Overview
- Chennamma Deve Gowda suffered a massive cardiac arrest and died at Manipal Hospital in Bengaluru on Saturday after being treated for respiratory complications.
- Hospital statements say she was admitted on Wednesday night and was under a multidisciplinary team led by Dr. Satyanarayana Mysore and Dr. Sunil Karanth for breathing and chest congestion issues.
- Her family moved her mortal remains to their Padmanabhanagar residence for public viewing and plan to take the body to Hassan for final rites, which are scheduled for July 20.
- Leaders across party lines, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi who phoned H. D. Deve Gowda, offered condolences and Karnataka Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar announced that the state will accord full honours at the last rites.
- Chennamma married Deve Gowda in 1954, raised six children including Union Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy and MLA H. D. Revanna, and was noted in reports for her low public profile and for surviving a 2001 acid attack.