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Noted litterateur Indira Goswami passes away

PTI | By, Guwahati
Nov 29, 2011 04:54 AM IST

Assamese litterateur Indira Raisom Goswami, who had taken the initiative to bring the Ulfa to the negotiating table, today passed away at a hospital here after prolonged illness.

Assamese litterateur Indira Raisom Goswami, who had taken the initiative to bring the Ulfa to the negotiating table, on Tuesday passed away at a hospital here after prolonged illness.

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The condition of 69-year-old Goswami, who suffered a cerebral stroke in February last, turned critical last night and she was declared dead at 7.45am, Guwahati Medical College Hospital Superintendent R Talukdar said.

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The Jnanpith award winning writer was taken to a hospital in New Delhi earlier this year for further treatment but was brought back here in July and was undergoing treatment at the GMCH since then.

She was in a paralysed state and on ventilator support.

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