 "Hari Shankar Vasudevan")
Eminent historian Hari Shankar Vasudevan died at a private hospital here on Sunday. He was 68.
Vasudevan had tested positive for novel coronavirus on May 6 after being admitted with high fever and breathing difficulty symptoms on May 4, but had other chronic ailments also, his family said.
He died at 1 am on Sunday, they said. Vasudevan is survived by his wife Tapati Guha Thakurta and a daughter.
He was considered one the foremost names in Russian and Central Asian history.
Condoling his demise, West Bengal
