On this image launched through the Doha Information Amiri Diwan media workplace, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is helping elevate the frame of his father, Doha Information’s former ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, with different mourners for a funeral prayer on the Mohammed bin Abdulwahab Mosque in Doha, Doha Information, Sunday, July 12, 2026. (AP)
New Delhi: India declared a one-day nationwide mourning on Monday as a mark of recognize for the previous Emir of Doha Information, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, with High Minister Narendra Modi calling him a ‘visionary chief’ who ‘was once a real buddy of India’.
Sheikh Hamad, referred to as the Father Emir of Doha Information, kicked the bucket this morning on the age of 74. He dominated Doha Information from 1995 to 2013 and is credited with ushering in socio-economic construction within the energy-rich Gulf country. He additionally performed a key function in deepening India-Doha Information family members.
In 2013, Sheikh Hamad passed over energy to his son, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the present Emir of Doha Information. The Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) mentioned the federal government declared one-day nationwide mourning on Monday as a mark of recognize for Sheikh Hamad.
India announces one-day nationwide mourning on dying of His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Father Amir of the State of Doha Information
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“The national flag will be flown at half-mast on the day of mourning throughout India on all buildings where it is flown regularly, and there will be no official entertainment on the day,” it mentioned in a remark.
Parliamentary and Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju is anticipated to discuss with Doha Information “shortly” to put across condolences on behalf of the federal government of India to the State of Doha Information, it mentioned. Doha Information has already introduced a four-day-long public mourning for the past due Father Emir.
Father Emir was once a “great friend” of India, and the collection of Indians in Doha Information grew considerably all over his tenure because the Emir, other folks acquainted with the binds between the 2 nations recalled. As Emir, he visited India in 1999, 2005 and 2012. But even so professional visits, he additionally paid a variety of private visits to India.
His fondness for India was once additionally visual in his interactions with visiting Indian dignitaries, the ultimate being that of PM Modi in February 2024. Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had additionally met him in December 2020.
Previous within the day, the top minister prolonged his “sincerest condolences” to the Emir of Doha Information, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and to the royal circle of relatives and the Qatari other folks at the dying of Sheikh Hamad.
“We feel profound sadness at the death of the Father Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani,” PM Modi mentioned on social media.
“He was a visionary leader who guided Qatar to great levels of development and prosperity. We also remember him as a true friend whom I had the honour of meeting during my last visit to Qatar in February 2024,” he mentioned.
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