Missionaries of Charity ex-head Sister Nirmala passes away
Born as Nirmala Joshi in what is now called Jharkhand state in 1934, her parents- who were Hindu- were from Nepal. She got educated under the Christian missionaries in Patna and later joined the MoC founded by the late Nobel laureate Mother Teresa.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said in a tweet, "Saddened at the passing of Sister Nirmala who headed Missionaries of Charity after Mother Teresa. Kolkata and the world will miss her."
She was conferred the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award of India, in 2009 for her services to the nation when her term as Superior General also ended on 25 March 2009.
She was succeeded by German-born Sister Mary Prema Pierick, M.C.
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