Indian artist SH Raza passes away aged 94
Modern Indian artist Syed Haider Raza passed away aged 94 on Saturday following prolonged illness. An internationally acclaimed painter, he was honoured with the Padma Shri in 1981 and was elected a Fellow of the Lalit Kala Academy in 1983. He had been conferred with France's highest civilian honour, the Commandeur de la Legion d'Honneur (Legion of Honour), in 2015.