Lee's demise: Govt declares national mourning on Mar 29

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Mar 27 2015 | 3:07 PM IST
Government has declared national mourning on Sunday as mark of respect to the former Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew.
National flag will be flown at half-mast throughout the country and there will be no official entertainment on Sunday, -- Lee's funeral day, an official statement said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be attending the funeral of Lee.
91-year-old Lee, Singapore's founding father who dominated the country's politics for more than half a century, died of severe pneumonia on March 23.

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First Published: Mar 27 2015 | 3:07 PM IST

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