PILLAR OF BGP COL BS RANA OF PATHANKOT PASSES AWAY

The Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh mourns the passing away of Colonel B S Rana, staunch Gorkha stalwart and president of the Punjab state unit of the BGP. Ailing for some time now, Colonel Rana was suddenly taken ill and rushed to Chandigarh from his home in Pathankot. He passed away at the hospital there in the late afternoon of July 30. The funeral will be held in Pathankot on July 31. Colonel Rana is survived by his wife, son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren. Colonel Rana, who was also the vice-president of BGP's Zone IV, was a tireless worker and a sincere, positive personality. Saying he had lost a "good friend", BGP Working President Rev Dr Enos Das Pradhan described Colonel Rana as "one of the pillars of the Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh, especially in western and northern India." The entire Parisangh family condoles the passing way of Colonel B S Rana and prays that God grant rest to his soul and peace and comfort to his family.