Former CM Goubert remembered

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Press Trust of India Puducherry
Last Updated : Aug 14 2016 | 12:57 PM IST
: Chief Minister V Narayanasamy and Welfare Minister M Kandasamy were among those who paid homage at the statue of the former Chief Minister Edouard Goubert on his 37th death anniversary today.
Members of Puducherry Freedom Fighters Movement, headed by D Sivaradjou also paid floral tributes at the statue in the vicinity of Bharathi park here.
Goubert was also Mayor of Puducherry Municipal council and a veteran freedom fighter.
He was chiefly responsible for establishing JIPMER a premier medical college in Central sector here in the post merger days.
Goubert had a close rapport with the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

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First Published: Aug 14 2016 | 12:57 PM IST

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