The head of the Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, Sister Nirmala passed away at the age of 81.
Nirmala Joshi, better known as Sister Nirmala had replaced Mother Teresa as the superior general in 1997.
Born to a Brahmin soldier in Ranchi hailing from Nepal, Sister Nirmala had joined the Order at the age of 17.
She was later succeeded by German-born Sister Mary Prema.