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

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
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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