodi जी की पूज्य माताजी हीरा बा के स्वर्गवास की सूचना अत्यंत दुःखद है। माँ एक व्यक्ति के जीवन की पहली मित्र और गुरु होती है जिसे खोने का दुःख निःसंदेह संसार का सबसे बड़ा दुःख है।
— Amit Shah (Modi Ka Parivar) (@AmitShah) December 30, 2022
Tributes have begun pouring in for the demise of Heeraben Modi. Union home minister Amit Shah, defence minister Rajnath Singh and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati were among some names who extended their condolences to PM Modi for his loss.
“માતૃદેવો ભવ!”
હીરાબાનાં ચરણોમાં પ્રણામ 🙏
ઓમ શાંતિ ! pic.twitter.com/j6VgPE54zv
— C R Paatil (Modi Ka Parivar) (@CRPaatil) December 30, 2022
Heeraben Modi was born in Vadnagar in Mehsana, Gujarat, on June 18, 1923. She has five sons and a daughter, with PM Modi being the third of six children.
