General (retd) Sunith Francis Rodrigues, who headed the Indian Army between 1990 and 1993 and served as the governor of Punjab between 2004 and 2010, passed away on Friday, an official statement said.
He was 88.
Rodrigues died peacefully at a private hospital near Panaji, Goa around 1.30 pm, family sources said.
He had been admitted to the hospital for the last 15 days. ''General M M Naravane, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), and all ranks of the Indian Army express heartfelt condolences on the sad demise of General Sunith Francis Rodrigues, who passed away today,'' the Indian Army said on Twitter.
Rodrigues was the second eldest among seven children of his parents-father Francis, originally from Curtorim and mother Aida from Assonora
