Former foreign secretary Jagat Singh Mehta dies

March 07, 2014 10:11

Former foreign secretary Jagat Singh Mehta died in Udaipur following age-related ailments.

Ninety-two-year-old Mehta was ailing for sometime and passed away at his residence yesterday. He served as foreign secretary between 1976 and 1979.

Born in 1922 to Mohan Singh Mehta, a member of the Constituent Assembly of India in 1947, Mehta was educated at Allahabad and Cambridge Universities.

He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2002.

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