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Hooda's mother cremated

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Press Trust of India Rohtak
Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's mother, who died due to old-age related ailments, was cremated today.

The last rites of 97 years old Hardei Devi, who passed away yesterday, were performed here.

Union Minister Birender Singh, state Congress chief Ashok Tanwar, besides a number of Congress MLAs from Haryana were among those present at the funeral.

The body was carried in a decorated vehicle from Matu Ram Bhawan, the family's ancestral house, to the Hooda Farmhouse, where her mortal remains were consigned to flames.

Devi was the wife of renowned freedom fighter late Ranbir Singh Hooda and grandmother of Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda.

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First Published: Apr 25 2015 | 6:57 PM IST

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