Rajasthan governor Prabha Rau dies after heart attack

Rajasthan governor Prabha Rau today died at the AIIMS in New Delhi after she was admitted to the hospital following a heart attack.

Rau, 75, was found in an unconscious condition this morning in the bathroom of Jodhpur House here and was immediately taken to the hospital, a state government spokesperson said.

She died later, he said.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi was among the first to visit the hospital.

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot has rushed to Delhi from Jaipur after hearing the news.

A former president of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee, Rau had earlier served as Himachal Pradesh governor. She was shifted to Rajasthan in Janaury this year.