Chetan Chauhan cremated at Garhmukteshwar with state honours
Former India cricketer and Uttar Pradesh cupboard minister Chetan Chauhan, who died of COVID-19 associated problems, was on Monday cremated with state honours in Garhmukteshwar, Hapur.
Chauhan was 73 and breathed his final at a Gurugram hospital after battling the dreaded an infection for over a month. His physique was first taken to his residence in Mayur Vihar earlier than the final rites had been carried out in Garhmukteshwar.
Chauhan was serving because the Minister of Sainik Welfare, Residence Guards, and Civil Safety within the Uttar Pradesh cupboard. He’s survived by his spouse and son Vinayak, who lit the pyre after arriving from Melbourne on Sunday.
“He was cremated with full state honours. The funeral was attended by a number of bureaucrats and a sizeable crowd gathered to pay their final respects,” a Delhi and Districts Cricket Affiliation official, who attended the funeral, advised PTI.
Chauhan was the legendary Sunil Gavaskar’s longest-serving opening accomplice and collectively the duo scored greater than 3000 runs, together with 12 century stands.
He performed 40 Assessments for India and was the primary Check cricketer to complete his profession with over 2000 runs however with no century.
He turned the second UP minister to succumb to coronavirus.
On August 2, state technical schooling minister Kamla Rani Varun, 62, had died days after testing optimistic for COVID-19.
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